Baseball Sets For A Pair Of Road Contests Against UConn, Siena

University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 36	Massachusetts (14-21) at UConn (20-18)
Date // Time	Tuesday, April 23 // 6 p.m.
Location	Storrs, Conn. // Elliot Ballpark
Series History	Overall: UConn, 94-74-3 Last Meeting: UConn, 7 (vs.) Massachusetts, 3 \| March 22, 2023
Live Statistics	StatBroadcast
Stream	UCONN+
Twitter	@UMassBaseball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachReynolds25
Instagram	UMass Baseball \| UMass Athletics

University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 37	Massachusetts (14-21) at Siena (7-28)
Date // Time	Wednesday, April 24 // 3 p.m.
Location	Loudonville, N.Y. // Connors Park
Series History	Massachusetts, 18-4 Last Meeting: Massachusetts, 10 (vs.) Siena, 5 \| April 26, 2023
Live Statistics	SideArm Stats
Stream	Siena All-Access
Twitter	@UMassBaseball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachReynolds25
Instagram	UMass Baseball \| UMass Athletics

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Setting the Scene
University of Massachusetts baseball continues on the road with a pair of midweek contests, beginning on Tuesday, April 23, against the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, at 6 p.m. on UCONN+, before traveling to Loudonville, New York, to take on Siena College on Wednesday, April 24, at 3 p.m. on Siena All-Access.

The Minutemen moved to 14-21 on the season and 5-7 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, after a taking two-of-three games against George Mason on the road.

UConn holds a 20-18 record and are coming off a road series sweep over Georgetown, winning the final game, 7-6, on Sunday. Siena is currently 7-28 overall and are coming off a 2-1 loss in the weekend series versus Niagara, falling in game one and two.

Recap in a Minute
UMass competed against A-10 foe George Mason, taking two of the three games to pick up its first league series win of the season. The Minutemen earned a 10-7 win in game one on Friday and a 9-6 victory on Saturday in game two.

In game one, it took 11 innings to decide a winner, as Carter Hanson lifted Massachusetts to the triumph with a three-run homer. Austin Burgess and Mike Gervasi led the Minutemen with thre hits apiece, followed by Jack Beverly, Hanson, Michael Toth and Marc Willi with two each. Willi, Burgess, Matt Travisano and Toth all had a double with Willi recording two, while Hanson and Beverly had a home run each. Hanson led the way with three RBI as Beverly and Willi both followed behind with two, and Kevin Skagerlind, Travisano and Jack Peters batted in one run apiece. Beverly and Hanson combined for four of UMass' 10 runs, scoring two each.

Mikey Jensen earned his first winning decision of the season, pitching two complete innings. He gave up one run on one hit, a walk and struck out one. Andrew Middleton received the first save of his career after walking one and striking out one in an inning of work.

A ninth inning rally that saw four runs for the Minutemen aided the team to a game two win. Burgess and Toth led UMass with three hits apiece, as Beverly and Hanson tallied one each, with Burgess and Toth recording a double. Burgess totaled two of the Minutemen's nine runs with seven other players contributing to the score. Toth registered a career-high and team-best three RBI, followed by Hanson with two and Beverly with one.

Callen Powers picked up the first winning decision of his career after tossing three complete innings and allowing no runs, three hits, two walks and striking out one. Middleton notched his second save of the year in consecutive games dealing the final strikeout of the contest.

All-Time vs. UConn
The Minutemen and Huskies are meeting for the 172nd time in program history, with UConn holding the advantage in the all-time series, 94-74-3. The two teams first met back on June 1, 1900, when Massachusetts defeated the formerly known Connecticut State, 8-2. The two programs met last season on March 22, as the Huskies won 7-3.

The Minutemen's last victory over UConn came on April 19, 2016, going on to win, 9-5, in Amherst.

All-Time vs. Siena
The Minutemen and Saints are meeting for the 33rd time on Wednesday, as UMass has the advantage in the all-time series, 18-14. Siena won 3-1 at a neutral site in the teams' first meeting on April 1, 1978. The two programs' last meeting was on April 26, 2023, when the Minutemen topped the Saints, 10-5, at Earl Lorden Field.

It's Going, Going, And It's Gone
Massachusetts has tallied 37 home runs in 35 games played from 10 Minutemen. Gervasi leads the team with 10, followed by Beverly with six. Burgess and Hanson have five each on the season, while Braden Sullivan and Nolan Tichy both registered three on the year. Marc Willi recorded two homers on the season, as Toth, Kyle Hoog and Justin Blumenthal has one.

Gervasi registered his first long ball of the year in the first game of the season against Bucknell, before hitting his second and third in back-to-back games. He had his second homer in game three of the Bucknell series, before hitting his third in game one at No. 13 Virginia. Hanson had a home run as well in game one of the Bucknell series and tallied his second in the game two 10-5 win at No. 13 Virginia. Tichy recorded his lone homer in the final game against Bucknell.

Burgess had his first home run of the year in game two at Elon, while Beverly and Blumenthal hit their first in game three at Elon. Beverly's homer marked the first of his career. Sullivan recorded his first career grand slam, marking his first collegiate home run, at UMES. Willi registered his first career home run in the Beanpot Consolation against Harvard, before recording the second of his career in the next game at Fairfield.

Hoog and Toth both clubbed their first home runs of the year against Sacred Heart. Hoog's homer was his first as a Minuteman and second of his career, with Toth's being the second of his career.

On A Roll…
Five Minutemen are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Beverly leads with three games, followed by Gervasi, Jack Peters, Hoog and Ryan Kolben with one. Travisano held the team's longest streak of 13 games before it came to an end.

Sullivan and Willi lead the team with a nine-game reached base streak, with Burgess and Travisano on an eight-game streak. Skagerlind and Beverly follow with seven games each, while Gervasi is on a five-game streak. Peters, Hoog and Koben are all on a one-game reached base streak. Skagerlind held the longest streak for the Minutemen with a 25-game reached base streak, before it came to an end.

[Multi]ple Games
In 35 games, UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 86. Beverly and Travisano the production with 14 and 12, respectively, which included one four-hit game for Travisano. Skagerlind and Gervasi have had 10 multi-hit games apiece, which includes three hits in five games for Gervasi. Burgess follows with nine, while Hanson and Toth totaled five each, with one four-hit and three-hit performance for both Minutemen. Willi and Sullivan are on a four-game streak each, as Sullivan put together a four-hit performance in one contest. Four Minutemen totaled two multi-hit games with Jake Given having a three-hit performance, while Peters is on a one-game streak.

Massachusetts also contributed a total of 49 multi-RBI games, led by Beverly with 10, including three three-RBI games. Gervasi and Hanson follow behind with eight each, which includes two four RBI contests for Gervasi. Burgess has seven games, which includes a five-plus RBI game for Burgess, marking only the second Minutemen to have five or more RBI in a contest this year. Sullivan has had four multi-RBI games each, recording the team's first five-plus RBI contest this season. Toth and Tichy have three, as Travisano and Willi have two multi-RBI games apiece. Skagerlind, and Given have one multi-RBI game, registering three RBI in one game each.

Meet the Minutemen
A solid mix of returners and newcomers compose the 2024 edition of the Minutemen as the squad begins its 141st season. Nineteen members of the team are back from the 2023 campaign, while 16 players join for their first season in Amherst, including eight freshman and eight transfers.

Keeping it in the Family
The 2024 season marks the 58th straight campaign that Massachusetts baseball will have an alumnus of the Flagship campus as head coach. Seventh-year skipper Matt Reynolds is a double graduate (2005, '10G), and was preceded by fellow alumni Mike Stone '82 (1988-2017) and Dick Bergquist '57 (1967-87).

This is the second longest active streak across Division I baseball. Only BYU (62 consecutive seasons) has been led by an alum of its campus for a longer period.

On Deck
Massachusetts returns to Earl Lorden Field to begin an eight-game homestand with a three-game series against Saint Joseph's on Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28. First pitch on Friday is set for 3 p.m., before a 1 p.m. start on Saturday. The series will conclude on Sunday at 12 p.m. Both Friday and Sunday's contests will be streamed on ESPN+.

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