University of Massachusets Athletics
Friday, May 10
Arlington, Va.
3 P.M.
University of Massachusetts
at
George Washington
Final Regular Season Road Series Takes Baseball To George Washington
May 08, 2024 | Baseball
Minutemen and Revolutionaries begin three-game weekend series on Friday at 3 p.m.
| University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes | |
| Game 46-48 | Massachusetts (22-23, 11-7 Atlantic 10) at George Washington (26-22, 9-9 Atlantic 10) |
| Date // Time | Friday, May 10 // 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11 // 1 p.m. Sunday, May 12 // 12 p.m. |
| Location | Arlington, Va. // Barcroft Park |
| Series History | Massachusetts, 31-26 Last Meeting: George Washington, 6 (vs) Massachusetts, 0 | May 21, 2022 |
| Live Stats | SideArm Stats |
| Stream | ESPN+ Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| @UMassBaseball | @UMassAthletics | @CoachReynolds25 | |
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Setting the Scene
University of Massachusetts baseball plays its final road contests of the regular season on Friday, May 10 through Sunday, May 12, traveling to Arlington, Virginia, to face George Washington for a three-game Atlantic 10 series at Tucker Field at Barcroft Park. First pitch in the series is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday, followed by a 1 p.m. start on Saturday. Sunday's matchup will be played at 12 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+.
The Minutemen improved to 22-23 on the season and 11-7 in the Atlantic 10 Conference after winning, 5-4, over UMass Lowell, marking the teams fourth consecutive win.
George Washington holds a 26-22 record, including a 9-9 record in the league, and are coming off a 18-5 loss to No. 10 Virginia on Wednesday.
Recap in a Minute
UMass grabbed its fourth straight win after edging out UMass Lowell, 5-4, on Tuesday afternoon at Earl Lorden Field.
Jack Levine received his first career win on the mound, allowing one run on two hits, no walks and striking out two in two innings of work. Leif Bigelow earned his second save of the year, closing out the ninth with two strikeouts.
Kevin Skagerlind, Mike Gervasi and Matt Travisano led the team with two hits each, with Skagerlind and Gervasi recording their second and 14th home runs of the year. Six Minutemen followed with one hit apiece, while five players drove in one run each. Travisano scored two runs, and Skagerlind, Gervasi and Marc Willi all contributed one run on the afternoon.
All-Time vs. George Washington
The Minutemen and Revolutionaries will meet for the 58th time in program history, with UMass holding the advantage in the all-time series, 31-26. The teams' first meeting occurred on April 18, 1980, where UMass won 13-4 on the day at a neutral site in Hershey, Pennsylvania, at the EAA Tournament. Massachusetts and George Washington last met for three games in 2022. UMass eked out a 17-16 victory in game one of the series, before dropping the final two games to the Revolutionaries.
It's Going, Going, And It's Gone
Massachusetts has tallied 50 home runs in 45 games played from 11 Minutemen. Gervasi leads the team with 14, followed by Hanson and Jack Beverly with seven and six, respectively. Austin Burgess has five on the season, while Willi and Braden Sullivan have four on the year each. Michael Toth and Nolan Tichy all registered three on the season, with Skagerlind having two. Kyle Hoog and Justin Blumenthal both have one on the season.
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. Skagerlind recorded his first long ball of the season in game three of the Saint Joseph's series, helping the Minutemen to complete the sweep.
On A Roll…
Fifteen Minutemen are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Beverly and Jake Given leadswith five games each, followed by Burgess and Jack Peters with four. Sullivan is on a three-game streak, while Skagerlind, Gervasi, Tichy and Zack Zaetta are all on a two-game hit streak. Six players are on a one-game hitting streak, currently. Travisano held the team's longest streak of 13 games before it came to an end.
Burgess leads the team with the longest active reached base streak of 18, followed by Skagerlind and Sullivan with a streak of 15 and 14, respectiely. Beverly and Hanson have a reached base streak of nine while Given follows with five. Peters have reached base four times, as Tichy, Gervasi and Zaetta all reached base twice. Six Minutemen have a reached base streak of one. Skagerlind held the longest streak for the Minutemen with a 25-reached base streak, before it came to an end.
[Multi]ple Games
In 45 games, UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 106. Beverly, Skagerlind and Travisano lead the production with 14, which includes one four-hit game for Travisano. Burgess has 13, including six three-hit games. Gervasi has 12 multi-hit games, which includes three hits in five games. Hanson follows with nine and Toth totaled seven, with one four-hit and three-hit performance for both Minutemen. Willi and Sullivan are on a five-game streak each, as Sullivan put together a four-hit performance in one contest, followed closely by Given with three games, including a three-hit performance. Four Minutemen totaled two multi-hit games, while Zaetta and Sam Hill are on a one-game streak, as Zaetta put together a three-hit game of his own.
Massachusetts also contributed a total of 69 multi-RBI games, led by Hanson and Gervasi with 12 each, including a five-RBI contest for Hanson, marking the third Minuteman to accomplish five-plus RBIs in a game this season. Gervasi totaled two four-RBI games, as well. Beverly and Burgess follow behind with 10 each, with Burgess having five-plus RBI in one contest, as he became the second Minutemen to have five or more RBI in a contest this year. Sullivan has six multi-RBI games, recording the team's first five-plus RBI contest this season. Toth and Willi have had five and four multi-RBI games, respectively., while Tichy and Travisano each have three. Skagerlind, Peters, Zaetta and Given have one multi-RBI game, with Peters, Given and Skagerlind registering three RBI in one game each.
A-10 Weekly Honors
Three Minutemen have garnered Atlantic 10 weekly awards this season. Sullivan grabbed the first accolade of the year after earning A-10 Rookie of the Week on March 26, before Hanson collected A-10 Player of the Week on April 29. Robbie O'Connor tabbed A-10 Pitcher of the Week on May 6. It marked the first weekly honors of their careers.
O'Connor is the first Minuteman to collect the Pitcher of the Week award since Justin Lasko achieved the feat in March of 2019. It also marks the first time the program has had an A-10 Pitcher, Player and Rookie of the Week in one season since 2012.
Sullivan earned a .600 batting average, a .625 on-base percentage and a 1.067 slugging percentage. Sullivan totaled nine hits, including two home runs and a double, five runs, eight RBI and a stolen base on the week. In the 12-5 win at UMES, the Taunton, Massachusetts, native recorded a career-high four hits, with his first career grand slam, while adding a career-best five RBI, two runs a one stolen base. During the Seton Hall series, the freshman tallied two hits, which included his second homer of the season, two RBI and a run in the game one of Sunday's doubleheader. The series finale against Seton Hall saw Sullivan register three hits, including a double, two runs and an RBI.
Hanson had a .450 batting percentage, a .435 on base percentage and a .800 slugging percentage. He strung together nine hits, including two home runs and a double, totaled five runs and added 12 RBI in 20 at bats on the week. At UConn, he had one hit, which was a home run, with a run and two RBI on the night. In the 15-4 win at Siena, the junior contributed two hits, including a double, and an RBI. In game one of the Saint Joseph's series, Hanson went 3-for-4 with his seventh homer of the year, while driving in a career-best five runs and scoring two runs of his own. Game two saw one hit, a run and two RBI from Hanson, while registering two hits, one run and two RBI in the series finale against SJU.
O'Connor posted a 1.00 ERA after tossing a complete game, receiving the winning decision. It marked his second win of the season and second complete game of the year. In the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday against St. Bonaventure, O'Connor allowed only one run on four hits, no walks and struck out three in the 4-1 win.
In the field, Hanson tallied 14 putouts and two assists, with no errors.
Career Wins
Reynolds collected his 100th career win on Saturday, April 27, in a 7-6 triumph over Saint Joseph's. Reynolds ranks fourth in the all-time coaching records with an overall record of 105-177-1, sitting behind Mike Stone (697-695-3; 1988-2017), Dick Bergquist (392-321-5; 1967-87) and Earl E. Lorden (189-147-3; 1948-66), respectively.
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 closes out the regular season with a three-game league series with Saint Louis at the Earl on Thursday, May 16 through Saturday, May 18. Thursday's contest starts at 3 p.m., before a 1 p.m. start on Friday. The final game of the series begins at 12 p.m. on Saturday. All three games will be streamed on ESPN+.
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