University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
10-20-1
Sacred Heart
18-17
Massachusetts Baseball Falls To Sacred Heart, 16-7
April 15, 2025 | Baseball
Braden Sullivan clubbed a two-run homer for his third of the season in the loss.
UMass moves to 10-20-1 overall on the year, while Sacred Heart improves to 18-17 overall.
Jack Beverly, Braden Sullivan and Marc Willi led the way with two hits each, which included Sullivan's third home run and the fifth and third double for Beverly and Willi, respectively. Five players also had one hit. Matt Travisano and Sullivan totaled two runs apiece, with Anthony Tirado, Beverly and Vance Bonior scoring one. Sullivan and Willi contributed two RBI as Beverly, Carter Hanson and Reece McCarthy tallied one RBI each.
The Minutemen scored first in the opening frame to lead 1-0. After Travisano reached first on an error, he stole second on a strikeout. A two-out, RBI single from Hanson helped Travisano touch home plate.
Sacred Heart knotted the game up at 1-1 with a sacrifice fly in the second, but UMass reclaimed the lead in the third to make it a 2-1 game. Sullivan led off with a single through the left side, before stealing second and advancing to third on a wild pitch. With two outs, McCarthy hit a single to left center field as Sullivan came across the plate for another run.
In the fifth, Beverly hit a double to left center field to start the inning. A ground out aided Beverly to third, before Sullivan blasted a two-run shot to left field, marking his third home run of the year, to extend the Minutemen's lead to 4-1.
With the bases loaded in the top of the sixth, Willi was walked as Tirado went home to make room to tack on to its lead, 5-1. In the bottom half of the frame, the Pioneers added seven runs to take the lead at 8-5.
Sacred Heart pulled ahead 11-5 in the seventh after pushing across three runs. UMass added another run in the top of the ninth, but the Pioneers pushed across five more in the eighth to take a 16-6 lead.
UMass tacked on one more run in the final inning, but Sacred Heart went on to win 16-7.
Michael Aceto (0-1) had the loss for Massachusetts, going 3.2 innings with five runs on five hits, a walk and three strikeouts. Jonathan Peterson (1-2) allowed one run on as many hits, two walks and a strikeout in one complete inning to receive the winning decision.
Massachusetts hosts Atlantic 10 foe George Mason on Friday, April 18 through Sunday, April 20 at Earl Lorden Field. First pitch on Friday is set for 3 p.m., before Saturday's game starts at 1 p.m. Sunday's contest will begin at 12 p.m., with all three games streamed on ESPN+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: J. Peterson (1-0)
L: M. Aceto (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Beverly, Jack 1 ; Willi, Marc 1
HR: Sullivan, Braden 1
RBI: Beverly, Jack 1 ; C. Hanson 1 ; Sullivan, Braden 2 ; Willi, Marc 2 ; McCarthy, Reece 1
SH: McCarthy, Reece 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tirado, Anthony 1 ; Travisano, Matt 2 ; Beverly, Jack 1 ; Sullivan, Braden 2 ; Bonior, Vance 1
SB: Travisano, Matt 1 ; Sullivan, Braden 1
CS: McCarthy, Reece 1
HBP: Kolben, Ryan 1
Batting:
2B: G. Donohue 1 ; D. D'Amore 1 ; J. Fitzgeral 1 ; C. Nolan 1
HR: A. Ungar 1 ; Z. Kovalchik 1
RBI: G. Donohue 1 ; A. Ungar 4 ; D. D'Amore 3 ; Z. Kovalchik 2 ; R. Donohue 1 ; J. Fitzgeral 3 ; C. Nolan 1
SH: T. McGuire 1 ; N. Bowes 1
SF: Z. Kovalchik 1 ; J. Fitzgeral 1
Base Running:
RUNS: G. Donohue 3 ; A. Ungar 3 ; D. D'Amore 1 ; P. Link 1 ; Z. Kovalchik 1 ; R. Donohue 1 ; T. McGuire 1 ; J. Fitzgeral 2 ; C. Nolan 3
SB: A. Ungar 2 ; D. D'Amore 1 ; J. Fitzgeral 2 ; C. Nolan 1
CS: A. Ungar 1
HBP: Z. Kovalchik 1 ; C. Nolan 1
