University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
10-21-1, 0
George Mason
25-13, 0
Massachusetts Baseball Drops Game One To George Mason, 16-7
April 18, 2025 | Baseball
The Minutemen and Patriots face off for game two on Saturday at 1 p.m.
UMass moves to 10-21-1 overall on the year and 4-12 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, while George Mason improves to 25-13 overall and 11-5 in league competition.
Anthony Tirado, Jack Beverly and Carter Hanson tallied two hits each, while five Minutemen had one hit on the day. Tirado scored a team-high two runs, while Hanson and Sam Hill registered two RBI apiece. Beverly, Michael Toth and Reece McCarthy also had one RBI each.
George Mason took an early 2-0 lead in the first with a two-run homer.
In the third, the Minutemen scored six unanswered runs. Hill led off with a walk, before Tirado singled to left field. With one out, back-to-back RBI singles from Beverly and Hanson pushed Hill and Tirado across the plate to tie the game at 2-2. Willi walked to take first and load the bases, before Toth was hit by a pitch with Beverly touching the plate to make room on the bases. McCarthy hit an RBI to score Hanson, while Hill added a two-run single, driving home Willi and Toth to give UMass a 6-2 lead.
The Patriots put up a five spot in the fourth to reclaim the lead at 7-6. George Mason scored on an error in the fifth to extend its lead to 8-6. The Patriots pushed ahead, 11-6, with a three-run seventh inning.
Massachusetts tacked on a run on an RBI single from Hanson in the eighth to make it an 11-7 game. George Mason added five runs in the top of the ninth to take a 16-7 lead and held off the Minutemen in the bottom half for the win.
Robbie O'Connor (2-5) had the loss for Massachusetts, giving up eight runs on six hits, walking four and striking out four in five complete innings. Gardner Meeks (2-0) earned the win for George Mason, allowing only one run on six hits, a walk and four strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work.
Massachusetts and George Mason face off for game two on Saturday, April 19, at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gardner Meeks (2-0)
L: O'Connor, R (2-5)
Batting:
2B: Owen Hull 1
HR: James Quinn-Irons 1
RBI: Owen Clyne 2 ; Owen Hull 1 ; James Quinn-Irons 3 ; Jake Butler 3 ; Andrew Raymond 1 ; Lucas Alberti 1 ; Drew Canody 2
SH: Evan Blanchard 1
SF: Owen Clyne 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Owen Clyne 1 ; Owen Hull 3 ; James Quinn-Irons 2 ; Jake Butler 1 ; Andrew Raymond 2 ; Lucas Alberti 2 ; Evan Blanchard 2 ; Jonny Wall 1 ; Drew Canody 1 ; Toby Hueber 1
SB: Owen Hull 1 ; Jake Butler 1
CS: Owen Hull 1 ; Drew Canody 1
HBP: James Quinn-Irons 2 ; Jake Butler 1 ; Evan Blanchard 1
PO: Jake Butler 1
Batting:
2B: Tirado, Anthony 1
RBI: Beverly, Jack 1 ; Hanson, C 2 ; Toth, M 1 ; McCarthy, Reece 1 ; Hill, Sam 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Tirado, Anthony 2 ; Beverly, Jack 1 ; Hanson, C 1 ; Willi, Marc 1 ; Toth, M 1 ; Hill, Sam 1
SB: Toth, M 1
HBP: Tirado, Anthony 1 ; Toth, M 1
