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Setting the Scene
The College of Massachusetts baseball hosts the Faculty of Holy Cross for its 2022 house opener at Earl Lorden Discipline on Tuesday, March 22. First pitch is ready for 3 p.m.
The Minutemen are 6-5-1 on the season and are coming off a 7-2 win, whereas Holy Cross enters the matchup with a 3-17. The Crusaders are coming off a 9-4 street loss to Brown on Sunday.
Recap in a Minute
UMass secured the sequence, 2-1, at Fairleigh Dickinson, incomes wins in sport one (5-2) and three (7-2) final weekend.
In sport one, Aidan Wilde recorded his third house run of his profession late within the second inning to make it a 1-0 sport, earlier than Drew DeMartino registered his first lengthy ball as a Minuteman within the sixth, bringing in two runs. Three Minutemen had doubles on the day, together with Cole Hebble, who had two hits. Kevin Dow received the win for UMass, going 6.1 innings, permitting two runs on seven hits, no walks and struck out 4.
Hebble went two-for-three, including a double and accumulating a team-high three RBIs and two runs in sport three motion. Together with Hebble, Wilde and Steve Luttazi each contributed a protracted ball, whereas Wilde added two runs. Luttazi, Dylan Judd and Ryan Coleman registered one run apiece. Daniel Livnat obtained the win on the afternoon, pitching 5.2 innings, permitting one run on 5 hits, one stroll and placing out 5.
All-Time vs. Holy Cross
The Minutemen and Crusaders will meet for the seventy fifth time in program historical past, as UMass holds a 39-34-1 benefit over Holy Cross within the all-time sequence. The 2 packages first met in 1894.
Massachusetts and Holy Cross met twice final season, splitting the match ups. The Minutemen gained 6-2 on the street on March 24, whereas the Crusaders took the sport in Amherst, 7-6, on March 31.
Meet the Minutemen
A stable mixture of returners and newcomers compose the 2022 version of the Minutemen because the squad begins its 139th season. Twenty-seven members of the workforce are again from the 2021 marketing campaign, whereas eight gamers be a part of for his or her first season in Amherst, together with 5 freshman and three transfers.
Commonwealth Connections
- Freshman right-handed pitcher Cole Koeppel and Holy Cross first baseman Nate Wolf reside from Boston, Mass.
- Senior right-handed pitcher/ designated hitter Michael Rounds and sophomore catcher Michael Donahoe each hail from Milton, Mass.
- Senior south paw Tucker Wittman and freshman infielder Jimmy King reside from Philadelphia, Pa.
It is Going, Going, and It is Gone
The Minutemen have tallied 13 homeruns in 12 video games, from eight Minutemen. Steve Luttazi leads the workforce with three adopted by Hebble, DeMartino, and Wilde tallying two every. Nolan Tichy, Judd, Mike Gervasi and Will MacLean even have one house run apiece. Luttazi had a stellar first sport with two homeruns together with a grand slam, earlier than incomes one in sport three at Fairleigh Dickinson.
Maintaining it within the Household
The 2022 season marks the 56th straight marketing campaign that Massachusetts baseball could have an alumnus of the Flagship campus as head coach. Fifth-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).
That is the second longest lively streak throughout Division I baseball. Solely BYU (62 consecutive seasons) has been led by an alum of its campus for an extended interval.
On Deck
Massachusetts heads to Towson, Maryland, for a three-game sequence in opposition to Towson on Friday, March 25 by Sunday, March 26. Friday’s sport is slated for a 2 p.m. begin, whereas Saturday is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. First pitch on Sunday is ready for 12 p.m.