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River Hawks Begin Week At Boston College and Host Harvard

4/22/2019 2:04:00 PM

April 23 at Boston College (5:30 p.m.)
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April 24 vs. Harvard (5 p.m.)
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First Pitch
Coming off of a series win against Binghamton, the UMass Lowell baseball team embarks on its conference bye week with five non-conference contests. The River Hawks travel to Boston College, before welcoming Harvard on Wednesday. UMass Lowell is 0-3 all-time against the Eagles and 0-2 against the Crimson.

Three's Company
In the River Hawks's doubleheader sweep of Binghamton, Ciaran Devenney connected on three home runs, including two in the second victory. The junior is now the team leader with five homers, and he drove in seven runs during the two games. 

Career Day For Nick
In UMass Lowell's 12-2 win to begin the Binghamton series, Nick Rand struck out a career-high 10 batters in his seven inning performance.

River Hawk Leaders
-Oscar Marchena paces the lineup with his .328 average, 44 hits and 28 RBI
-Devenney, Steven Passatempo, Vinnie Martin and Cam Climo have combined for 15 of UMass Lowell's 20 home runs
-Freshman Robert Gallagher has swiped 12 bases to rank fourth in the conference 
-Joshua Becker leads the staff with his 3.68 ERA, while Nick Rand has 53 strikeouts
-UMass Lowell is batting .247 with an 7.64 staff ERA
 
Classic Gallagher

After his four-hit performance in the 11-8 win against UAlbany, Robert Gallagher was named the America East Co-Rookie of the Week. The infielder batted .571 on the week and recorded two RBI with four runs and three stolen bases, all coming in the win. 

The Big 3-0
With his solo home run at UConn, Steven Passatempo (Medford, Mass.) become one of just three players in program history with 30 or more homers in their career. The senior currently ranks third all-time with his 30 long balls. 

You Shall Not Pass
In the win against Marist, eight River Hawk pitchers combined to not allow a walk. This marks the first time that the opposing team has not recorded a free pass against UMass Lowell pitchers since May 19, 2018 against Stony Brook, a run of 24 games. The River Hawk hurlers accomplished the feat twice in 2018 and six times at the Division I era.

To The Fifth Power
In the series win at UMBC, UMass Lowell outscored the Retrievers 10-0 in the fifth innings. In the first two contests, the River Hawks were up 3-2 and tied 2-2, before scoring five and four runs in the fifth inning, respectively. 

Forever Young
Following posting a .583 batting average in the UMBC series, Michael Young was named the America East Player of the Week on March 26. Including a 5-5 day at the plate in the River Hawks' second win of the series, Young recorded a 1.167 slugging percentage, four runs and drove in a pair. 

My Cousin Vinnie
Sophomore Vinnie Martin led UMass Lowell at the plate in the George Washington series, picking up six hits, six runs and drove in six runs. Martin also connected on two home runs and recorded five RBI in the River Hawks' 12-1 victory on March 9. He was named the America East Player of the Week, as well. 

BecKKKKKKKKer
With his eight strikeouts in 4.2 innings at North Carolina, Joshua Becker earned his first career America East Rookie of the Week award.
 
Runnin' Around
The River Hawks rank third in the conference with 169 runs scored, including 131 since the first 10 games of the season.

In the Hole
The River Hawks were voted to the third spot in the America East Coaches' Preseason Poll, marking the highest selection for the program since joining the conference.
 
Streaaaak
Current hitting streak – Cam Climo: 3 games
Current reached base streak – C. Climo, T. McCaffrey: 3 games 
Season high hitting streak - Andrew Roden: 7 games
Season high reached base streak - Cam Climo: 22 games
 
Let's Try it Again
Last season, on April 21, in the win against Maine, UMass Lowell suffered only the second no-hitter in program history, with the first came in the opening game of 1977, snapping a streak of 1,730 straight games with at least one hit. The River Hawks have a current streak of 55 games with a hit since.
 
Party of One
Last season, UMass Lowell played in 16 one-run games, including 10 consecutive straight from March 16-31, marking the longest stretch in the nation. The River Hawks went 8-9 in such games in 2018.
 
Notables
UMass Lowell has recorded two Player of the Week awards (Martin, Young) and two Rookie of the Week accolades (Gallagher, Becker) ... 11 players made their River Hawk debuts in the Arizona series.
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