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UMBC (10-11) -vs- Mount St. Mary's (9-14)

UMBC logo 6
vs
5 Mount St. Mary's logo
10-11
9-14
Team Score By Innings
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Winner UMBC UMBC 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 6 5 1
MOUNT Mount St. Mary's 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 13 2
W:
Schoch, Stephen (2-1)
L:
FLORIO, Ryan (0-2)

Box Score

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Logo Team Team Color Indicator Inning Play Description UMB MOU
UMBC UMBC 1st 1st - Torres homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-2); Wright scored. 2 0
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 1st 1st - KRISS reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second on the throw (1-1); NICHOLSON advanced to third, scored on the throw, unearned. 2 1
UMBC UMBC 2nd 2nd - Varley advanced to second; Godrick scored on a wild pitch. 3 1
UMBC UMBC 2nd 2nd - Pinkston doubled to center field, RBI (3-1); Varley scored. 4 1
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 3rd 3rd - NICHOLSON doubled to left field, RBI (1-1); URBAN scored. 4 2
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 3rd 3rd - KRISS doubled down the lf line, RBI (0-0); NICHOLSON scored. 4 3
UMBC UMBC 4th 4th - O'Saben reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-2); Pinkston advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b; Machado advanced to third; Varley scored. 5 3
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 5th 5th - COSTELLO singled to right field, RBI (2-2); DALY advanced to third; CAUSA scored. 5 4
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 5th 5th - KELLY flied out to cf, SAC, RBI (1-1); DALY scored. 5 5
UMBC UMBC 7th 7th - Casey singled through the right side, RBI (0-0); Godrick advanced to second; Brown scored. 6 5
Totals 6 5

Team Individual Statistics

UMBC 6
Position Player AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
rf rf Pinkston, Terrence 3 0 1 1 1 0 0
cf/2b cf/2b O'Saben, Blaze 4 0 0 1 0 2 0
2b/1b 2b/1b Wright, AJ 3 1 0 0 1 1 4
3b 3b Torres, Christian 4 1 1 2 0 1 0
1b 1b Goodwin, Joey 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
pr     pr Brown, Ryan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
lf     lf Wentzlaff, Ethan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dh dh Beeman, Raven 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
lf/cf lf/cf Godrick, Peter 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
c c Varley, Reese 2 2 0 0 1 0 2
ph/c     ph/c Casey, Colin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
ss ss Machado, Andres 3 0 1 0 0 1 2
p p Adams, Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Schoch, Stephen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 5 5 7 5 9
Batting
2B:
Pinkston, Terrence (1)
HR:
Torres, Christian (1)
Baserunning
HBP:
Godrick, Peter (1); Machado, Andres (1)
Fielding
E:
Torres, Christian (1)
Mount St. Mary's 5
Position Player AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
lf lf NICHOLSON, Miles 3 2 2 1 0 0 0
2b 2b KRISS, Alex 4 0 2 1 0 0 3
ss ss CAUSA, Patrick 4 1 1 0 0 1 1
rf rf DALY, Pat 4 1 2 0 0 1 0
c c COSTELLO, Zack 4 0 2 1 0 0 2
pr     pr KOZOROSKY, CJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dh dh LEAMER, Trevor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
ph/dh     ph/dh KELLY, Sean 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
pr     pr MIESES, Sebastian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1b 1b SAVASTIO, Thomas 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
3b 3b SHIVES, Bryant 4 0 2 0 0 1 2
cf cf URBAN, Jared 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
p p GEBER, Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p FLORIO, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 13 4 0 4 8
Batting
2B:
NICHOLSON, Miles (1); KRISS, Alex (1); DALY, Pat (1)
SF:
KELLY, Sean (1)
Baserunning
SB:
KOZOROSKY, CJ (1); MIESES, Sebastian (1)
HBP:
NICHOLSON, Miles (1)
Fielding
E:
KRISS, Alex (1); COSTELLO, Zack (1)

Team Individual Pitching Statistics

UMBC - Pitching Stats
Player IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HBP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
Adams, Cooper 3.2 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 18 4 6 56
Schoch, Stephen (W, 2-1) 3.1 8 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 16 17 4 2 56
Totals 13 5 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 33 35 8 8 112
Mount St. Mary's - Pitching Stats
Player IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HBP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
GEBER, Jordan 5.0 3 5 5 5 5 3 0 2 0 19 26 3 6 112
FLORIO, Ryan (L, 0-2) 2.0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 10 1 5 37
Totals 5 6 6 7 5 4 0 2 0 27 36 4 11 149

Play By Play

UMBC - Top of 1st
Play Description UMB MOU
Pinkston grounded out to 2b (1-2). 0 0
O'Saben struck out swinging (0-2). 0 0
Wright walked (3-1). 0 0
Torres homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-2); Wright scored. 2 0
Goodwin walked (3-2). 2 0
Beeman reached on a fielder's choice (0-2); Goodwin out at second ss unassisted. 2 0
Runs
2
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 1st
Play Description UMB MOU
NICHOLSON hit by pitch (0-0). 2 0
KRISS reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second on the throw (1-1); NICHOLSON advanced to third, scored on the throw, unearned. 2 1
CAUSA lined out to 3b. 2 1
DALY struck out swinging (1-2). 2 1
COSTELLO grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-2). 2 1
Runs
1
Hits
0
Errors
1
Left On Base
1
UMBC - Top of 2nd
Play Description UMB MOU
Godrick hit by pitch (0-2). 2 1
Varley reached on a fielder's choice, bunt (0-0); Godrick advanced to second on a throwing error by c, advanced to third on the throw. 2 1
Varley advanced to second; Godrick scored on a wild pitch. 3 1
Varley advanced to third on a wild pitch. 3 1
Machado struck out swinging (2-2). 3 1
Pinkston doubled to center field, RBI (3-1); Varley scored. 4 1
Pinkston advanced to third on a passed ball. 4 1
O'Saben struck out swinging (3-2). 4 1
Wright struck out swinging (1-2). 4 1
Runs
2
Hits
1
Errors
1
Left On Base
1
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 2nd
Play Description UMB MOU
LEAMER popped up to ss (2-1). 4 1
SAVASTIO grounded out to 2b (0-2). 4 1
SHIVES grounded out to ss (0-0). 4 1
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
UMBC - Top of 3rd
Play Description UMB MOU
Torres out at first 1b to p (1-1). 4 1
Goodwin flied out to cf (3-1). 4 1
Beeman grounded out to 3b (0-1). 4 1
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 3rd
Play Description UMB MOU
URBAN singled to right field (3-2). 4 1
NICHOLSON doubled to left field, RBI (1-1); URBAN scored. 4 2
KRISS doubled down the lf line, RBI (0-0); NICHOLSON scored. 4 3
CAUSA grounded out to 3b (2-1). 4 3
DALY grounded out to 2b (0-2). 4 3
COSTELLO grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-2). 4 3
Runs
2
Hits
3
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
UMBC - Top of 4th
Play Description UMB MOU
Godrick grounded out to 3b (2-2). 4 3
Varley walked (3-1). 4 3
Machado hit by pitch (2-0); Varley advanced to second. 4 3
Pinkston walked (3-2); Machado advanced to second; Varley advanced to third. 4 3
O'Saben reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-2); Pinkston advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b; Machado advanced to third; Varley scored. 5 3
Machado out at third 2b to 3b. 5 3
O'Saben advanced to second; Pinkston advanced to third on a wild pitch. 5 3
Wright flied out to lf (2-0). 5 3
Runs
1
Hits
0
Errors
1
Left On Base
2
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 4th
Play Description UMB MOU
LEAMER lined out to lf (1-2). 5 3
SAVASTIO singled through the left side (2-1). 5 3
SHIVES singled through the right side (0-0); SAVASTIO advanced to second. 5 3
URBAN flied out to rf (2-2). 5 3
Schoch to p for Adams. 5 3
NICHOLSON singled to third base (1-0); SHIVES advanced to second; SAVASTIO advanced to third. 5 3
KRISS flied out to cf (1-0). 5 3
Runs
0
Hits
3
Errors
0
Left On Base
3
UMBC - Top of 5th
Play Description UMB MOU
Torres struck out swinging (2-2). 5 3
Goodwin flied out to cf (1-0). 5 3
Beeman singled through the right side (1-0). 5 3
Godrick walked (3-2); Beeman advanced to second. 5 3
Varley grounded out to ss (3-2). 5 3
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
2
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 5th
Play Description UMB MOU
CAUSA singled up the middle (0-1). 5 3
DALY doubled to center field (0-0); CAUSA advanced to third. 5 3
COSTELLO singled to right field, RBI (2-2); DALY advanced to third; CAUSA scored. 5 4
KELLY pinch hit for LEAMER. 5 4
KELLY flied out to cf, SAC, RBI (1-1); DALY scored. 5 5
SAVASTIO grounded out to ss (0-1); COSTELLO advanced to second. 5 5
SHIVES singled through the right side (0-0); COSTELLO advanced to third, out at home rf to c. 5 5
Runs
2
Hits
4
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
UMBC - Top of 6th
Play Description UMB MOU
KELLY to dh. 5 5
FLORIO to p for GEBER. 5 5
Machado singled to right field (2-2). 5 5
Pinkston flied out to cf (2-0). 5 5
O'Saben grounded out to ss (3-2); Machado advanced to second. 5 5
Wright grounded out to 3b (1-1). 5 5
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 6th
Play Description UMB MOU
URBAN struck out swinging (0-2). 5 5
NICHOLSON fouled out to 1b (0-1). 5 5
KRISS singled to center field (0-0). 5 5
CAUSA struck out swinging (2-2). 5 5
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
UMBC - Top of 7th
Play Description UMB MOU
Torres grounded out to 2b (1-1). 5 5
Goodwin walked (3-1). 5 5
Brown pinch ran for Goodwin. 5 5
Brown advanced to second on a wild pitch. 5 5
Beeman walked (3-2). 5 5
Godrick reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); Beeman out at second ss to 2b; Brown advanced to third. 5 5
Casey pinch hit for Varley. 5 5
Casey singled through the right side, RBI (0-0); Godrick advanced to second; Brown scored. 6 5
Machado reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Casey out at second ss to 2b; Godrick advanced to third. 6 5
Runs
1
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
2
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 7th
Play Description UMB MOU
O'Saben to 2b. 6 5
Wright to 1b. 6 5
Wentzlaff to lf for Brown. 6 5
Godrick to cf. 6 5
Casey to c. 6 5
DALY singled to left center (1-2). 6 5
COSTELLO singled to shortstop (1-2); DALY advanced to second. 6 5
KOZOROSKY pinch ran for COSTELLO. 6 5
KELLY reached on a fielder's choice, bunt (0-1); KOZOROSKY advanced to second; DALY out at third p to 3b. 6 5
MIESES pinch ran for KELLY. 6 5
SAVASTIO popped up to 2b (0-2). 6 5
MIESES stole second; KOZOROSKY stole third. 6 5
SHIVES struck out swinging (3-2). 6 5
Runs
0
Hits
2
Errors
0
Left On Base
2
UMBC - Top of 1st
Play Description UMB MOU
Pinkston grounded out to 2b (1-2). 0 0
O'Saben struck out swinging (0-2). 0 0
Wright walked (3-1). 0 0
Torres homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-2); Wright scored. 2 0
Goodwin walked (3-2). 2 0
Beeman reached on a fielder's choice (0-2); Goodwin out at second ss unassisted. 2 0
Runs
2
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 1st
Play Description UMB MOU
NICHOLSON hit by pitch (0-0). 2 0
KRISS reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second on the throw (1-1); NICHOLSON advanced to third, scored on the throw, unearned. 2 1
CAUSA lined out to 3b. 2 1
DALY struck out swinging (1-2). 2 1
COSTELLO grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-2). 2 1
Runs
1
Hits
0
Errors
1
Left On Base
1
UMBC - Top of 2nd
Play Description UMB MOU
Godrick hit by pitch (0-2). 2 1
Varley reached on a fielder's choice, bunt (0-0); Godrick advanced to second on a throwing error by c, advanced to third on the throw. 2 1
Varley advanced to second; Godrick scored on a wild pitch. 3 1
Varley advanced to third on a wild pitch. 3 1
Machado struck out swinging (2-2). 3 1
Pinkston doubled to center field, RBI (3-1); Varley scored. 4 1
Pinkston advanced to third on a passed ball. 4 1
O'Saben struck out swinging (3-2). 4 1
Wright struck out swinging (1-2). 4 1
Runs
2
Hits
1
Errors
1
Left On Base
1
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 2nd
Play Description UMB MOU
LEAMER popped up to ss (2-1). 4 1
SAVASTIO grounded out to 2b (0-2). 4 1
SHIVES grounded out to ss (0-0). 4 1
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
UMBC - Top of 3rd
Play Description UMB MOU
Torres out at first 1b to p (1-1). 4 1
Goodwin flied out to cf (3-1). 4 1
Beeman grounded out to 3b (0-1). 4 1
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 3rd
Play Description UMB MOU
URBAN singled to right field (3-2). 4 1
NICHOLSON doubled to left field, RBI (1-1); URBAN scored. 4 2
KRISS doubled down the lf line, RBI (0-0); NICHOLSON scored. 4 3
CAUSA grounded out to 3b (2-1). 4 3
DALY grounded out to 2b (0-2). 4 3
COSTELLO grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-2). 4 3
Runs
2
Hits
3
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
UMBC - Top of 4th
Play Description UMB MOU
Godrick grounded out to 3b (2-2). 4 3
Varley walked (3-1). 4 3
Machado hit by pitch (2-0); Varley advanced to second. 4 3
Pinkston walked (3-2); Machado advanced to second; Varley advanced to third. 4 3
O'Saben reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-2); Pinkston advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b; Machado advanced to third; Varley scored. 5 3
Machado out at third 2b to 3b. 5 3
O'Saben advanced to second; Pinkston advanced to third on a wild pitch. 5 3
Wright flied out to lf (2-0). 5 3
Runs
1
Hits
0
Errors
1
Left On Base
2
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 4th
Play Description UMB MOU
LEAMER lined out to lf (1-2). 5 3
SAVASTIO singled through the left side (2-1). 5 3
SHIVES singled through the right side (0-0); SAVASTIO advanced to second. 5 3
URBAN flied out to rf (2-2). 5 3
Schoch to p for Adams. 5 3
NICHOLSON singled to third base (1-0); SHIVES advanced to second; SAVASTIO advanced to third. 5 3
KRISS flied out to cf (1-0). 5 3
Runs
0
Hits
3
Errors
0
Left On Base
3
UMBC - Top of 5th
Play Description UMB MOU
Torres struck out swinging (2-2). 5 3
Goodwin flied out to cf (1-0). 5 3
Beeman singled through the right side (1-0). 5 3
Godrick walked (3-2); Beeman advanced to second. 5 3
Varley grounded out to ss (3-2). 5 3
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
2
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 5th
Play Description UMB MOU
CAUSA singled up the middle (0-1). 5 3
DALY doubled to center field (0-0); CAUSA advanced to third. 5 3
COSTELLO singled to right field, RBI (2-2); DALY advanced to third; CAUSA scored. 5 4
KELLY pinch hit for LEAMER. 5 4
KELLY flied out to cf, SAC, RBI (1-1); DALY scored. 5 5
SAVASTIO grounded out to ss (0-1); COSTELLO advanced to second. 5 5
SHIVES singled through the right side (0-0); COSTELLO advanced to third, out at home rf to c. 5 5
Runs
2
Hits
4
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
UMBC - Top of 6th
Play Description UMB MOU
KELLY to dh. 5 5
FLORIO to p for GEBER. 5 5
Machado singled to right field (2-2). 5 5
Pinkston flied out to cf (2-0). 5 5
O'Saben grounded out to ss (3-2); Machado advanced to second. 5 5
Wright grounded out to 3b (1-1). 5 5
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 6th
Play Description UMB MOU
URBAN struck out swinging (0-2). 5 5
NICHOLSON fouled out to 1b (0-1). 5 5
KRISS singled to center field (0-0). 5 5
CAUSA struck out swinging (2-2). 5 5
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
UMBC - Top of 7th
Play Description UMB MOU
Torres grounded out to 2b (1-1). 5 5
Goodwin walked (3-1). 5 5
Brown pinch ran for Goodwin. 5 5
Brown advanced to second on a wild pitch. 5 5
Beeman walked (3-2). 5 5
Godrick reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); Beeman out at second ss to 2b; Brown advanced to third. 5 5
Casey pinch hit for Varley. 5 5
Casey singled through the right side, RBI (0-0); Godrick advanced to second; Brown scored. 6 5
Machado reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Casey out at second ss to 2b; Godrick advanced to third. 6 5
Runs
1
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
2
Mount St. Mary's - Bottom of 7th
Play Description UMB MOU
O'Saben to 2b. 6 5
Wright to 1b. 6 5
Wentzlaff to lf for Brown. 6 5
Godrick to cf. 6 5
Casey to c. 6 5
DALY singled to left center (1-2). 6 5
COSTELLO singled to shortstop (1-2); DALY advanced to second. 6 5
KOZOROSKY pinch ran for COSTELLO. 6 5
KELLY reached on a fielder's choice, bunt (0-1); KOZOROSKY advanced to second; DALY out at third p to 3b. 6 5
MIESES pinch ran for KELLY. 6 5
SAVASTIO popped up to 2b (0-2). 6 5
MIESES stole second; KOZOROSKY stole third. 6 5
SHIVES struck out swinging (3-2). 6 5
Runs
0
Hits
2
Errors
0
Left On Base
2

Composite Stats

UMBC 6 - Composite Stats
POS Player AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SH SF SO KL GDP PO A
rf rf Pinkston, Terrence 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
cf/2b cf/2b O'Saben, Blaze 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0
2b/1b 2b/1b Wright, AJ 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
3b 3b Torres, Christian 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
1b 1b Goodwin, Joey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
pr     pr Brown, Ryan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
lf     lf Wentzlaff, Ethan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dh dh Beeman, Raven 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
lf/cf lf/cf Godrick, Peter 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
c c Varley, Reese 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
ph/c     ph/c Casey, Colin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
ss ss Machado, Andres 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
p p Adams, Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Schoch, Stephen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 27 6 5 5 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 21 7
Mount St. Mary's 5Composite Stats
POS Player AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SH SF SO KL GDP PO A
lf lf NICHOLSON, Miles 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2b 2b KRISS, Alex 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
ss ss CAUSA, Patrick 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
rf rf DALY, Pat 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
c c COSTELLO, Zack 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
pr     pr KOZOROSKY, CJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dh dh LEAMER, Trevor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ph/dh     ph/dh KELLY, Sean 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
pr     pr MIESES, Sebastian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1b 1b SAVASTIO, Thomas 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
3b 3b SHIVES, Bryant 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
cf cf URBAN, Jared 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
p p GEBER, Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
p     p FLORIO, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 13 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 21 11
Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.