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BALTIMORE-- UMBC baseball will look to build off a series finale win at Maine last Sunday when they begin the month of April at UAlbany this weekend. The Retrievers had just three runs in the first two games before exploding for seven in the finale to move to 7-5, 2-5 AE.
UAlbany Series Info:
What: UMBC Retrievers (7-5, 2-5 AE) at UAlbany Great Danes (5-10, 3-5 AE)
Where: Varsity Field - Albany, N.Y.
When: Saturday-Sunday, April 3-4 - Two doubleheaders starting at Noon
How to Watch: Live stream on AmericaEast.TV, live stats at UAlbanySports.com
Social Media: @umbcbaseball, #RetrieverNation, #AEBASE
Scouting the Retrievers:
-UMBC returns to action this weekend in the Capital Region at 7-5, 2-5 AE on the year in third place in Division B in the America East standings. Last weekend the Retrievers went 1-2 at Maine, winning the series finale on Sunday.
-Ian Diaz (Philadelphia, Pa.) leads the team at the plate with a .515 batting average, collecting a team-best 17 hits with 12 runs scored, three home runs, and eight RBI. Christian Torres (Miami, Fla.) and Adam Schwartz (Akron, Pa.) both have double-digit RBI with 14 and 10 respectively. The Retrievers as a team have 39 stolen bases, slugging 16 home runs with 97 runs batted in.
-Reid Celata (Virginia Beach, Va.) leads the rotation with a 2.14 ERA and a 3-1 record with one complete game. He has struck out 11 in 21.0 innings, giving up just five earned runs. Joe Nestel (Drexel Hill, Pa.) has struck out a team-best 16 batters in three starts.
Scouting the Great Danes:
-UAlbany heads into the weekend at 5-10, 3-5 AE having lost their last four after starting 3-1 in conference play. Last weekend, the Great Danes were swept at the hands of Stony Brook in Albany. The Great Danes are 5-6 on the road and 0-4 at home.
-Josh Gurnack leads the team at the plate with a .355 batting average. Johnny Marti leads the team in almost every offensive category with a .327 batting average, 18 hits, 11 runs scored, six doubles, and 11 RBI.
-Ray Weber leads the rotation with a 3.60 ERA in four starts going 3-0 in 25.0 innings of work. He has struck out 18 batters with opponents hitting .222.
All-Time Series:
-UMBC and UAlbany have met 63 times prior to this weekend with the Great Danes leading 38-25. This will be the first meeting between the two since 2019 where UAlbany won two of the three games in New York. The Great Danes have had the upper hand in the series, winning four of the last six. Prior to that, UMBC had won five of six.
Swiper Keep Swiping:
-Once again, the Retrievers are getting it done on the bases, already with 39 stolen bases with just three caught stealing. That mark has them first in the America East and near the top in the country. The Dawgs are just 12 stolen bases away from tying the tenth most in a single season. The most in a season came in 2015 when the Retrievers swiped 113 bags.
On Deck:
-The Retrievers will return to Baltimore to take on Hartford next Saturday and Sunday at Alumni Field.
