The UMBC baseball team (4-4) travels to Emmitsburg, Md. for an altered three-game series with Mount St. Mary's (6-6) on Saturday and Sunday at E.T. Straw Family Stadium. The two squads will play a 2 p.m. single game on Saturday and a noon doubleheader on Sunday.
 
The games will be Mount's first at home this season.
 
PROBABLE RETRIEVER SPs:

• Junior RHP Luke Johnson (2gp/2gs, 2-0, 2.38 ERA, 11.1 IP)
• Soph. LHP Jayden Shertel, (2gp/2gs, 1-0, 1.17 ERA, 7.2 IP)
• Soph. RHP Nick Remy (3gp/3gs, 1-2, 10.03 ERA, 11.2 IP)

RETRIEVER NOTES 

• UMBC saw its three-game winning streak halted with a 12-6 loss at national power Maryland on March 7.
• Freshman 1B Leewood Molessa homered, doubled and drove in four runs against the Terps. He is batting .371 with a team-best 13 RBI.
• Molessa doubled on a full count in the eighth inning in College Park, driving in a pair to knot the game at 6-6. But the Terps scored six times in the bottom of the inning to earn the victory.  
• Graduate student OF Ian Diaz is hitting .444 with a robust 1.356 OPS through eight games. He has scored a team-best 14 runs.
• Sophomore third sacker Matt Ryan produced a monster week in the three wins, banging out nine base hits (2 doubles, 1 triple) and driving in six runs in 14 plate appearances. His batting average is up to .357 and OPS is .991.

A GLANCE AT THE MOUNTAINEERS

• The Mount is 6-6 after dropping three of four in games versus Pitt and at Stetson in Deland, Fla.
• The Mountaineers opened the campaign with five consecutive wins, including wins over Coppin State and Towson.
• Junior Tyler Long leads the squad with a .386 batting average, while junior catcher Efrain Correa, Jr. is hitting .364 with a team-best 10 RBI.

SERIES RECORD

• UMBC leads the all-time series, 77-22-1.
• UMBC has won 11 of the last 12 meetings versus the Mount.
• Last season, UMBC swept a doubleheader with the Mount, 7-4, 17-13, on March 11.
• Justin Taylor hit his first Retriever home run and Jayden Shertel picked up the win in relief in the nightcap.

UP NEXT 

• The Retrievers host Bucknell on Tuesday, March 14. The first pitch is slated for noon.