The UMBC Baseball team looks to get back in the win column when it begins a six-game home stand by hosting Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday night at Alumni Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. and fans can watch for free on AmericaEast.TV.

The two teams met on March 15 in Salisbury, with the Hawks taking a wild, 8-7, victory. It was the first ever victory over UMBC for Eastern Shore.

In the game, sophomore third baseman Matt Ryan was the lone Retriever to collect multiple hits, as he went 2-for-4, with two runs scored and an RBI. UMBC put 20 runners on base, but stranded 11against ten different Hawk pitchers.

Last Time Out:

• The Retrievers went 2-3 last week, including dropping two of three at America East rival Bryant
• UMBC rallied for a 9-5 win against Bucknell last tuesday before falling, 13-4, to Georgetown the next day,
• The Dawgs won a 6-5 contest to open up the weekend at Bryant, before dropping the final two games, 7-3 and 8-5 
• In the rubber match on Sunday, UMBC sent the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth, but couldn't complete the comeback.
• After falling behind 2-0 in the first, Anthony Swenda (Bridgeport, Pa.) hit a two-run homer to tie the game, and Matt Ryan (Bethesda, Md.) then hit a solo shot to put UMBC (15-17, 6-6 AE) up 3-2 in the fourth. The lead was short-lived, however, as Bryant put up three in the bottom of the fourth and then added three more in the sixth. 

Scouting Maryland Eastern Shore:

• A hot start and dominant pitching for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore baseball team propelled the team to a 7-1 win and a Northeast Conference series victory against Wagner College on Sunday, April 16.
• The win moves the Hawks to 11-23 overall and 9-9 in the conference, keeping them as the sixth seed and in NEC Tournament contention.
• Brantley Cutler leads the team with a .350 batting average, with six homers and 35 RBI
• Evan Nibblett is 5-2 with a 3.04 ERA