The UMBC Baseball team begins its nine-game homestand that concludes the regular season by hosting Towson and Delaware State in a pair of mid-week contests.

The Retrievers will face Towson on Tuesday at 6 p.m., followed by a 3 p.m. Wednesday matchup with Delaware State.

Dawg Bites

• This past weekend, UMBC (24-21, 13-8 AE) handed first place Maine its first America East series loss with a pair of 9-8 victories in Orono, Maine.
• UMBC is second in the America East with 315 runs scored and are third in the America East in batting (.291).
• Right hander Luke Johnson is second in the league with a 3.06 ERA and opposing batters are hitting just .214 against the right hander. He's also second in the conference- with 73 punch outs.
• Right hander Nick Remy is seventh in the conference with a .240 opposing batting average.
• Catcher Tony Krueger is fifth in the league in batting avg (.354).
• First baseman Leewood Molessa ranks second on the circuit in RBI (58) and home runs (14). He's also seventh in slugging percentage (.603) and seventh in hits (55).
• Outfielder Ian Diaz ranks third in the AE in runs scored (47) and is third in walks (35).

Scouting Towson:

• The Tigers (15-34, 4-20 CAA) come into the game with a .277 team batting average, which is seventh in the CAA.
• Redshirt Senior infielder Reyce Curnane is leading the tigers with a .382 batting average, which is second in CAA play.
• TU ranks 10th in team ERA (7.01) and has a fielding percentage of (.962).
• Outfielder Elijah Dickerson is seventh in the CAA with 59 hits and is currently ranked sixth on the team with 17 walks.
• Redshirt Junior UTL Bryce Frederick leads his team in HR with 11, ranking him seventh in the CAA
• Redshirt Junior James Moses has swiped 20 of-24 bags.
• Right hander Justin Reebok leads his team in innings pitched with 52.2 innings and has an ERA of 5.98.

Scouting Delaware State

• The Hornets (11-30, 7-17 NEC) come into this midweek game with a .272 team batting average, which is seventh in the NEC. With 240 runs, the Hornets rank eighth in the NEC.
• Delaware St ranks sixth in team ERA (6.60) and tenth in fielding percentage (.953).
• Junior infielder Trey Paige is leading the Hornets with a .362 batting average. This ranks him fifth in NEC play.
• Trey Paige, Chris Amparo and Nick Gnardellis have all hit 9 home runs so far this season.
• Junior Outfielder Wilfredo Mendez leads his team in stolen bases as he has stolen 7-of-7 bags.
• Delaware State has 8 players who have recorded 25 hits or more this season.