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George Washington Takes Game Two From Baseball, 8-2, To Tie Up Series
May 20, 2022 | Baseball
Clevenger and Wittman record season-high strikeouts on the mound for Minutemen on the day.
ARLINGTON, Va. – University of Massachusetts baseball dropped game two of the regular season series finale to George Washington University, 8-2, on Friday afternoon at Tucker Field at Barcroft Park. Graduate student Zach Clevenger and senior Tucker Wittman both recorded season-highs in strikeouts, with five and four, respectively.
UMass fell to 22-25-1 overall on the season and 8-15 in the Atlantic 10, while George Washington improved to 21-30 overall and 9-14 in conference play.
Collin Shapiro and Drew DeMartino sat atop the leaderboard with two hits, including a double from Shapiro, and one RBI apiece. Kevin Skagerlind and Steve Luttazi registered a hit each, while Shapiro and Aidan Wilde scored the two runs for the Minutemen. Wittman contributed a season-high four strikeouts through 2.1 innings pitched.
George Washington got on the board first in the second, before a two-out double down the left field line by Shapiro brought Wilde to the plate to tie the game up at 1-1 in the third.
The Colonials hit an RBI single to reclaim a 2-1 lead, but UMass brought the game to a 2-2 draw in the top of the sixth inning. With two outs, DeMartino drove in Shapiro on a single to left field. In the bottom half of the sixth, George Washington tallied six runs to take an 8-2 lead, which the Colonials held on to for the remainder of the contest.
Zach Clevenger (1-4) took the loss for the UMass on the mound, despite dealing a season best five strikeouts. Clevenger gave up five runs on 10 hits in five complete innings of work. Harrison Cohen (7-7) picked up the victory for George Washington, throwing seven complete innings, and allowing only two runs on four hits, walking three and striking out four.
Massachusetts and George Washington compete in a rubber match on Saturday, May 21, at 11 a.m., on ESPN+ at Tucker Field.
UMass fell to 22-25-1 overall on the season and 8-15 in the Atlantic 10, while George Washington improved to 21-30 overall and 9-14 in conference play.
Collin Shapiro and Drew DeMartino sat atop the leaderboard with two hits, including a double from Shapiro, and one RBI apiece. Kevin Skagerlind and Steve Luttazi registered a hit each, while Shapiro and Aidan Wilde scored the two runs for the Minutemen. Wittman contributed a season-high four strikeouts through 2.1 innings pitched.
George Washington got on the board first in the second, before a two-out double down the left field line by Shapiro brought Wilde to the plate to tie the game up at 1-1 in the third.
The Colonials hit an RBI single to reclaim a 2-1 lead, but UMass brought the game to a 2-2 draw in the top of the sixth inning. With two outs, DeMartino drove in Shapiro on a single to left field. In the bottom half of the sixth, George Washington tallied six runs to take an 8-2 lead, which the Colonials held on to for the remainder of the contest.
Zach Clevenger (1-4) took the loss for the UMass on the mound, despite dealing a season best five strikeouts. Clevenger gave up five runs on 10 hits in five complete innings of work. Harrison Cohen (7-7) picked up the victory for George Washington, throwing seven complete innings, and allowing only two runs on four hits, walking three and striking out four.
Massachusetts and George Washington compete in a rubber match on Saturday, May 21, at 11 a.m., on ESPN+ at Tucker Field.