Friday, April 7
Amherst, MA
3 p.m.
Davidson College
at
UMass
'Cats Hit the Road to Visit UMass
4/6/2023 4:29:00 PM | Baseball
The Davidson baseball team will travel for the first time inside Atlantic 10 Conference play when it visits UMass this weekend.
The Wildcats are 16-11 overall after defeating Presbyterian 5-4 Tuesday night and have won eight of their previous nine games and 10 of their last 12. Davidson is one of five A-10 teams to go 2-1 in the first weekend of league play.
The series at UMass is just the second road series of the season for the Wildcats, who visited Coastal Carolina March 3-5 and have hosted six series (NJIT, Lafayette, Bryant, Marist, Tennessee Tech, Fordham).
The UMass meeting is the first of four A-10 road series the Wildcats will play in the 24-game league slate, also including trips to Rhode Island (April 21-23), George Washington (April 28-30) and Richmond (May 18-20).
LATEST ON THE 'CATS
• Junior outfielder Ryan Wilson continues to set the offensive standard in the A-10. He leads the league in home runs (13), on-base percentage (.515) slugging percentage (.854), OPS (1.369) and hit-by-pitches (19) and is tied for the league lead in runs (37). He's also second in the A-10 with 34 RBIs and is the team leader in average (.365, 5th in A-10), doubles (8) and total bases (82) and is tied with Henry Koehler with a team-best seven steals.
• Sophomore second baseman Jack Cotrone and freshman first baseman Michael O'Shaughnessy also rank among the A-10's top hitters. Cotrone is second in the league with nine home runs and a .693 slugging percentage and is third in OPS (1.161), while O'Shaughnessy is second with a .500 on-base percentage and fourth in OPS (1.142). Others ranking in the top five include shortstop Jacob Hinderleider (30 RBIs, 3rd), third baseman Nick Calero (28 walks, 2nd; 4 sacrifice flies, 3rd) and catcher Jacob Friend (22 walks, 4th).
• Senior right-handers Will Schomberg and Bennett Flynn are setting the tone on the mound.The team's Friday starter, Schomberg is 4-1 with a 2.80 ERA, which ranks second in the A-10, and leads the conference with a .176 batting average against. He's fifth in strikeouts (41).
Flynn, who is 3-0 with two saves and has been utilized as both a starter and reliever, ranks third in the league with 45 strikeouts and a .196 batting average against. His 3.62 ERA is sixth-best, and he's second in the league with 15 strikeouts looking.
• Schomberg and lefty Ryan Feczko will start the first two games of the UMass series, with Sunday's starter to-be-determined.
SERIES NOTES
The Wildcat-Minutemen series dates to 2014, Davidson's final year in the Southern Conference before joining the A-10.
The Wildcats are 10-3 against the Minutemen and have won five of the last six meetings, including all three games in Davidson last May.
SCOUTING THE MINUTEMEN
UMass enters the weekend 4-16 overall and 0-3 in the A-10 after dropping three games at Saint Louis last weekend.
The Minutemen nearly upset No. 9 Boston College on Tuesday. UMass led the Eagles 5-0 after an inning and 10-2 after two before Boston College scored nine runs in the middle innings to win 13-12. First baseman Steve Luttazi led UMass, going 4-for-5, with a home run and three RBIs.
Luttazi is one of the top hitters in the conference and leads the league with a .439 average (25-for-57). He also ranks second in on-base percentage (.500) and OPS (1.167) and third in slugging percentage (.667).
Right-hander pitchers Max LeBlanc and Taylor Perrett are slated to start Friday and Saturday, respectively, with Sunday's starter to-be-determined.
The Wildcats are 16-11 overall after defeating Presbyterian 5-4 Tuesday night and have won eight of their previous nine games and 10 of their last 12. Davidson is one of five A-10 teams to go 2-1 in the first weekend of league play.
The series at UMass is just the second road series of the season for the Wildcats, who visited Coastal Carolina March 3-5 and have hosted six series (NJIT, Lafayette, Bryant, Marist, Tennessee Tech, Fordham).
The UMass meeting is the first of four A-10 road series the Wildcats will play in the 24-game league slate, also including trips to Rhode Island (April 21-23), George Washington (April 28-30) and Richmond (May 18-20).
LATEST ON THE 'CATS
• Junior outfielder Ryan Wilson continues to set the offensive standard in the A-10. He leads the league in home runs (13), on-base percentage (.515) slugging percentage (.854), OPS (1.369) and hit-by-pitches (19) and is tied for the league lead in runs (37). He's also second in the A-10 with 34 RBIs and is the team leader in average (.365, 5th in A-10), doubles (8) and total bases (82) and is tied with Henry Koehler with a team-best seven steals.
• Sophomore second baseman Jack Cotrone and freshman first baseman Michael O'Shaughnessy also rank among the A-10's top hitters. Cotrone is second in the league with nine home runs and a .693 slugging percentage and is third in OPS (1.161), while O'Shaughnessy is second with a .500 on-base percentage and fourth in OPS (1.142). Others ranking in the top five include shortstop Jacob Hinderleider (30 RBIs, 3rd), third baseman Nick Calero (28 walks, 2nd; 4 sacrifice flies, 3rd) and catcher Jacob Friend (22 walks, 4th).
• Senior right-handers Will Schomberg and Bennett Flynn are setting the tone on the mound.The team's Friday starter, Schomberg is 4-1 with a 2.80 ERA, which ranks second in the A-10, and leads the conference with a .176 batting average against. He's fifth in strikeouts (41).
Flynn, who is 3-0 with two saves and has been utilized as both a starter and reliever, ranks third in the league with 45 strikeouts and a .196 batting average against. His 3.62 ERA is sixth-best, and he's second in the league with 15 strikeouts looking.
• Schomberg and lefty Ryan Feczko will start the first two games of the UMass series, with Sunday's starter to-be-determined.
SERIES NOTES
The Wildcat-Minutemen series dates to 2014, Davidson's final year in the Southern Conference before joining the A-10.
The Wildcats are 10-3 against the Minutemen and have won five of the last six meetings, including all three games in Davidson last May.
SCOUTING THE MINUTEMEN
UMass enters the weekend 4-16 overall and 0-3 in the A-10 after dropping three games at Saint Louis last weekend.
The Minutemen nearly upset No. 9 Boston College on Tuesday. UMass led the Eagles 5-0 after an inning and 10-2 after two before Boston College scored nine runs in the middle innings to win 13-12. First baseman Steve Luttazi led UMass, going 4-for-5, with a home run and three RBIs.
Luttazi is one of the top hitters in the conference and leads the league with a .439 average (25-for-57). He also ranks second in on-base percentage (.500) and OPS (1.167) and third in slugging percentage (.667).
Right-hander pitchers Max LeBlanc and Taylor Perrett are slated to start Friday and Saturday, respectively, with Sunday's starter to-be-determined.
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