Baseball To Play Final Game Before Returning Home

GAME 20
Dartmouth (6-12, 2-4 Ivy League) at UMass Lowell (9-15, 2-3 America East)
Date: Tuesday, April 2 – 5 p.m.
Location: Lowell, Mass. – LeLacheur Park
All-Time Series: 6-12
Last Meeting: 4/4/23 – L 6-1

DARTMOUTH TAKES QUICK BREAK FROM CONFERENCE PLAY
The Big Green will play one more game on the road before returning to Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park for the home opener this weekend. Dartmouth will take a road trip to Lowell, Massachusetts to face the UMass Lowell River Hawks on Tuesday.

LAST TIME OUT
Dartmouth travelled to Cornell to face the Big Red last weekend for the second Ivy League series of the season. The Big Green were coming off a series win over Yale in the Ivy League opener, looking to continue their early Ivy League play success.

The Big Red opened the scoring early in game one of the doubleheader, getting out to a 6-0 lead through two innings of play. Despite adding four runs of their own in the third inning on a passed ball and two singles and coming within one run in the sixth inning, the six-run lead was too much to overcome, as the Big Red took game one, 7-5.

In game two, Cornell wasted no time emulating their success from game one, opening a 7-0 lead. Dartmouth was able to add two runs in the fifth inning with the bases loaded, but the Big Red added ten unanswered runs to win game two, 17-2.

Dartmouth looked to reset and start with a clean slate in the final game of the series on Sunday, but the Big Red's bats remained hot as they put up 11 runs before the Big Green were able to get on the board. The Big Green loaded the bases multiple times, pushing four runs across the plate, but were not able to complete the comeback, falling 11-4 in the series finale.

SCOUTING UMASS LOWELL
The River Hawks are coming off a 7-3 victory over NJIT to avoid the sweep against their America East opponent. They sit at 9-15 overall with a 1-1 record at their home park.

UMass Lowell is led offensively by Carlos Martinez who leads his team with a .316 batting average, 14 doubles, and 19 RBI. Right behind Martinez is Alex Luccini who posts a .307 batting average and has knocked in 18 runs this season. Luccini leads the River Hawks with five homeruns up to this point.

Brendan Williams has started seven games on the mound for the River Hawks, posting a 5.05 earned run average in 35.2 innings pitched. Williams has struck out 22 batters and walked 23. LJ Keevan has made five starts and one relief appearance, having thrown 18.2 innings and allowing 30 runs.

Zach Fortuna and Brian Foley have been the most used relief pitchers, each making 11 appearances. Fortuna has thrown 12 innings while Foley has pitched 10.1 in relief.

MILESTONE WATCH
Kolton Freeman has swung a hot bat for the Big Green this season. The outfielder leads the team with three home runs and sits tied for second on the team with 11 RBI. Freeman is only four hits shy of 100 career hits as a member of the Big Green.

Jack Metzger also reached a milestone two series ago at Yale, collecting his 100^th career strikeout. Metzger is tied for second on the team in strikeouts this season, having fanned 18 batters for 103 total strikeouts during his time with the Big Green.

FOLLOW ALONG
Tuesday's matchup with the River Hawks will be available to watch via the America East stream and to follow along via Live Stats. Both links are available on DartmouthSports.com.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Big Green will return home this weekend for their first games at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park this season. Dartmouth will welcome Ivy League opponent Columbia for three games this weekend, a doubleheader on Saturday and the series finale on Sunday.

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