ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany baseball team will return to the road to play a three-game weekend series with the Hartford Hawks. First pitch at Fiondella Field in West Hartford, Conn. is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Friday.

Series Info
Friday, April 22
3:00 p.m. ET
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Saturday, April 23
1:00 p.m. ET
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Sunday, April 24
12:00 p.m. ET
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Projected Starting Pitchers for UAlbany
Game 1: Ray Weber – R-Sr. | RHP | 6-1 | 180
Game 2: Anthony Germinerio – R-So. | RHP | 6-4 | 240
Game 3:  TBD

Leading the Pack

• The Great Danes place fourth in the America East with an overall batting average of .279, with opponents batting .267.
• On the mound, UAlbany pitchers sit at a 6.31 ERA, also ranking fourth overall in the conference.
• Brad Malm leads the team and the America East with 14 home runs and a .762 slugging percentage. The shortstop ranks second in the conference with 39 scored runs and third with 34 RBIs. Malm also leads the Great Danes with 45 hits, a .346 batting average and a .424 on-base percentage.
• For conference-only games, Johnny Marti leads the America East with a batting average of .429. He has accumulated 15 doubles this season, the most in the conference. Marti ranks second on UAlbany with an overall slugging percentage of .496, an on-base percentage of .410 and 39 hits.
• Will Binder is batting an average of .339, ranking second on the team. For conference-only games, he is batting .411 on average, placing third in the America East. The third baseman has collected 26 RBIs so far, the second-most for UAlbany.
• Will Feil places second for the Great Danes with 25 runs scored and five home runs. He leads the team with 23 walks, ranking third in the America East.
• Jason Bottari sits in second place in the America East and sixth place in the NCAA with 27 stolen bases. He needs just one more to tie UAlbany's single-season record.
• On the mound, Cregg Scherrer has allowed 4.26 earned runs on average in 38.0 innings of work, placing fourth in the America East. He holds a .215 opposing batting average, the best in the conference. He has struck out 44 batters, ranking second on UAlbany and seventh in the conference.
• Anthony Germinerio's 45 strikeouts are good for fifth place in the America East. He sits at an ERA of 4.91.

Last Time Out
The Great Danes dropped all three games of their weekend series with Maine. On Friday, the Black Bears started the scoring with a four-run home run in the opening inning, but Michael Whalen was able to make it a one-run game in the bottom of the same inning off a three-run home run. Maine added two runs in the fourth and four in the fifth before Johnny Marti hit a solo shot to right in the bottom of the fifth to get one run back for the Great Danes. Two more runs in the sixth gave Maine an eight-run advantage. UAlbany started its comeback attempt in the seventh when Brad Malm and Whalen scored on two wild pitches. Whalen picked up his fourth and fifth RBI of the day on a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth and Chris Fisher followed with another two-RBI single in the bottom of the ninth, but the Great Danes fell just short as they dropped game one 10-12.
 
The teams played a doubleheader on Sunday to decide the series. Maine once again jumped out to an early lead in the second game of the series, scoring five runs in the second and two runs in the third. Fisher got UAlbany on the board in the fourth with an RBI single, scoring Will Binder. Maine plated its eighth run in the fifth while the Great Danes crossed home for the second time in the sixth when John Daly drove in Whalen off a one-run single. Although UAlbany was able to make it a two-run game off four RBI singles in the bottom of the ninth, the team lost game two 6-8.
 
The second game on Sunday was the closest one of the weekend, as the Great Danes lost by just one run. Maine scored first in the second on a wild pitch but UAlbany took a 3-1 lead in the third. Malm hit his 14^th home run of the year, Will Feil drove in Marti on a ground out and Binder hit an RBI-double to bring home Whalen. But the Black Bears were able to score six runs between the fifth and eighth inning and held a 7-3 advantage heading into the ninth. UAlbany once again started a late comeback attempt, scoring three runs in the ninth off an RBI single by Whalen and a two-run double by Binder to make it a one-run game, but it wasn't enough to prevent Maine's series sweep.

Scouting Hartford
The Hawks currently hold an overall record of 5-25, including a 4-11 conference record which ranks them fourth in Division A. The team won one game against each NJIT, Stony Brook, Binghamton and UMass Lowell and was swept by UMBC in week two of conference play. This past weekend, the Hawks dropped games one and two against UMass Lowell 4-20 and 6-7, respectively. On Sunday, Hartford defeated the River Hawks 13-12 despite having given up seven runs in the first inning. In their midweek game on Tuesday, the Hawks fell 4-13 to MAAC opponent Marist. Hartford scored all four of its runs in the third, taking an early lead, but the Red Foxes were able to drive in at least one run in all but two innings, including a seven-run sixth. In America East games, Hartford is batting .248 on average with opponents batting .304. On the mound, the team holds a 7.05 ERA in conference-only games.
 
Hartford is led by junior infielder Tremayne Cobb Jr. who has hit four home runs this season and driven in 27 runs. Junior Derek Tenney has picked up the second-most RBIs (12) for the team. He has collected 37 hits, including nine doubles, three triples and three home runs, and crossed home plate 20 times so far. Senior Donnie Cohoon leads the Hawks with a .333 batting average, a .417 on-base percentage and a .587 slugging percentage.
 
On the mound, sophomore Ryan Dee gave up just 1.98 earned runs on average in 27.1 innings pitched while striking out 22. Freshman pitcher Edwin Almanzar Jr. and senior Tim Blaisdell are tied for first with 23 strikeouts. Almanzar Jr. holds an ERA of 5.45, Blaisdell has a 6.81 ERA. Almanzar Jr. ranks third in the conference with a .236 opposing batting average.

Around the America East 
The America East is split up into two divisions. UAlbany competes in Division A along with Hartford, Maine and UMass Lowell. Binghamton, NJIT, Stony Brook and UMBC are assigned to Division B. After five weekends of conference play, Maine (12-3) leads Division A after having lost just three conference games so far. Stony Brook and NJIT are tied for first in Division B, both holding a 10-5 record. UMass Lowell sits in second place in Division A with a record of 7-8 ahead of UAlbany with a 5-10 record. Hartford places fourth with a 4-11 record. UMBC and Binghamton both hold a 6-9 record, ranking third in Division B.

Maine leads the America East after the 15 conference games with a .330 batting average. UAlbany is batting .266 on average, placing seventh. Defensively, Binghamton leads the way with a 5.15 ERA. The Great Danes give up 7.43 earned runs on average, sitting in eighth place.
 
By the Numbers – Batting Leaders 

• Batting Average
  • Brad Malm - .346
  • Will Binder - .339
  • Johnny Marti - .322
• Slugging Percentage
  • Brad Malm - .762
  • Johnny Marti - .496
  • Michael Whalen - .461
• On-Base Percentage
  • Brad Malm - .424
  • Johnny Marti - .410
  • Carson Dunkel - .408
• Runs Scored
  • Brad Malm - 39
  • Will Feil - 25
  • Jason Bottari - 24
• Hits
  • Brad Malm - 45
  • Johnny Marti - 39
  • Will Binder - 38
• Runs Batted In
  • Brad Malm - 34
  • Will Binder - 26
  • Will Feil - 23
• Home Runs
  • Brad Malm - 14
  • Will Feil - 5
  • Carson Dunkel - 3
• Walks
  • Will Feil - 23
  • Carson Dunkel - 21
  • Jason Bottari - 19
• Stolen Bases
  • Jason Bottari - 27
  • John Daly - 6
  • Josh Loeffler - 5

By the Numbers – Pitching Leaders

• Earned Run Average
  • Cregg Scherrer - 4.26
  • Anthony Germinerio - 4.91
  • Connor Eisenmann - 4.99
• Opposing Batting Average
  • Chase Carroll – .100
  • Marshall Winn - .154
  • Cregg Scherrer - .215
• Wins
  • Anthony Germinerio / Connor Eisenmann - 3
  • Ray Weber / Rob Manetta / Cregg Scherrer - 2
  • Nicholas Jessen / Joseph Tobia / Chase Carroll - 1
• Strikeouts
  • Anthony Germinerio - 45
  • Cregg Scherrer - 44
  • Ray Weber - 38

2022 America East Preseason Poll
The UAlbany baseball team has been picked to finish fourth in the 2022 America East Coaches' Poll. The Great Danes earned 34 points in the annual poll, finishing ahead of Maine (27 points), UMass Lowell (18 points), UMBC (12 points) and Hartford (10 points). Stony Brook, 2021 regular-season champions and tournament finalist, was selected first, receiving 46 points and four first-place votes. Close behind, NJIT earned three first-place votes and a total of 40 points. Binghamton came in third with 37 points and a single first-place vote. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own team.
 
2022 Captains
Leading the Great Danes in 2022 will be Ray Weber, Brad Malm, Will Feil, Johnny Marti, and John Daly. When asked about these selections, Head Coach Jon Mueller stated "These guys all exemplify what we're looking for in captains. They are tremendous in the classroom, they've shown great leadership qualities, and they've had an immediate and profound impact on our younger guys."
 
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