ALBANY, N.Y. – The UAlbany baseball team will travel down the Hudson to take on Marist in a doubleheader, 1 pm Tuesday.
 
Series Info
Game 1- Tuesday, April 9
McCann Baseball Field – Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
1:00 pm E.T.
Live Stats | Live Stream
 
Game 2- Tuesday, April 9
McCann Baseball Field – Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
3:30 pm E.T.
Live Stats | Live Stream
 
Probable Starters – UAlbany
Game 1: Michael DiMartino – RHP | Sr.| 6-2 | 210 | 10.61 ERA
Game 2: TBD

Leading the Pack

• Starting every game this season, Will Binder has been a force at the plate with a .289 batting average, a .846 OPS, and nine multi-hit games.
• Thomas McElwee has recorded a team-high .342 batting average on the campaign.
• Jared Toby has brought power to the lineup with eight extra-base hits, including a team-high three home runs, and 15 RBIs.
• In addition to patrolling center field, Luke Filippi has 22 hits on the season.
• Owen Birkman leads the pitching staff this season with a 9.90 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 30 innings pitched.
• The pitching staff has amassed a 10.98 ERA over 180.1 innings, with an opposing batting average of .326.

 
Season Review

• UAlbany owns a 4-19 record while going 3-5 in conference play.
• Opening their season against #9 Tennessee (2.23-25), the Great Danes narrowly fell 5-8 in game one before being defeated 6-21 and 0-12.
• Continuing their road stretch, UAlbany was swept in a three-game series by George Washington (3.3-3) and lost four contests to Purdue (3.9-10)
• After falling to Army, the Great Danes were swept in a three-game series at Georgetown (3.15-17).
• Opening conference play, UAlbany split a doubleheader against UMass Lowell (2.22).
• The Great Danes took two games in a three-game set against Maine (3.30-31) before defeating Siena (4.2), 17-12, in a crosstown matchup.
• Most recently, the Great Danes were swept by Bryant (4.6-7) in a three-game series.
• Will Binder leads the team with 24 hits followed by Luke Filippi with 22. 
• Binder has tallied a team-best 10 extra-base hits, including eight doubles, a triple, and a home run.
• Jared Toby has tallied a team-best 15 RBIs.
• Owen Birkman leads all qualified pitchers with a 9.90 ERA through 30 innings pitched.

 
Heating Up

• Levi McAllister had two multi-hit performances in the series against Bryant.
• Ryan Ferremi drove in six RBIs from five hits, including a home run, last week.
• Across four innings, Luke Boule struck out seven batters (15.75 K/9).
• In his start against Siena, Michael DiMartino only allowed one run and struck out four in 3.2 innings pitched.

 
Scouting Marist
The Red Foxes have gone 9-20 this season with a 4-5 conference record.

• Opening their season on the road, Marist fell in the first two games of their series against Southern Mississippi (2.16-18) before winning game three.
• The Red Foxes were swept by USF (2.23-25) and Columbia (3.1-3) but bounced back to defeat Fordham (3.6).
• After defeating Richmond (3.8-10) in two of three contests, Marist was defeated at Virginia Tech (3.12).
• Losing the series against Radford (3.15-17), 1-2, the Red Foxes were defeated by FDU (3.20).
• Defeating Saint Peter's (3.22-24) twice, Marist lost to Sacred Heart (3.26) and was swept by Niagara (3.29-30).
• Most recently, the Red Foxes claimed the series against Mount St. Mary's (4.6-7) after winning games one and three.
• Ethan Conrad has led the way for Marist at the plate with a team-best .336 batting average, 28 RBIs, and four home runs.
• Johnny Decker has been waging war on the base paths, tallying 14 steals in 16 attempts.
• Tyler Hartley has been dominant on the bump, striking out 29 batters in 32 innings pitched while recording a 1.59 WHIP.

 
Leading the League
The Great Danes have leaders in eight of the hitting categories, five of the pitching categories, and three of the fielding categories.

• Thomas McElwee
  • 2nd – .342 batting average
  • T8th – 2 runners caught stealing
  • T12th – .419 on-base percentage
• Will Binder
  • T4th – 8 doubles
  • T5th – 7 hit by pitches
• John Vitucci
  • T8th – 2 sac bunts
  • T12th – .419 on-base percentage
  • T12th – 4 stolen bases
• Cooper Loyal
  • T9th – 17 walks
  • T12th – 42 assists
• Jared Toby
  • T9th – 6 hit by pitches
  • T14th – 3 home runs
• Luke Filippi
  • T9th – 6 hit by pitches
• Owen Birkman
  • 9th – 35 hits allowed
  • 12th – 22 walks allowed
  • 15th – .292 opposing batting average
  • 15th – 30 innings pitched
  • 15th – 3 batters struck out looking
• Levi McAllister
  • 2nd – 8 runners caught stealing
• Ryan Ferremi
  • 124 putouts

 
2024 Captains
Will Binder, Connor Eisenmann, and Cregg Scherrer will serve as the captains for the Great Danes during the 2024 season. Binder enters his third season with UAlbany after starting his collegiate career at LaSalle. Since joining the Great Danes, he has started in 89 games and has a .325 batting average. Eisenmann returns to UAlbany for his fourth season. Through 37 appearances for the Great Danes, he has recorded a 5.93 ERA with 121 strikeouts and a .254 batting average against. Scherrer is a redshirt senior from Skaneateles, N.Y., entering his fifth season with the team. Appearing in 44 games, including 34 starts, Scherrer has struck out 195 batters and owns a 5.73 ERA.
 
2024 America East Preseason Poll

• UAlbany was picked to finish seventh in the 2024 America East Preseason Poll, earning eight points.
• The Bearcats were picked to finish first in the conference with 35 points, including five first-place votes.
• Maine, the defending champions, followed closely behind with 31 points and two first-place votes.
• UMBC (26) placed third, NJIT (19) fourth, and Bryant (18) fifth.
• UMass Lowell (10) and UAlbany rounded out the poll.

 
America East Standings
Bryant sits on top of the conference table having won eight games in nine contests. Three programs are tied for second with a .500 win percentage, UMass Lowell and Maine share a 4-4 record with UMBC being 3-3. NJIT and UAlbany trail just behind with a 3-5 record. Binghamton rounds out the conference having started conference play with a 2-6 record.

America East Contests This Week

• Tuesday
  • UAlbany at Marist, 1:00 pm
  • Merrimack at UMass Lowell, 3:00 pm
  • Bryant at UConn, 3:00 pm
  • Le Moyne at Binghamton, 3:00 pm
• Wednesday
  • Maine at UConn, 3:00 pm
  • Stonehill at UMass Lowell, 3:00 pm
  • Rider at NJIT, 6:00 pm
  • Maryland at UMBC, 6:00 pm

                       
Up Next: The Great Danes will travel to Maryland as they prepare to square off against UMBC in a three-game series, 6 pm Friday.
 
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