MAINE vs. PACE

Time, site: Saturday, Sunday, noon doubleheaders; Pleasantville, N.Y.

Records: Maine 11-7; Pace 4-17Series, last meeting: Maine leads 9-2; Maine won 14-6 in 2000

Top hitters – Maine: C Alain Picard (.413, 1 HR, 14 RBI), 1B Jesse Carlton (.400, 5 HR, 12 RBI), 3B Joe Drapeau (.355, 4 HR, 21 RBI), CF Mike Livulpi (.339, 1 HR, 6 RBI), LF Simon Williams (.322, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 9 SB), RF Mike Ross (.279, 5 HR, 24 RBI); Pace: RF Paul Bonaros (.324, 2 RBI), CF Steve Martino (.329, 1 HR, 7 RBI), SS Justin Kealy (.298, 6 RBI), 1B Mike Bohlander (.288, 3 HR, 13 RBI)

Maine Black Bears Pace Setters

ERA W-L Ks ERA W-L Ks

RH Mike Collar 4.85 2-1 24 RH Keith Makowski 7.81 1-1 18

LH Rich Laganiere 10.47 2-2 21 RH Shelby Langford 15.12 0-4 5

RH Mike MacDonald 6.00 2-1 21 RH Jared Monti 10.44 0-3 10

RH Adam Labelle 4.58 2-1 10 RH Robert Van Riper 5.29 1-1 12

Outlook: The Bears look to finalize their rotation against the Setters, who have lost four of six. Labelle earns a start after his recent strong outings. The Bears, who open their America East slate April 13 at Northeastern, hope to get the bats pinging against a Pace staff that has a 9.12 ERA. UMaine will use freshman Mike Ferriggi at shortstop as Mark Reichley has been hampered by a deep thigh bruise sustained at Clemson. Also, junior Brett Ouellette is expected to see significant time at second base as Matt Reynolds has struggled with the bat of late.