College Baseball

MAINE vs. BINGHAMTON

Time, site: Friday (2), 2 p.m.; Saturday (2), 4 p.m.; Binghamton, N.Y.

Records: Maine 34-14 (14-6 America East); Binghamton 17-32 (8-10)

Series, last meeting: first meeting

Top hitters – Maine: C Alain Picard (.358, 6 HR, 45 RBI, 12 SB), DH Aaron Izaryk (.353, 1 HR, 16 RBI), 3B Joe Drapeau (.335, 9 HR, 51 RBI), 2B Brett Ouellette (.313, 1 HR, 24 RBI), RF Mike Ross (.297, 8 HR, 40 RBI, 17 SB); Binghamton: 1B Jamie Boyer (.329, 6 HR, 18 RBI), LF Tim Collar (.320, 2 HR, 24 RBI), CF T.J. Kowalchuk (.312, 1 HR, 21 RBI), RF Tony Berube (.302, 1 HR, 23 RBI), C Kyle Loucks (.294, 3 HR, 23 RBI)

Maine Black Bears Binghamton Bearcats

ERA W-L Ks ERA W-L Ks

RH Mike Collar 3.09 7-2 57 RH Greg Sousa 2.85 5-7 60

RH Mike MacDonald 3.61 5-2 52 LH David Eagan 3.77 5-7 66

LH Rich Laganiere 5.90 6-4 46 LH Mike Weglinski 4.40 2-4 33

RH Paul Bruder 5.13 3-1 12 RH Jacob Thiel 5.64 2-6 23

Outlook: The Bears look to lock up the No. 1 seed for next week’s America East tournament after having already clinched a berth in the four-team event. The Bearcats, who sit two games out of third, hope to stay in the postseason hunt. UMaine has lost two in a row and wants to hit the ball hard, get solid starting pitching and build some momentum heading into the tourney. Binghamton has lost 11 of its last 14 games, but could give the Bears trouble with two lefthanders.