MAINE vs. PACE

Time, site: Saturday (2), Sunday (2), noon; Pleasantville, N.Y.

Records: Maine 12-6; Pace 4-16

Series, last meeting: Maine leads 13-2; Maine 8-3, 7-5 on 4/7/02

Top hitters – Maine: LF Ryan Quintal (.389, 1 HR, 8 RBI), DH Alain Picard (.366, 2 HR, 26 RBI), 2B Brett Ouellette (.355, 3 HR, 18 RBI), C Aaron Izaryk (.333, 16 RBI), SS Steve Gambale (.310, 6 RBI); Pace: LF Mike Pahira (.303), DH Michael Huffman (.300, 4 RBI), SS Ricky Piovesan (.299, 9 RBI), 3B Paul Bonaros (.299, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 8 SB)

Possible Pitching Matchups

Maine Black Bears Pace Setters

ERA W-L Ks ERA W-L Ks

RH Mike MacDonald 3.71 2-2 30 RH Patrick Stanley 3.44 0-1 10

RH Mike Collar 5.13 2-2 26 RH Jared Monti 5.19 0-2 7

RH Ryan Harris 4.50 1-1 19 RH Jim Smith 7.31 1-1 6

RH Greg Norton 3.00 2-0 23 RH Robert Van Riper 11.25 1-2 9

Outlook: The Bears want nothing more than to play some baseball, but may run into more inclement weather. UMaine is 3-0 since heading north and hopes to build momentum going into America East play next weekend. Picard and Ouellette have been especially clutch with the bats of late in the Bears’ late-inning rallies. UMaine pitchers simply need to get in their innings. Pace has lost two straight and five of six. The Setters are hitting only .221 as a team and tend to strike out a lot.