MAINE vs. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT

Time, site: Wednesday (2), 1 p.m.; Savin Field, New Britain, Conn.

Records: Maine 11-8, Central Connecticut 8-7

Series, last meeting: Maine leads 15-7, Maine 4-3 on 4/6/04

Top hitters – Maine: LF Ryan Quintal (.378, 3 HR, 15 RBI), 1B Joel Barrett (.373, 2 HR, 16 RBI), RF Greg Creek (.372, 2 HR, 8 RBI), 3B Curt Smith (.369, 7 RBI, 4 SB), 2B Mike Ferriggi (.338, 2 HR, 10 RBI); CCSU: RF Tom Pezzello (.362, 6 RBI), 3B John Blaze (.362, 2 HR, 11 RBI), C Scott Appleton (.325, 2 HR, 12 RBI), CF Seth Brown (.320, 6 RBI)

Possible Pitching Matchups

Maine Black Bears CCSU Blue Devils

ERA W-L Ks ERA W-L Ks

LH Jason Weymouth 2.31 0-1 4 LH Matt Gianini 3.00 1-0 9

RH Josh Zyskowski 7.50 0-0 5 RH Adam Piechowski 5.68 1-2 9

Outlook: The Bears hope to build toward their weekend America East series at Albany with a strong showing against the Blue Devils. UMaine has won eight of its last 11 games. With the Bears adding some midweek games to the mix, they’ll get a chance to expand their pitching depth. CCSU is coming off Tuesday’s 11-4 win over Boston College. The Devils have struggled at the plate, batting.249 as a team while scoring 4.1 runs per contest. CCSU has won six of its last seven games.