Baseball

MAINE vs. BROWN

Time, site: Wednesday (2), 5 p.m., Goodall Park, Sanford

Records: Maine 26-13-1, Brown 15-23

Series, last meeting: Brown leads 16-3; Maine 12-4, 11-2 on 4/13/05

Top hitters – Maine: 3B Kevin McAvoy (.404, 6 HR, 46 RBI), SS Curt Smith (.396, 3 HR, 32 RBI, 14 SB), 1B Joel Barrett (.358, 4 HR, 40 RBI), DH Matt McGraw (.333, 1 HR, 26 RBI, 11 SB), LF Ryan Quintal (.329, 6 HR, 43 RBI); Brown — 2B Bryan Tews (.386, 4 HR, 22 RBI), 3B Jeff Dietz (.353, 4 HR, 32 RBI), DH Paul Christian (.353, 8 HR, 36 RBI), 1B Danny Hughes (.344, 5 HR, 29 RBI), C Devin Thomas (.328, 5 HR, 27 RBI)

Possible Pitching Matchups

Brown Bears Maine Black Bears

RH Alex Silverman 7.83 1-1 4 LH Mitch Clegg 2.84 1-0 14

RH Joey Rued 3.93 1-1 17 RH Troy Martin 6.07 5-4 32

Outlook: UMaine looks to get in some quality midweek nonconference action against Brown, although the weather forecast isn’t promising. The games would not be made up. The Black Bears are coming off an America East weekend split at Binghamton that was dominated by pitching. The key elements of this twinbill are to get work for the pitchers to deepen the staff for the stretch run and to build offensive confidence. Brown, winner of three straight, is third among four teams in the Ivy League’s tough Rolfe Division at 12-8, the third best record in the league.