College baseball

MAINE vs. STONY BROOK

Time, site: Friday, 3 p.m.; Saturday (2), noon; Sunday, noon; University Field, Stony Brook, N.Y.

Records: Maine 5-15; Stony Brook 11-12

Series, last meeting: Maine leads 13-12; Maine 5-3 on 5/27/06

Top hitters – Maine: 1B Joel Barrett (.365, 1 HR, 15 RBIs), C Myckie Lugbauer (.346, 2 HRs, 8 RBIs), SS Curt Smith (.333, 2 HRs, 14 RBIs), 3B Kevin McAvoy (.317, 2 HRs, 17 RBIs), CF Billy Cather (.291, 1 HR, 12 RBIs, 8 SBs), LF Matt McGraw (.265, 1 HRs, 9 RBIs, 7 SBs); Stony Brook – C Michael Stephan (.318, 1 HR, 3 RBIs), 3B Chris Cruz (.288, 5 RBIs), CF Brian Witkowski (.257, 5 RBIs), 2B Chris Sipp (.250, 8 RBIs)

Pitching Matchups

Maine Black Bears Stony Brook Seawolves

ERA W-L Ks ERA W-L Ks

LH Brad Hertzler 5.25 0-2 24 RH Tom Koehler 6.14 1-4 32

RH Greg Norton 7.25 2-2 20 RH Kurt Jung 3.45 3-2 18

LH Nolan Boike 5.95 1-0 24 RH Gary Novakowski 5.32 0-1 16

RH Mike Powers 6.75 0-3 18 RH Jonathan Kalkau 1.46 2-0 15

Outlook: The Black Bears look to snap a four-game losing streak after dropping two straight one-run games and yielding 10 runs in three straight. While Maine’s hitters have been very productive (America East-best .294 batting average, 6.1 runs per game), the starting pitchers haven’t gone very deep into games so far. Coach Steve Trimper would love to see a solid mound effort from Hertzler to start UMaine’s second season – America East conference play – against an SBU squad hitting just .224 as a team.