Baseball

MAINE vs. MASSACHUSETTS

Time, site: Tuesday, 4 p.m., University of Southern Maine, Gorham

Records: Maine 27-13, Massachusetts 11-30

Series, last meeting: Maine leads 50-42-1, Maine 21-8 on 4/22/98

Top hitters – UMass: CF Jason Twomley (.345, 14 HR, 26 RBI, 10 SB), LF Curt Szado (.313, 2 HR, 23 RBI), C Bryan Garrity (.273, 14 RBI); Maine: LF Ryan Quintal (.360, 5 HR, 32 RBI), 3B Curt Smith (.351, 2 HR, 25 RBI, 10 SB), 1B Joel Barrett (.348, 6 HR, 31 RBI), DH Greg Creek (.333, 8 HR, 23 RBI), CF Joe Hough (.316, 4 HR, 25 RBI, 20 SB)

Possible Pitching Matchup

Massachusetts Minutemen Maine Black Bears

ERA W-L Ks ERA W-L Ks

LH Brent Tarasuik 6.97 0-2 11 RH John Tesseyman 5.95 1-1 14

Outlook: The Bears, who have won 18 of their last 23 outings, look to keep generating momentum toward conference play. UMaine wants to continue building its pitching depth. Izaryk, who has 10 hits in his last 20 AB (.500), has been on base 14 times in his last 24 plate appearances. Smith is on a 10-for-27 (.370) surge with four doubles and two HRs. The Minutemen have struggled, batting only .246 while posting a 5.66 team ERA. Twomley has 14 homers in 33 games and has walked 26 times.