Baseball Heads To Binghamton For Three Game America East Matchup
5/18/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Maine - Binghamton
Maine and Binghamton meet for the second time this season, the first time Maine hosted Binghamton at Mahaney Diamond, the Bearcats swept the three game series. The Black Bears enter this weekend's series with an 18-31 record and 7-13 in America East play. Binghamton has the conference's best record with a 17-4 mark and an overall record of 25-22. Friday features a doubleheader that begins at 12:00 p.m. Game three of the series is Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
Scouting the Black Bears
Maine returns on the road for their final games of the regular season as they prepare for Binghamton. The Black Bears dropped all three games against Binghamton on March 26-27. Last weekend, the Black Bears dropped two out of three against Stony Brook.
Maine is led by freshman Danny Casals. He is leading the team in batting average .305, along with hits (54) and on-base percentage (.405). Fellow freshman Colin Ridley leads Maine in home runs (6) and RBI's (36).
Logan Fullmer leads Maine with a 4-2 record this season after moving to a starting pitcher role. He has a team leading 2.48 ERA in 65.1 innings of work and striking out 67 batters. Nick Silva has assumed the closer role after Fullmer made the switch to starter. He has a total of five saves this season in 41 innings of work, he has also struck out 41 batters and has compiled a 4.83 ERA.
Scouting the Bearcats
Binghamton enters as the first place team in the conference with a 17-4 America East record.
Reed Gamache leads the Bearcats offense this season with a .364 batting average, 64 hits and 43 RBI's. He also has six home runs on the season.
Mike Bunal has a 7-3 record on the mound for the Bearcats, to go along with a 4.01 ERA, 74 innings of work and 72 strikeouts. Rob Hardy has six saves this season to go along with a 3.78 ERA.
America East Standings
| RK | Team | Conference Record | Overall Record | ||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 17-4 | 25-22 | ||||||||
| 2 | Hartford | 13-7 | 33-14 | ||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 11-8 | 22-24 | ||||||||
| 4 | UMBC | 11-9 | 25-20 | ||||||||
| 5 | Albany | 8-12 | 20-25 | ||||||||
| 6 | Maine | 7-13 | 18-31 | ||||||||
| 7 | UMass Lowell | 5-19 | 18-30 |
Statistical Comparison
MAINE CATEGORY Binghamton
18-31 RECORD 25-22
.229 BATTING AVG. .264
.299 ON BASE PERCENTAGE .360
69 RBI 89
14 HOME RUNS 4
.266 OPPONENT BATTING AVG. .279
5.26 ERA 5.32
165 STRIKEOUTS 136
89 WALKS 77
3 SAVES 2
*Stats as of 5/19/16
CAT LEADERS
Casals (27) HITS (26) Gazzola
Schwanz (13) RBI (16) Baker
Schwanz (3) HR (2) Caputo
Casals (.310) AVG. (.347) Gazzola
Five Tied (1) WINS (2) Three Tied
Courtney (2.64) ERA (1.54) Pinto
Fullmer (3) SAVES (1) Two Tied
