Baseball Travels to Albany For Crucial America East Three Game Series Against the Great Danes
5/6/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Maine travels to Albany as they take on the Great Danes for a three game series this weekend. The Black Bears are tied with Albany in America East with a 5-9 record in conference play. Maine has won their last five games after sweeping UMass Lowell last weekend and defeating Colby College 9-3 on Wednesday.
Maine - Albany Series History
Maine and Albany have met a total of 66 times in their series history. The Black Bears lead the all time series with a 37-29 record and have had a 3-2 record against the Great Danes last season.
Scouting the Black Bears
Maine travels to Albany as they take on the Great Danes for a three game series. The Black Bears are tied with Albany in America East with a 5-9 record in conference play. Maine has won their last five games after sweeping UMass Lowell last weekend and defeating Colby College 9-3 on Wednesday.
Freshman Danny Casals leads the Black Bears with 50 hits this season and also has a team high .311 batting average. Outfielder Colin Ridley leads Maine with 30 RBI's this season, he is also tied as the team leader in home runs with five along with Tyler Schwanz.
Logan Fullmer received his fifth start of the season last weekend against UMass Lowell, pitching seven innings allowing one run and earning his third win of the season (3-1). Fullmer is leading the team in strikeouts with 54. Fullmer leads the team in ERA this season with a 2.06 average.
Scouting the Great Danes
Albany is currently 17-22 overall this season and have a 5-9 conference record, tied with the Black Bears for sixth place. In their last game, Albany put up 21 runs against Manhatten in a 21-9 victory, their last America East game they faced Hartford and dropped two games to the Hawks as the third was cancelled.
Matt Hinchy leads all Albany hitters this season in batting average (.352), he also leads the team in RBI's (30). Connor Powers leads the Great Danes this season in home runs (5).
Ryan Stinar leads the pitching staff this season with a 4-0 record, leading the team in ERA (2.08) and limiting opponent hitters to a .182 average. Dominic Savino has appeared in 15 games out of the bullpen posting a 2.43 ERA and earning six saves.
Statistical Comparison
MAINE CATEGORY Albany
16-27 RECORD 17-22
.252 BATTING AVG. .270
.327 ON BASE PERCENTAGE .369
154 RBI 184
24 HOME RUNS 11
.261 OPPONENT BATTING AVG. .265
4.53 ERA 5.13
321 STRIKEOUTS 253
138 WALKS 176
6 SAVES 7
*Stats as of 5/6/16
CATEGORY LEADERS
Casals (50) HITS (45) Sacks
Ridley (30) RBI (30) Hinchy
Two Tied (5) HR (5) Powers
Casals (.318) AVG. (.352) Hinchy
Three Tied (3) WINS (4) Two Tied
Fullmer (2.06) ERA (2.08) Stinar
Two Tied (3) SAVES (6) Savino
America East Standings
Rk. Team Conference Record Overall Record
1. Binghamton 12-3 20-20
2. Stony Brook 9-4 20-20
3. Hartford 10-7 28-13
4. UMBC 8-9 20-20
5. Albany 5-9 17-22
6. Maine 5-9 16-27
7. UMass Lowell 5-13 17-23
