STONY BROOK, New York - The Black Bears faced off against the Seawolves in a double header on Saturday, and despite outhitting Stony Brook in both games, Maine fell by the final scores of 3-6 in game one and 3-4 in game two. Maine threw a total of eight walks in game one and six in game two, three of them with the bases loaded.

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Game one saw a total of four home runs, two from each team, as the Seawolves took down Maine 6-3.

Jonah Normandeau got the start for Maine; his afternoon lasted 5.1 innings, allowing five hits and five runs, as well as five walks. He struck out three on 86 pitches. The loss puts him at 1-5 on the season.

It was a scoreless game until the bottom of the fourth inning, as Stony Brook tallied two solo shots, one in the bottom of the fourth, one in the bottom of the fifth, to lead 2-0 after five.

The Black Bears would answer back in the top of the sixth on a solo shot from Tyler Schwanz, giving him his team-leading fourth home run of the season, to cut the lead in half 2-1.

Stony Brook would score four in the bottom of the sixth to extend their lead to 6-1.

In the top of the seventh, Maine tried to start a rally on a Caleb Kerbs sac-fly, which would score Hernen Sardinas. Cody Pasic would add to the run total with his third home run of the season, cutting Stony Brook's lead in half, 6-3.

Maine was unable to get any offense in the eight or ninth, and fall to 3-7 in conference play.

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In game two the Black Bears took control early, scoring in the first two innings on a long double by Christopher Bec, scoring Jeremy Pena in the top of the first, and a solo shot by Brandon Vicens in the top of the second to lead 2-0. Maine would score another run on a long double in the top of the fourth by Hernen Sardinas, which would turn into three bases as Jonathan Bennett scored from first to give Maine three runs.

Nick Silva, Maine's starter, kept the Seawolves from catching up through five innings, allowing only one hit, a solo home run, in the third. Silva would allow two runs in the bottom of the sixth for Stony Brook to tie it up; Silva's day would end in the sixth, he went 5.0 innings, walking only two and striking out six. 

Neither team could break the tie in seven innings, and in the bottom of the eighth, a bases-loaded walk would end the game, 4-3 in Stony Brook's favor. Maine is now 3-8 in conference play this season. Jeff Gelinas let up his first earned run of the season, the loss brings his record to 0-2.

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The two teams will play again Sunday at 12pm in New York. The Black Bears will return home after that game to face Colby Collge on Wednesday, before hosting UMBC for a weekend three-game series.

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