Orono, ME – The University of Maine baseball team completed the weekend sweep of Hartford on Sunday, 5-4.
 
Second Inning: Jackson Ciccone hit an RBI double to left field to bring home the first run of the game for Hartford.
 
Third Inning: Martin Chavarria plated the second run of the contest for Hartford as he hit a solo home run to left field.
 
Connor Goodman tied the contest up at 2-2 as he hit a two-run double to right center, scoring Jake Rainess (1B/SB) and Quinn McDaniel (BB).
 
Fourth Inning: Dylan McNary got the Black Bears in front with a two-run home run to left field, his eighth of the season. Myles Sargent (1B/SB) scored on the play.
 
Seventh Inning: Colton Carson began the inning on the mound for the Black Bears. Noah Lewis fired off 6 solid innings as he allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, 1 walk and striking out 11.
 
Jake Rainess made it a three-home run weekend as he hit a long ball for the third-straight game, this one being a solo shot to left field for his 12^th of the season.
 
Jack Colella was called on to get out of the seventh inning for Hartford. Edwin Almanzar Jr. went 6 and 1/3 innings on the mound and he allowed 5 runs on 8 hits, 4 walk and 5 strikeouts.
 
Eighth Inning: Geoff Mosseau was called on to begin the eighth inning for the Black Bears on the mound. Colton Carson pitched a scoreless seventh inning as he allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and he struck out 2.
 
Hartford scored their third run on a wild pitch and their fourth run on a groundout.
 
Ryan Scott was called on to get out of the eighth inning. Mosseau allowed 2 runs on no hits, 1 walk, 2 hit batters and 1 strikeout.
 
Ninth Inning: Justin Baeyens was called on to begin the ninth inning. Ryan Scott struck out the lone batter he faced in the eighth inning.
 
Maine picked up the win, 5-4.
 
Noah Lewis (4-1) took the win for Maine.
 
Justin Baeyens (5) picked up the save for Maine as he pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out 1.
 
Edwin Almanzar Jr. (0-8) took the loss for Hartford.
 
Maine (21-12, 11-1 AE) stays at home for a midweek matchup against Merrimack College on Tuesday, Apr. 25. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 P.M.
 
-UMaine-