Orono, ME - The University of Maine baseball team defeated Binghamton on Saturday afternoon, 9-3.

First Pitch: 1:05 P.M. (9-3 Maine)

Second Inning: Binghamton got on the board first with an RBI double to right field.

Fourth Inning: Dean O'Neill got the Black Bears on the board with a three-run home run to left field, his fourth long ball of the season. Jake Marquez (1B) and Will Burns (E4) scored on the play.

Fifth Inning: Binghamton scored their second run of the game on an infield single.

Sixth Inning: Ryan Scott began the frame on the mound for Maine. Lavigueur allowed two runs on 4 hits, 4 walks and 3 strikeouts in his 5 innings of work.

Will Burns made it 4-2 as he hit an RBI single to left field, scoring Jeremiah Jenkins (2B).

Seventh Inning: Binghamton scored an unearned run in the seventh inning to bring it back to a one-run contest.

Eighth Inning: Maine broke the game wide open as they scored five runs in the eighth inning.

Maine got the scoring started with an RBI single by O'Neill to right field, scoring Logan Burrill (PR). Jeph Hadson-Taylor (BB) and Zach Martin (HBP) both earned an RBI in their at-bats, scoring Marquez (1B) and O'Neill (1B).

Martin (HBP) scored on a wild pitch before Connor Goodman scored Hadson-Taylor (BB) on a single to right field.

Scott finished the day allowed just one unearned run on 2 hits, 1 walk and 2 strikeouts as he picked up his first save of the season on 4 innings of relief pitching. Lavigueur (2-2) picked up his season win of the season.

Maine (10-28, 6-7 AE) has their sights set on the weekend sweep as they host Binghamton in the series finale on Sunday, April 28. First pitch is scheduled for 11 A.M.

-UMaine-