Box Score Orono, ME - The University of Maine baseball team was defeated by Bryant on Saturday afternoon.

First Pitch: 2:05 P.M. (15-8 Bryant)

First Inning: Bryant scored four runs (two earned) in the opening frame.

Second Inning: Bryant scored two more runs on a pair of sac-flies in the frame.

Nick White brought home the Black Bears first run of the game on a solo home run to right field. The home run was his fifth of the season.

Three Inning: Bryant plated three runs in the frame.

Fourth Inning: Owen Wheeler began the fourth inning on the mound for Maine.

Gabe Gifford allowed 9 runs (7 earned) on 5 hits and 7 walks across 3 innings of work.

Fifth Inning: White hit his second home run of the day with the bases loaded in the fifth frame. The grand slam was his sixth home run of the season. Colin Plante (FC), Jeremiah Jenkins (2B) and Connor Goodman (BB) scored on the play.

Seventh Inning: Bryant scored three runs in the frame.

Eighth Inning: Noah Lewis began the eighth on the mound for Maine.

Wheeler allowed 4 runs on 4 hits, 2 walks and 3 strikeouts in his 4 innings of relief.

Bryant scored two runs on a two-run home run.

Jake Marquez extended his on-base streak to 31 games as he hit a solo home run to left field in the eighth inning, his seventh home run of the season.

Ninth Inning: White made in a 7 RBI day as he brought home a pair on a single to center field, scoring Jeph Hadson-Taylor (BB) and Plante (HBP).

Lewis allowed 2 runs on 2 hits, 1 walks and 2 strikeouts in his 2 innings of work.

Maine (10-35, 6-13 AE) wraps up the weekend series against Bryant on Sunday, May 12. First pitch is scheduled for Noon.

-UMaine-