Lewisburg, PA – The University of Maine baseball team picked their second win of the weekend over Bucknell on Saturday afternoon.

Black Bears Scoring Breakdown:

The Black Bears brought home all four of their runs in the ninth inning, all of which were unearned as Jack Quigley (PR), Chris Bear (BB) and Drew Reynolds (BB) all scored on a E8 before Dean O'Neill drove in Brody Rasmussen (E8) for the fourth run.

Black Bear Pitchers:

Caleb Leys turned in the best outing of any Black Bear pitching on the season to this point as he was perfect through 6 innings of action, allowing no base runners and striking out 9, the second-most in his career.

Gianni Gambardella (1-0) began the seventh inning on the mound, in which he carried the perfect game into the eighth inning before allowing 1 run on 2 hits and one walk. He struck out three batters.

Sebastian Holt (2) pitched a perfect ninth inning for Maine, striking out one batter.

Bucknell Recap:

Bucknell scored one run in the eighth.

Hadley Maxwell (0-1) took the loss in relief as he allowed 4 unearned runs in 3 innings of work.

Notables:

• Leys was two strikeouts shy of his career-high of 11 he set back in 2023.
• Holt picked up a save in back-to-back games for the Black Bears.

Final Score: Maine – 4 | Bucknell – 1

Next Time Out:

Maine (4-8) wraps up the weekend at Bucknell in game three of the weekend series on Sunday, March 9. First pitch is scheduled for 1 PM.

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