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Preview: Baseball Competes in Three Games Hosted by Northeastern

Final Weekend of Non-Conference Action for the Black Bears

Orono, Maine -- The University of Maine baseball program will play three games beginning on Saturday, April 11 that are hosted by Northeastern.

Game One - Saturday, April 11 - at Northeastern
First Pitch - 2 PM
Watch - FloCollege
Listen - Online - 92.9 The Ticket
Live Stats
Projected Maine Starter: Jason Krieger (0-4, 5.96 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, 27 SO)

Game Two - Sunday, April 12 - vs Merrimack
First Pitch - 11:30 AM
No Stream
Live Stats
Projected Maine Starter: Gianni Gambardella (3-3, 6.12 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, 24 SO)

Game Three - Sunday, April 12 - at Northeastern
First Pitch - 2 PM (45 Minutes after Game Two)
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Live Stats
Projected Maine Starter: Vaun Larisa (0-3, 6.44 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 20 SO)

Weekly Honors -- The Black Bears continued their presence within the America East weekly honors as Nic Pepe earned the honors of America East Player of the Week. He slashed .333/.538/1.000 in a 2-1 weekend as he hit a pair of home runs, including a grand slam in the series finale on Saturday. He drove in six total runs on the weekend. He joins Troy Carpenter (3x Rookie of the Week), Jack Donlin (1x Pitcher of the Week), Rex Hauser (1x Rookie of the Week) and Hunter St. Denis (1x Rookie of the Week).

Conference Leaders -- Troy Carpenter and Juju Stevens continue to remain the top of multiple offensive categories in the America East while Jason Krieger has recently climbed into the Top-10 in multiple pitching categories. Carpenter leads the America East with 32 RBI and nine home runs while Stevens ranks second with eight home runs, third in OPS with a 1.043 and eighth with a .336 batting average.

Krieger has seen his numbers increase steadily over the past few weeks as he has worked his way to 13th in the conference with a 5.96 ERA, eighth with 27 strikeouts and leads the conference with 45.1 innings pitched.

Four of Six -- The Black Bears have started to find their way into the win column over the past two weeks as they've taken four of their last six games, with their only two losses being against Bryant 4-3 on two runs scoring in the ninth inning and against #22 Boston College when the game was tied 4-4 entering the eighth inning.

Series History -- This will be the 146th meeting all-time against Northeastern and 13th meeting all-time against Merrimack.

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Players Mentioned

Gianni Gambardella

#7 Gianni Gambardella

RHP
6' 2"
Junior
R/R
Jason Krieger

#34 Jason Krieger

RHP
6' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
Jack Donlin

#17 Jack Donlin

LHP
6' 2"
Freshman
R/L
Vaun Larisa

#50 Vaun Larisa

RHP
6' 1"
Junior
R/R
Troy Carpenter

#31 Troy Carpenter

INF
6' 4"
Freshman
R/R
Rex Hauser

#1 Rex Hauser

RHP
6' 6"
Freshman
L/R
Nic Pepe

#4 Nic Pepe

INF
5' 9"
Junior
L/R
Hunter St. Denis

#22 Hunter St. Denis

INF
6' 5"
Freshman
R/R
Juju Stevens

#6 Juju Stevens

OF
6' 0"
Graduate Student
R/R

Players Mentioned

Gianni Gambardella

#7 Gianni Gambardella

6' 2"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Jason Krieger

#34 Jason Krieger

6' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Jack Donlin

#17 Jack Donlin

6' 2"
Freshman
R/L
LHP
Vaun Larisa

#50 Vaun Larisa

6' 1"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Troy Carpenter

#31 Troy Carpenter

6' 4"
Freshman
R/R
INF
Rex Hauser

#1 Rex Hauser

6' 6"
Freshman
L/R
RHP
Nic Pepe

#4 Nic Pepe

5' 9"
Junior
L/R
INF
Hunter St. Denis

#22 Hunter St. Denis

6' 5"
Freshman
R/R
INF
Juju Stevens

#6 Juju Stevens

6' 0"
Graduate Student
R/R
OF
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