College Baseball
America East Tournament
No. 6 MAINE vs. No. 3 STONY BROOK
Time, site: Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., LeLacheur Park, Lowell, Mass.
Records: Maine 19-33, Stony Brook 24-25
Series, last meeting: Stony Brook leads 44-29; Stony Brook 9-0 on May 15
Key players: Maine — 3B Danny Casals (.309-3 home runs-18 RBIs), LF Colin Ridley (.291-6-37), SS Jeremy Pena (.275-1-14, team-leading 30 runs); 1B Brenden Geary (.269-2-15), RF Tyler Schwanz (.266-5-23, 17 doubles), C Kevin Stypulkowski (.246-6-24), CF Brett Chappell (.241-4-20); Stony Brook — LF Andruw Gazzola (.321-2-18, team-high 34 runs), RF Casey Baker (.305-0-29), C David Real (.299-2-18), CF Toby Handley (.287-1-19), 2B Jack Parenty (.284-1-28), 3B Bobby Honeyman (.272-0-22), DH Dylan Resk (.259-2-17)
Pitching matchups: Maine — RH Logan Fullmer (4-2, 2.71 ERA, 3 saves, 67 strikeouts in 66 ⅓ innings), RH reliever Nick Silva (3-2, 5.23 ERA, 44 strikeouts in 43 innings); Stony Brook — RH Chad Lee (6-4, 2.14, 1 save), RH Bret Clarke (6-2, 1.94), LH Tyler Honahan (5-6, 5.23), LH reliever Teddy Rodliff (0-4, 2.34, 7 saves)
Game notes: Fullmer has pitched very well against the Seawolves this season, allowing just one earned run over 13 innings with 14 strikeouts and two walks. He had a win and a no-decision. Lee has allowed just two earned runs over 14 innings against Maine and is 1-1 and Honahan has given up one earned run in 13 innings. He is 1-0. Honeyman (.389), Parenty (.368) and Gazzula (.333) have been the Seawolves’ most productive hitters against Maine while Ridley (.400) and Geary (.286) have been Maine’s top hitters vs. Stony Brook. Stony Brook has won nine of the last 10 meetings. The Black Bears are going to have to play sound defense. They can’t afford to give the defending champs extra outs.