Maine
Maine Baseball Picks Up 1st Win of the Season Saturday
The Maine Black Bears Baseball Team picked up their 1st win of the season, beating Fordham 16-2 in 7 innings on Saturday, February 24th.
Maine had back-to-back solo homers in the 1st inning, with Jake Marquez hitting his 2nd of the season to left field. followed by Jeremiah Jenkins hitting his 2nd of the season to centerfield.
In the 3rd inning, Nick White homered, his 1st of the season, driving in 2 runs.
Marquez ended up 2-3, driving in 3 runs, walking twice.
Myles Sargent was 1-3 with a double and 2 runs batted in
Zach Martin walked 3 times scoring 2 runs.
Jason Kreiger picked up the win on the mound for Maine. He went 5.0 innings, allowing 4 hits and 2 earned runs. He struck out 6 and walked 2.
Colton Carson pitched the 6th inning striking out 1 and Luc Lavigueur pitched the 7th inning, striking out 2.
Maine is now 1-4.. Maine is scheduled to play Army on Sunday morning, February 25th at 9 a.m.
The Black Bears play their 1st home game on Wednesday March 20th at 4 p.m. when they host Thomas College. Maine then opens America East play on Friday March 22nd with a 3-game home series against the Bryant Bulldogs
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
Maine-UMass Lowell Baseball May 10
The Maine Black Bears hosted the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday, May 10th
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper
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