Bulldogs stymied by Maine, 3-1

ORONO, Maine – The Bryant University baseball team fell to Maine, 3-1, on Friday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond.

With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 26-22 overall and 12-11 in the America East. Bryant has dropped the first two games of the series with Maine.

Zac Zyons, John Hosmer and Justin Hackett all finished with two hits. Brett Wichrowski, Austin Wainer and Chase Jeter limited the Black Bears to three runs on just five hits.

Game Information
Maine 3, Bryant 1
Records: Bryant 26-22, 12-11 | Maine 28-19, 18-5
Location: Mahaney Diamond (Orono, Maine)
W|L|S: Leys | Wichrowski | Gambardella

Key Moments

• Maine's right fielder made a diving catch along the right field line to take away a two-run hit from Lewis Barnum in the fifth.

How it Happened

• Maine got on the board in the first with an RBI ground out.
• The Black Bears extended their lead with a two-run home run from Quinn McDaniel in the third.
• Bryant had a chance in the fifth, putting runners on the corners with no outs. A pop out and a strikeout followed before Barnum hit a fly ball down the right field line. The wind played with it but the Black Bear right fielder made a diving catch to end the inning.
• The Bulldogs got on the board in the sixth as Matt Smith singled and took second on an error. Hosmer scored him with a double inside the third base bag.
• Bryant would put runners on in the eighth and ninth but were unable to plate a run.

Inside the Box Score

• Wichrowski allowed three runs on five hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out three over 3.0 innings.
• Wainer retired nine of the 10 batters he faced over 3.0 scoreless innings of relief. He struck out three.
• Jeter retired six of the seven batters he faced in 2.0 scoreless innings of relief.
• Zyons finished 2-for-4 and reached three times thanks to a walk.
• Hosmer finished 2-for-4 with an RBI double.
• Hackett went 2-for-4 with a ground-rule double.

Game Notes

• Bryant and Maine have now split six all-time meetings.
• The Black Bears have won the weekend series.
• Bryant enters the final day of the regular season tied for third in the league standings with Binghamton.
• The Bulldogs can clinch the three seed with a victory on Saturday.
• Jake Gustin saw his on-base streak end at 26 games.
• Hackett has now hit safely in each of his last four games.
• Hosmer has driven in a run in each of the first two games of the series.
• Wainer has now allowed just five runs (three earned) over his last 20.1 innings. He has walked five and struck out 20.

Up Next
Bryant and Maine will close out their series on Saturday afternoon at 12:00 p.m.