Maine Baseball

The Black Bears were powered by three home runs and the conference Pitcher of the Year Nick Sinacola, who was his normal dominant self, tossing 7-innings and allowing just one earned run while striking out 11.

It's not difficult to understand why a single voter couldn't cast their ballot for anyone other than University of Maine pitcher Nick Sinacola when deciding the America East Pitcher of the Year. Just look at the numbers: 8-3, a 2.12 era, 128 strikeouts in just over 70-innings pitched, the UMaine program record for strikeouts in a single season and the America East Conference record for strikeouts

Tim Throckmorton has two stories from around Maine baseball at the College World Series that are true, and one he made up completely, can you figure it out?

Nick Derba joined The Drive on Monday to talk about the dramatic final day, Nick Sinacola's record-breaking season and what his team must do to advance in the America East Conference Tournament beginning Thursday.

The UMaine Black Bears baseball team knows what they have to do to clinch a playoff spot, we talked with Coach Nick Derba on the morning of the final weekend of the regular season on The Morning Line.

Each Friday on The Morning Line, we open up the conversation to what ever you want to bring up through our social media pages. You provide the topic and Wayne Harvey, Bryan Stackpole, and Jeff Hoak will give you their opinion

After Jeremy Swayman debuted for the Bruins Tuesday night, Mark went back and found all the other former-Black Bears turned Boston pros.

Through four games, Sinacola is 4-0 with a 1.01 era and 54 strikeouts in 26.2 innings pitched, including 31 k's over 14 innings in his last two starts.

Ken Ralph discussed a number of topics during his Tuesday appearance on The Drive. Among them was the decision to not allow fans to attend spring sports contests, the contract status of men's hockey coach Red Gendron and the department's struggle to translate investment to W's within certain programs.

Head Coach Nick Derba joined The Morning Line to talk about the weekend, and the performance of the Bears ace on the mound.