Lowell, Mass. – Day three of the 2017 America East Baseball Championship was headlined by two close games. UMBC took to the diamond for the first time and collected a one-run victory while Maine bounced back from Wednesday's loss with a win of their own.

UMBC 3, Stony Brook, 2 – Box Score | Highlights

Andrew Casali hit a leadoff home run for the Retrievers in their first game in nearly a week's time. Michael Austin threw 5.1 shutout innings, striking out six en route to a win. The Retrievers added runs in the fourth and fifth innings and the Seawolves fell just short of completing a late-inning comeback. Casali finished the day 3-for-4 with a pair of runs.

Maine 3, Stony Brook 0 – Box Score | Highlights

In an elimination game, Maine and Stony Brook looked aggressive early. But it was Nick Silva who stole the show, nearly pitching a complete game. Both teams looked poised defensively early on, including in the top of the second inning when Toby Handley threw out a runner at the plate to keep the game scoreless. Maine opened the scoring when Jonathan Bennett delivered a single with the bases loaded to drive in Jeremy Pena and Christopher Bec. It was not until the seventh inning when Maine pushed another run across as Pena capitalized on a Seawolves throwing error. Silva was pulled with two outs in the ninth after surviving several late situations with runners on base.

Play is scheduled to continue Saturday at 11 AM on AmericaEast.tv.

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