SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant baseball team makes the short trip to Providence on Tuesday afternoon to take on in-state rival Brown. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.

The Particulars
Opponent: Maine
Location: Mahaney Diamond (Orono, Maine)
Date and Time: Thursday, April 2 - 2:00 PM | Friday, April 3 - 2:00 PM | Saturday, April 4 - 1:00 PM
Live Stats: Sidearm 
Video: ESPN+
Game Notes: Bryant
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Probable Starting Pitchers 

Thursday - Kaden Hilburger vs Jason Krieger
Friday -  TBA vs Gianni Gambardella
Saturday -  TBA vs Vaun Larisa

• Kaden Hilburger will make his eighth start of the year on Friday and is 1-1 with a 5.19 ERA in 26.0 innings. He has allowed 24 hits, walked seven and struck out 22. Hilburger is owns a 4.32 ERA in two America East starts. He has allowed five runs (foue earned) on eight hits over 8.1 innings. Hilburger allowed three runs on six hits over 4.1 innings last week vs NJIT.
• Bryant has listed its Friday and Saturday starters as TBA for this weekend following a short turnaround from its series with NJIT. Dylan Scudder and Ty Davis started in Sunday's doubleheader with the Highlanders.
• Dylan Scudder enters the week with a 1-2 record and a 7.71 ERA in seven starts. He has allowed 33 hits, walked nine and struck out 19 in 25.2 innings. In league play, Scudder has allowed eight runs (7 earned) on 11 hits, one walk and eight strikeouts. 
• Davis didn't allow a hit in the first conference start of his career but did issue four walks in 2.0 innings. On the year, Davis has a 4.15 ERA, 18 strikeouts and 10 walks in 17.1 innings. He's allowed just 14 hits on the year.
• Maine is slated to roll out the same weekend rotation it used in a series victory over UMass Lowell last weekend. Jason Krieger gets the ball in game one and is 0-4 with a 6.75 ERA in 37.1 innings. He has allowed 53 hits, walked 17 and struck out 21 in his return from an injury that cost him all of 2025. Krieger was solid last weekend vs UML, allowing two runs on eight hits over 5.0 innings. He led the team in strikeouts as an AE All-Rookie selection in 2024. He pitched twice against Bryant that year, allowing three runs on six hits over 6.0 innings in a start and two runs on two hits in 2.0 innings of relief.
• Gambardella enters the weekend at 2-3 with a 6.14 ERA in 36.2 innings. He has walked 21 and struck out 18 on the year. Gambardella has had a stellar career for Maine that includes Freshman All-America honors and America East Most Outstanding Player honors in 2024. He has made four career appearance against Bryant, throwing 17.0 innings and allowing nine runs (six earned) on 21 hits with four walks and 17 strikeouts. 
• Larisa is a Lincoln, R.I., native that is 0-3 with a 6.52 ERA in 19.1 innings. He's allowed 22 hits, walked eight and struck out 14. Larisa has allowed 10 runs on 13 hits in two America East starts (10.0 innings) this season. 

Bryant vs. Maine

• Bryant owns a 10-6 lead in the all-time series with Maine. The Bulldogs are 7-5 against the Black Bears since joining the America East.
• The Bulldogs have won 7-of-9, including a weekend sweep at Conaty Park last May. Bryant rallied to win game one 5-3 on a three-run eighth-inning home run from Brandyn Durand. Durand then tied game two with a home run in the bottom of the 11th and Zac Zyons walked it off four batters later.
• Bryant is just 2-4 against Maine in Orono. The Bulldogs were swept in 2023 but took 2-of-3 in 2024.

Bulldog Notes and Notables

• Bryant enters the week at 16-10 overall following a midweek loss to Brown on Tuesday.
• Bryant has won each of its first two America East series and five of its first seven series this season.
• Bryant ranks 9th nationally in stolen bases per game (3.00). The Bulldogs have 78 stolen bases in 26 games. The school record is 98.
• The Bulldogs finished the month of March with a 13-5 record. It was the winningest March under head coach Ryan Klosterman.
• Bryant enters the series first in the America East in average (.287), doubles (52), triples (13), slugging (.455) and stolen bases.
• On the mound, Bryant leads the league in ERA (5.40) and strikeouts (209). 

• Casey Wensley has gone 25-for-48 with nine doubles, 11 RBI and 19 runs scored over his last 11 games. He has multiple hits in nine of those 11 games, including two 3-hit games and two 4-hit games. Wensley is hitting .406 with 10 doubles, four triples, 24 RBI, 36 runs scored and 16 stolen bases.
• Ellis Garcia ranks fifth in the league in average (.354), third in slugging (.636), eighth in OBP (.449) and second in OPS (1.085). 
• Hunter Kingsbury went 5-for-14 with a home run, eight RBI and five runs scored in four games last week and enters the weekend hitting .294 with 16 RBI, 17 runs scored and eight stolen bases.
• Charlie Saul is hitting .353 in five conference games, posting two doubles, a triple, five RBI and a 1.038 OPS. 
• Aidan Vining has been strong out of the bullpen for the Bulldogs, posting four wins, a 0.83 ERA and a 0.69 WHIP. He has thrown seven scoreless innings in two relief appearances in league play.
• Sean Zaslaw has posted one walk and eight strikeouts in 5.0 innings of relief vs America East foes this season.

Scouting the Black Bears

• Maine enters the series with a 5-21 overall record and a 3-3 mark in league play.
• The Black Bears dropped 2-of-3 at UMBC before taking 2-of-3 at UML last weekend. This weekend will be Maine's first home games of the season.
• Maine leads the league in home runs (35) and features the top two home run hitters in the league; Troy Carpenter (10) and Juju Steven (8). 
• Carpenter has added a league-leading 32 RBI.

• In addition to Bryant-Maine, this weekend also features league series between Binghamton and NJIT and UAlbany and UML.
• UMBC is the lone team to not play a league series this weekend and is in first place in the standings with a 5-1 record.
• Bryant is in second at 4-2, while Binghamton and Maine are both 3-3. UML, NJIT and UAlbany are all 2-4 on the year.