BALTIMORE -- Luke Johnson allowed just one run in 6.2 innings of work, and Dawson Baracani went 3-for-5 with two RBI as the UMBC Baseball team defeated visiting Maine, 7-1, on Thursday afternoon.

Matthew Best, Derek Paris and Luke Trythall also had RBI, while Sam Daniels allowed just one baserunner in the final 2.1 innings of work.

Kyle Eddington had a multi-hit game, and Anthony Swenda reached base in all five plate appearances without recording an at-bat, working three walks and being hit by a pitch twice. Danny Wyatt was also hit by a pair of pitches, in addition to picking up a single and a run scored.

How it Happened:

• Maine threatened right away, putting runners at the corners with no outs, but Johnson induced a 5-4-3 double play that held the runner at third, and then got a groundout to first to escape the top of the first scoreless
• UMBC (19-19, 9-7 AE) went up 1-0 in the first when Baracni smacked a leadoff single and eventually got to third after a pair of one out walks
• Trythall then lifted a sacrifice fly to deep left to plate Baracani
• The Black Bears loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the first, but Matt Ryan reached over the fence in left field foul territory to make a fantastic grab to end the inning
• After Johnson got an inning-ending double play in the top of the fourth, the Retrievers exploded for four runs in the bottom half of the inning
• Wyatt scored all the way from first on a Paris one out double that made it 2-0, and Eddington followed with a single to put runners at the corners
• Baracani then singled hom Paris to make it 3-0, and UMBC would plate two more on a run-scoring wild pitch and a run-scoring passed ball to push the lead to 5-0
• It became 6-0 in the fifth when Baracani's two-out bloop into right center fell, scoring Paris from second.
• Maine got a leadoff triple in the sixth, but Paris made a perfect throw from right field on a fly out to get the runner at the plate
• Best made it 7-0 in the bottom of the sixth when he drove in Ryan with a grounder
• The Black Bears got its only run on a two-out single in the seventh to end Johnson's day, Daniels came in and hit the first batter, but retired the next seven in a row to close out the game

Due to anticipated rain on Friday, and UMBC hosting the America East Track & Field Championships during the day Friday through Sunday, the two teams will play a 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. doubleheader on Friday.