Orono, ME. -- Brady Fox escaped a late jam to pick up his second save of the season as the UMBC Baseball team held-off a late Maine rally for a 3-2 victory on Friday. 

The Black Bears had two in scoring position with one out in the bottom of the ninth before Fox got a strikeout and a lineout to end the contest. 

UMBC (20-16, 8-5 AE) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on back-to-back RBI singles from Danny Wyatt and Ehi Okojie that plated Dylan Melton and Danny Orr. Derek Paris made it 3-0 in the third when his RBI groundout scored Orr. 

Maine scored its first run in the bottom of the fifth on a leadoff solo homer. Kailen Hackmann entered later in the inning with two outs and the bases loaded and got a first pitch pop-up to escape further damage.

Hackmann would then cruise until the bottom of the ninth when the Black Bears put runners on the corners with no outs. Fox entered and got a sacrifice fly for the first out, but the lead was cut to 3-2. A single and error put the two in scoring position before Fox got his strikeout and Brooks Henderson snagged a liner up the middle to end the game.

Eddie Sargent got the start and went 4.2 innings, allowing just the one run on two hits and striking out one. Hackmann improved to 5-0 on the season after going 3.1 innings and allowing one run on three hits. 

Wyatt was the lone Retriever with two hits, while Melton, Orr, Okojie, Paris and Henderson all added a hit of their own.

Game two of the series will be Saturday at 1 p.m.