ORONO, Maine (Interstat) — Maine overcame a five-run deficit to beat Albany 7-5 on Friday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond, earning its second straight win over the Great Danes. The Black Bears improved to 19-30, while Albany fell to 15-30.

Albany scored five runs in the top of the second inning, highlighted by Jaxon Mueller’s RBI single. Maine answered in the third as Juju Stevens hit a grand slam and Troy Carpenter added a solo homer to tie the game 5-5. The Great Danes regained the lead in the fifth on RBI singles by Patrick DeSarno and a walk to Tre Mariano. Mueller then drove in two more runs in the seventh.

But Maine rallied in the bottom of the seventh. Hunter St. Denis doubled to score Stevens, and Carpenter singled to bring home St. Denis, giving Maine the lead for good. Albany outhit Maine 11-6 but could not hold the lead. Key contributors included Shane Andrus, Albert De La Rosa, Quinn Murphy, Brody Rasmussen and Chris Bear for Maine, and Zach Mravlja and Dylan Banner on the mound for Albany. The teams meet again Saturday.