VESTAL, N.Y. (Interstat) — The Binghamton Bearcats host the Maine Black Bears on Saturday in a doubleheader, with the first game scheduled for the afternoon and the second in the evening.

Binghamton (30-20) holds a 2-1 edge in the season series after a dramatic 6-5 win Friday. Maine (23-31) has lost five of its last seven games but is coming off an 11-6 victory Thursday at Maryland-Baltimore County.

A player to watch for Maine is right-hander Thomas Stabley. In Friday’s loss at Binghamton, he pitched 5.0 innings, allowing 0 hits and 2 earned runs with 2 strikeouts. His previous three outings have been inconsistent: 3.0 innings, 7 hits and 4 earned runs against Albany on May 16; 6.1 innings, 5 hits and 3 earned runs against UMass Lowell on May 10; and 3.0 innings, 4 hits and 3 earned runs against Northeastern on April 29.

For Binghamton, right-hander Mason Holloway has been effective. He earned the win Friday against Maine, tossing 3.1 innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts. His earlier start against Maine on May 3 was rougher: 2.2 innings, 6 hits and 4 earned runs. Other recent outings include 3.0 innings, 0 hits and 2 earned runs at UMass Lowell on May 15, and 5.2 innings, 0 hits and 1 earned run at Albany on May 10.

In their most recent head-to-head series May 1-3, Maine took two of three: a 9-2 win Friday, an 8-7 loss in 11 innings Saturday and a 7-3 win Sunday. Binghamton won Friday’s opener 6-5.

Maine’s offense had 11 runs on 14 hits Friday at UMBC. Pierce Friedman pitched 6.2 innings with 0 hits, 1 earned run and 2 strikeouts. Shane Andrus went 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs, and Troy Carpenter was 3 for 5 with a home run and 2 RBIs.

Binghamton’s Friday win came on 10 hits. Holloway, Hayden Tarsia (2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 K) and Jackson Mitchell (3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 K) combined for the victory.

The doubleheader begins at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.