PORTLAND — A Standish man remains in critical condition at Maine Medical Center after multiple surgeries following a weekend attack by a pair of men wielding a baseball bat and a crowbar.

Ryan Wescott, 29, had life-threatening injuries following the attack at the home of his brother Shane Wescott, 25, on Holiday Lane in Standish. The younger brother is in satisfactory condition.

Two Portland men accused in the incident made their first court appearances this afternoon in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court.

Peter Tracy, 22, and Nicholas Richards, 23, were arrested shortly after the 10:30 p.m. incident by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Lt. Thomas Williams as they fled in a car. Tracy is charged with elevated aggravated assault and aggravated assault. Richards faces two counts of elevated aggravated assault.

Assistant District Attorney Bud Ellis said the initial information indicates that Tracy first made contact with Ryan Westcott with the baseball bat and that Shane Wescott tried to help his brother and that Richards then struck the younger Westcott with a crowbar.

“It’s all pretty new and muddled and all that. It still needs to be sorted out,” Ellis said.

Richards adamantly contests the allegations and maintains he acted only in self-defense, said Dylan Boyd, the lawyer appointed to represent him this afternoon. Richards has no criminal convictions, has strong ties to the community and a solid job history, the lawyer said.

Kevin Moynihan, who represents Tracy on an earlier criminal-threatening charge, said he had very few details about the Standish case.

Richards remains held on $100,000 cash bail. Superior Court Justice Roland Cole allowed Richards, who has a friend willing to put up the deed to his home for his bail, to be held on $100,000 surety or $10,000 cash bail.

The alleged motivation for the attack was because one of the Wescotts is dating Tracy’s ex-girlfriend.

The sheriff’s office is investigating the case but the State Police were notified and are assisting in the investigation. If Ryan Wescott dies, the case would become a homicide, investigated by the State Police and prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office.