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VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton baseball (14-16-1) will host St. Bonaventure (14-18-2) in a twinbill beginning at 2 p.m. this afternon at the Bearcats Sports Complex. The games begin a stretch of six straight at home for BU, which is in the hunt for a postseason berth as the season winds down.

The Bearcats are coming off their conference bye weekend, when they traveled to Long Island and took two of three from NYIT. That series came on the heels of a tough home set against Albany, which resulted in two losses. At NYIT, BU pitchers allowed just three runs in three games and after dropping the opener 1-0, the Bearcats took the final two games, 3-1 and 5-1.

Twenty-third year head coach Tim Sinicki earned his 500th career win in Sunday's finale and senior center fielder Zach Blanden also reached a milestone, recording his 200th career hit. Blanden and senior right fielder Jake Thomas (195 career hits) sit 1-2 in the America East in batting average, slugging and on-base percentage. Thomas leads the league with a .371 average and a .481 on-base mark. Blanden is tops in slugging (.571) and is second in runs scored (30).

Redshirt freshman Jacob Wloczewski (0-0, 3.78 ERA) is slated to start Game 1 today and freshman Joe Orlando (0-0, 12.86 ERA) will pitch the nightcap.

St. Bonaventure has dropped four in a row and six of its last seven. Playing out of the rugged Atlantic 10, Bona is 2-13 in league play. They started the season by taking two of three from fellow America East member Maine. The Bonnies return 15 letterwinners from a 12-win team of a year ago. They are hitting .259 as a team but have a solid 4.48 staff pitching ERA.

Junior shortstop Thad Johnson leads the team in nearly every offensive category. He's hitting .366 with 13 extra-base hits and 28 RBI. Junior first baseman Tyler Walter is hitting .306 and senior center fielder Tyler Bell is batting .291 with 21 RBI.