VESTAL, N.Y. - Visiting Maine (19-33, 8-15 America East) scored six runs in the sixth inning and added a three-run home run in the ninth to hold off Binghamton baseball (27-23, 19-5 AE) 12-7 in the regular season finale for both teams Saturday afternoon at Varsity Field.

The Bearcats went to the final day as the nation's lone unbeaten home team and finished the campaign 14-1 at home. On the strength of its fifth America East regular season title in the last 10 years, BU will carry the No. 1 seed into the conference tournament and will open at noon Thursday in Lowell, Mass. 

On Saturday, the Bearcats led 5-2 after five innings but the Black Bears jumped on BU's bullpen for 10 runs in the final four innings. Lining up pitching for the postseason, BU sent six hurlers to the hill and the group allowed 11 hits and the 12 runs. Binghamton's defense, ranked No. 5 in the nation, committed three errors which led to six unearned runs.

Binghamton trailed 2-1 before scoring four runs on four hits in the fourth inning. Freshman left fielder Daniel Franchi drove in the first run with an infield single and two batters later, senior David Schanz celebrated Senior Day with a two-out, three-run home run into the left field bullpen. That blast, Schanz's second of the season, put BU up 5-2.

Sophomore starter Nick Wegmann went 4.0 innings and allowed three hits and two runs before departing in the fifth.

In the sixth, Maine sent 10 men to the plate and produced five two-out hits to grab the lead. 

Down 9-5, BU got two back in the seventh when junior catcher Eddie Posavec drew a two-out walk and sophomore catcher Jason Agresti blasted a no-doubter beyond the bullpen in left field for his sixth home run of the season. That brought BU to within two, 9-7. But Maine put the game away with a two-out three-run home run in the ninth.

Schanz moved his career-best RBI count to 34 with his home run and Franchi went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Agresti had two RBI and two runs scored.

NOTE
Binghamton's 19-5 conference mark (.792) is the program's second-best in its 15-year America East history, topped only by the 21-3 mark (.875) put up by the 2010 team ... the Bearcats are 16-5 in their last 21 games.