VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton baseball will play a rare midweek doubleheader when the Bearcats (9-18-1) face reigning MAAC champion Marist (14-14) beginning at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams will play two seven-inning games at McCann Baseball Field. 

Binghamton is coming off a three-game weekend sweep at the hands of Hartford. The Bearcats lost three tight games and saw their conference record slip to 5-7 halfway through the league slate. In the congested Aemrica East standings, the first and last place teams are separated by just three games.

Junior right fielder Anthony Meduri continues to lead the team with a .343 average. Meduri also has nine doubles and 14 RBI. Senior catcher Jason Agresti is hitting .313 with a team-high 11 doubles and 16 RBI. Agresti has a team-best .421 on-base percentage. Senior first baseman Luke Tevlin is the other Bearcat batting above .300 (.313). Senior shortstop Paul Rufo has a team-high 17 RBI. 

The Bearcats are hitting .245 as a team and have a pitching ERA of 5.17.

Today's starters will be freshman Reid VanScoter (0-1, 4.34 ERA) and senior Joe Orlando (1-1, 7.27 ERA). 

Marist has won five straight games, including a three-game sweep of Niagara over the weekend. The Red Foxes own wins over fellow America East teams UMass Lowell (8-7 on March 28) and Hartford (5-4 in 11 inn. on April 11). 

The Red Foxes began their season 0-7 with tough series' at nationally-prominent Oklahoma State and UNC Greensboro. The team has gone 14-7 since. Marist returned 12 of 16 pitchers and seven of nine position starters from a team that won 32 games and advanced to the NCAA Regionals last spring. They were picked to repeat at MAAC champions this year.

Junior outfielder Frankie Gregoire, a first team all-conference selection last year, leads the team with 20 RBI. Fellow all-conference selection, first baseman Tyler Kapuscinski is hitting .340. Designated hitter Greg Kocinski has six home run and 19 RBI.  Freshman Alex Pansini (0-0, 7.36) will start Game 1 and make his fifth appearance this season and first collegiate start. Marist has not announced its Game 2 starter. The Red Foxes are hitting .271 and have a 5.76 team ERA.

Binghamton leads the all-time series 7-6, thanks to a 3-1 win in Vestal last spring. The teams split a doubleheader in Poughkeepsie two years ago.