VESTAL, N.Y. - Visiting Hartford (4-20, 3-9 America East) scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to edge Binghamton baseball (7-19, 4-8 AE) 2-1 and salvage the final game of the weekend series Sunday afternoon at Bearcats Baseball Stadium.

After allowing 28 combined hits in the first two games of the series, the Hawks limited BU to four hits and did just enough offensively to escape Vestal with a win. The Bearcats put a leadoff hitter on base in four innings but couldn't convert and then had the tying run on third in the ninth before a strikeout ended the game. 

Trailing 1-0 after Hartford scored a run on three hits in the sixth, BU evened the game in the seventh when sophomore catcher Kevin Reilly belted a one-out home run to left field. Reilly swung at the first pitch he saw and sent it well over the wall for his third home run of the season. 

But in the eighth, Hartford used two singles and a walk to set the table for a sacrifice fly that plated the winning run. 

In the ninth, junior first baseman Connor Aoki led off with a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by pinch hitter Garrett Matheny. But a groundout and strikeout halted the threat. 

Junior starter Ryan Bryggman worked 6.0 innings and scattered seven hits and a run with two strikeouts. Relievers John Lumpinski and Jack Collins each worked a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. 

Reilly went 2-for-4 with the home run and RBI and junior left fielder Cavan Tully went 2-for-4. Tully hit .583 on the weekend and raised his team-leading average to .345. 

The Bearcats next host Cornell at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night.