VESTAL, N.Y. - Winners of four of its last six, Binghamton baseball (8-19, 4-8 America East) heads downstate for a three-game weekend set at Stony Brook (14-16, 9-3 AE). The teams will square off at 3 p.m. Friday before finishing the series with afternoon contests on Saturday and Sunday at Joe Nathan Stadium.Â
Binghamton is coming off a 5-3 non-conference win over Cornell on Tuesday. Freshmen
Evin Sullivan and
Nick Roselli combined to drive in all five BU runs, thanks in part to back-to-back home runs. The Bearcats turned three timely double plays and then withstood a late Cornell rally.
Meanwhile, seven Bearcat pitchers limited the Big Red to seven hits. Binghamton's final pitcher was junior closer
Jack Collins, who entered with the bases loaded and the tying run on first in the eighth inning. Collins got a double play and strikeout to squelch the threat. He then fanned two more in the ninth to notch his third save of the season.Â
Junior left fielder
Cavan Tully leads BU and ranks 12th in the AE with a .333 average. Tully is fifth in the league with a .458 on-base percentage. Sullivan has a .326 average with 15 RBI. Junior first baseman
Connor Aoki leads the team with five home runs and 17 RBI. Binghamton is hitting .250 as a team (7th in AE) and has a 6.45 ERA (6th). The Bearcats rank sixth in fielding (.960).Â
The Seawolves, completing their final season in the America East, sit in first place in Division "B" but won't be eligible for postseason. They opened conference play by sweeping three from UMass Lowell. Since they have won series' against Maine, Hartford and Albany. They rank fifth in the conference in hitting (.262) and second in both pitching (6.01) and fielding (.975). Â
Stony Brook leads the all-time series 60-39-1. The Seawolves have won seven of the last 10 head-to-head, including five of eight last season.Â
Projected Weekend Matchups
Friday, April 15 - 3 p.m.Â
LHP
Thomas Babalis (BU) (2-4, 5.21 ERA) vs. RHP Ben Fero (2-3, 4.73 ERA) |
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Saturday, April 16 - 1 p.m.Â
RHP
Gabe Driscoll (BU) (0-0, 6.23 ERA) vs. RHP Blandon Lashley (1-1, 5.15 ERA) |
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Sunday, April 17 - noon
RHP
Ryan Bryggman (BU) (2-3, 5.34Â ERA) vs. RHP Quinlan Montgomery (1-0, 5.73 ERA) |
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