VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton baseball (5-7) welcomes Lafayette (3-13) to the Bearcats Baseball Stadium Friday afternoon to begin a weekend series. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. Friday and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+. Due to cold temperatures expected on Sunday, the schedule has been altered to finish the series with a doubleheader Saturday beginning at noon. 

Binghamton has won four of its last six, thanks to series wins at Norfolk State and George Washington. The Bearcats are hitting .279 as a team and have a 6.07 pitching ERA.

Junior outfielder Tommy Reifler leads the team with a .368 average. Junior outfielder Mike Gunning and junior shortstop Isaiah Corry are both hitting .333. Thanks to a 7-RBI performance last Sunday at GW, sophomore second baseman Nick Roselli has a team-high 15 RBI. 

Lafayette lost at Fordham 11-1 Thursday afternoon. The Leopards dropped three at former America East member Stony Brook last weekend, losing 11-6, 9-7 and 9-3. The team is hitting .256 and has a 10.24 pitching ERA. Lafayette was picked to finish sixth in the Patriot League standings after going 15-35 last spring (T-5th in PL). Senior outfielder Pete Ciuffreda is a two-time all-conference selection and has six home runs already this spring, including one Thursday.

Lafayette leads the all-time series 8-5. The teams haven't played in 15 years but BU has won the last two head-to-head encounters, 4-1 in 2006 and 3-1 in 2007. 

Projected Weekend Matchups
Friday, March 17 - 3 p.m.  
LHP Thomas Babalis (BU) (1-2, 7.36 ERA) vs. RHP Alex Walsh (1-1, 4.86 ERA) | ESPN+ | Live Stats

Saturday, March 18 - noon (DH)  
Game 1: RHP Gabe Driscoll (BU) (2-0, 1.19 ERA) vs. RHP Luke Craytor (0-3, 10.57 ERA) | ESPN3 | Live Stats
Game 2: RHP Ryan Bryggman (BU) (1-2, 10.20 ERA) vs. RHP James Reese (1-0, 4.32 ERA) | AETV | Live Stats