VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton baseball (16-19, 6-9 America East) collected a season-high 16 hits and scored in five of the first six innings to run away from visiting UAlbany (5-27, 3-11 AE) 11-4 Sunday afternoon at the Bearcats Baseball Stadium. The win completed a BU weekend sweep of the Great Danes and the three wins moved the Bearcats up into fifth place in the conference standings with three series' remaining in the regular season. 

Senior center fielder and leadoff hitter Tommy Reifler went 4-for-5 with two RBI and senior first baseman Andrew Tan added a career-high four hits to spark BU's 11-run attack. 

The Bearcats scored a run in the first inning for the third straight game, and followed with four runs in the second and two each in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Meanwhile, three BU pitchers limited UAlbany to six hits and two earned runs. In the three-game series, the Bearcats pitched to a 1.29 ERA. 

Graduate Spencer Howell started and went 4.0 innings, allowing three hits and one earned run with seven strikeouts. Freshman Hayden Tarsia (W) worked three shutout middle innings, allowing just two hits with two strikeouts. Senior Justin Rosner covered the final six outs. 

The game was tied 1-1 before BU broke it open with four runs on five hits - all with two out - in the bottom of the second inning. Senior left fielder Eric Madenberg and Reifler tallied RBI singles and junior second baseman Nick Roselli (2-for-5, 2 RBI) followed with a two-run double to the right field corner, making it 5-1. 

Junior catcher Zach Rogacki belted a two-run home run with two outs in the sixth - his first homer as a Bearcat.   

The Bearcats had seven two-out hits, including a pair by Tan. 

Binghamton plays Tuesday at Siena to start four straight road games. First pitch is 3 p.m. in Loudonville.