Box Score LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – Visiting Binghamton baseball (21-28, 10-14 AE) scored 11 straight runs to rally from a 5-0 hole and punched its postseason ticket with an 12-7 win over NJIT (24-26, 12-11 America East) in the regular season finale Saturday afternoon at Yogi Berra Stadium.

The win gives the Bearcats the No. 6 seed for the upcoming America East tournament, which Binghamton will host Wednesday through Saturday at Bearcats Baseball Stadium. Binghamton will face No. 3 seed NJIT (for a fourth straight game) in a single-elimination game at 5 p.m. Wednesday, following the 1 p.m. matchup between No. 4 UMass Lowell and No. 5 UAlbany. No. 1 Bryant and No. 2 UMBC receive first-round byes into the double-elimination part of the tournament, which begins Thursday.  

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Needing a win or a Maine loss to secure a playoff spot, Binghamton trailed early and with Maine ahead late in its home game against UAlbany, things looked bleak for the Bearcats. But in a span of 45 minutes, Binghamton plated eight straight runs and UAlbany also rallied for a win, giving the Bearcats both favorable circumstances when they needed just one.    

Down 5-0 in the fifth, Binghamton began its rally. Following a leadoff walk to junior center fielder Logan Haskell, junior second baseman Nick Roselli blasted a 2-run home run well over the wall in right field. It was Roselli's seventh home run of the season and brought the Bearcats to within three, down 5-2.

One inning later, Binghamton scored six runs on four hits and four walks to grab the lead.

Freshman left fielder Todd Abraham hit an RBI single to make it 5-3 and then the Bearcats scored five runs with two out. Roselli continued his exceptional day with a two-run double off the wall in left field to tie the game. Junior third baseman Devan Bade followed with an RBI single to left, plating Roselli with the go-ahead run. Roselli slid to beat the tag on a close play at the plate. The Bearcats then scored their final two runs of the inning on bases-loaded walks as the NJIT bullpen faltered.

Binghamton added insurance runs in the eighth and ninth. In the eighth, senior right fielder Mike Gunning led off with a double inside the third base bag, junior catcher Zach Rogacki walked and senior DH Isaiah Corry drilled a 3-run home run to right field for the final margin. It was Corry's third of the season. Roselli closed out his stellar day with a second home run – a solo shot to lead off the ninth. It was his eighth of the season.

Senior starter Spencer Howell (W, 2-2) battled for 110 pitches over 5.0 innings and after the rough first inning, kept Binghamton in the game over his final four frames. Howell struck out seven and allowed just two runs over his last four innings. Freshman reliever Hayden Tarsia worked 3.1 innings before senior John Lumpinski recorded the final two outs.
 
Roselli went 3-for-3 with a double, two home runs and five RBI. Corry also drove in four. Bade had three hits and an RBI and Abraham had two hits and an RBI.    

Binghamton, which has been decimated by injuries the entire season, played Saturday's crucial game without two injured starters and two of the team's top-four lineup guys (senior CF Tommy Reifler, DH Evin Sullivan). Using the team's 48^th different starting lineup in 49 games, Binghamton raised the team's record number of man-games lost to injury from starting lineup guys to 75 games – by far the most in program history.

NOTE
The clinching win was also noteworthy in that it was the 700^th career win for 32^nd-year head coach Tim Sinicki. More on Sinicki's milestone win here.