VESTAL, N.Y. - After spending the first month of the season on the road, Binghamton baseball starts a stretch of eight straight at home when the Bearcats (5-8) host in-state foe St. Bonaventure (7-7) at 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at the Bearcats Baseball Complex. Admission to all regular season home games is free, compliments of UHS Sports Medicine. 

Binghamton is coming off an exceptional weekend trip to Columbia, Mo. that yielded two wins against SEC member Missouri. Binghamton is hitting .232 as a team and has a 6.42 pitching ERA (2nd in AE). Senior Chris Sleeper gets the start in what will likely be a handful of players on the mound. Freshman center fielder Matt Bolton is a contender for America East Rookie of the Week after hitting .500 (10-for-20) against Missouri. 

The Bonnies are fresh off a four-game gauntlet against SEC and national powers, No. 1 Tennessee and No. 17 Vanderbilt. They went 0-4 and were outscored by a combined 50-4. Before that, St. Bonaventure won seven of 10 games, including notable wins over Old Dominion and Gardner-Webb. They have a .257 team batting average and a 9.06 pitching ERA. Sophomore outfielder Jayce Tharnish leads the team with a .392 average, three home runs and 14 RBI. One of the Bonnies' highlight newcomers is graduate transfer and former Bearcat standout outfielder Mike Gunning.   

Binghamton is 12-5 all-time against St. Bonaventure, including an 8-7 10-inning win last March. The teams have split the last four games in the series, which dates back to 1952.