ALBANY, N.Y. – Binghamton baseball (13-10, 4-1 America East) swept a doubleheader from host UAlbany (8-13, 2-3 AE) Friday afternoon, winning 9-1 and 10-9 at Varsity Field. The wins push Bing's win streak to four and gives the Bearcats nine wins in their last 11 games.

Binghamton totaled 19 runs on 27 hits and condensed its offense into seven run-scoring innings across the two games. The Bearcats scored 2+ runs in six of those seven frames.

In the seven-inning opener, graduate starter Ryan Packard (W, 2-1) stifled the Great Danes with 5.2 hitless innings. Packard went 6.0 IP and allowed one run on two hits with four strikeouts. He lowered his season ERA to 4.91 in six starts.

Binghamton scored once in the first inning and added three in the fourth, two in the sixth and three in the seventh. Albany scored its lone run in the sixth.

Graduate first baseman Freddy Forgione went 2-for-4 with a 2-run home run and three RBI. Junior shortstop Mike Stellrecht had two RBI and senior third baseman Devan Bade and senior catcher Zach Rogacki each collected two hits and an RBI.

In Game 2, Binghamton used a six-run fifth inning to rally from a 5-2 deficit. The first two of those runs were courtesy of freshman right fielder Sam Miller, who belted his first collegiate home run. Stellrecht led off with a single and Miller sent a 2-run shot over the wall in right. Later in the inning, Bade tied the score with a sacrifice fly, junior second baseman Zack Kent hit a two-out, two-run single and Stellrecht capped the six-run outburst with an RBI single to put the Bearcats up 8-5. 

But the Bearcats needed one more uprising after UAlbany reclaimed the lead 9-8.

In the decisive eighth inning, Binghamton scored two runs on two hits to score the go-ahead run. Miller led off with a single. Freshman center fielder Matt Bolton sacrificed him to second and reached himself on a throwing error. After both advanced on a sacrifice bunt by senior left fielder Logan Haskell, Bade plated Miller with a sacrifice fly – his third RBI of the game. Senior catcher Evin Sullivan followed with an RBI double to right center to break the 9-9 tie and provide the winning run.

Sophomore closer Jackson Mitchell used a strikeout, grounder and fly ball to strand the tying run at first and end the game.

Miller and Kent had two hits and two RBI apiece. Forgione, Sullivan and Stellrecht each had two hits and an RBI.  

The teams close out the three-game set with a single game at 1 p.m. on Saturday.