VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton baseball plays its fourth straight weekend series on the road when the Bearats (2-7) travel to Virginia to face Atlantic 10 member Richmond (8-5). The teams will play Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons at Pitt Field. 

Binghamton has taken one game in each of its last two series', including last weekend at High Point. The Bearcats are hitting .206 as a team and have an 8.23 pitching ERA. 

Sophomore center fielder Matt Bolton leads the team with 10 hits and a .294 average. Sophomore first baseman Steven Kraus and sophomore third baseman Tim Hennig have six RBIs and sophomore left fielder Grant Hunter has a team-high three home runs.

Richmond is coming off a 9-4 home loss Tuesday against Longwood. The Spiders swept Cornell last weekend and also own a pair of wins over Penn State. Richmond returns just one starter from its 33-19 team of a year ago (14-16 in Atlantic 10). They added 15 freshmen and eight graduate students to 16 returners. The team is hitting .258 and has a pitching ERA of 6.49. 

Probable Pitching Matchups
Friday, March 6 - 1 p.m. 
RHP Conner Griffin (0-1, 8.68 ERA)vs. RHP Glenn Smith (1-1, 8.44 ERA) | Live Video | Live Stats
 
Saturday, March 7 - 1 p.m.
RHP Brady Bouchard (0-1, 5.25 ERA) vs. LHP Joey Giordano (3-0, 3.31 ERA) | Live Stats (no video)

Sunday, March 8 - 1 p.m.
RHP Hayden Tarsia (0-1, 16.20 ERA) vs. RHP Jackson Hinchliffe (1-1, 5.68 ERA) | Live Stats | Live Stats