Baseball opens AE play with undefeated record

The Binghamton baseball team kicked off its conference season with a home series against America East (AE) rivals UMass Lowell over the weekend. The two sides’ last meeting took place during the 2022 AE tournament, where BU defeated the River Hawks in two straight playoff games. This included their final matchup of the year, which saw the Bearcats emerge as the victors of the AE Championship. Nevertheless, Binghamton continued its winning ways, sweeping UMass Lowell in the three-game weekend series.

“Those three-game sweeps

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SEE PAGE 7 are rare,” said Binghamton head coach Tim Sinicki. “They are not easy given the conference makeup, given the balance that the conference has and given the fact that that’s a good opponent year in and year out.” Game one began in a tight contest, as both teams put one run on the board in the first inning. The offense went silent, however, until the fifth inning when UMass Lowell (3-17, 0-3 AE) got on the board again. BU (11-8, 3-0 AE) swiftly responded in the bottom of the frame when junior outfielder Tommy Reifler drove in a run with a double. Just two innings later in the seventh, the River Hawks put up a two-spot to take the lead for the third time. The Bearcats’ answer did not come until the following inning when sophomore second baseman Nick Roselli ripped the game-tying triple that scored two. Neither side scored for the remainder of regulation, sending the matchup into extra innings. The contest lasted until the 11th inning, where Binghamton put the game to bed when junior catcher Kevin Reilly sealed the deal with a walkoff ground-rule double, scoring Roselli as the Bearcats earned the 5-4 victory.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023