Box Score VESTAL, N.Y. – The Bryant baseball team left 10 men on base and hit into a season-high four doubles plays in a 4-2 loss to league-leading Binghamton on Friday afternoon at the Bearcats Baseball Complex.
 
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 19-16 overall and 7-6 in the America East. Bryant and Binghamton will play a doubleheader on Saturday to conclude the series. Game one will begin at 12:00 p.m.
 
Bryant put the leadoff runner on in each of the first six innings and the first two runners on in four of those innings. The Bulldogs, who had hit into just eight double plays on the year entering Friday, hit into four, including a game-ending 6-4-3 double play.
 
Binghamton starter Conner Griffin walked five in just 1.1 innings, but the Bearcats bullpen trio of Jake Dally, Vincent Luther and Hayden Tarsia combined to hold Bryant to just one run on four hits over the final 7.2 innings. The Bearcats walked 11 and struck out just five.
 
Game Information
Binghamton 4, Bryant 2
Records: Bryant 19-16, 7-6 | Binghamton 19-13, 10-3
Location: Bearcats Baseball Complex (Vestal, N.Y.)
W|L|S: Dally | Hilburger | Tarsia
 
Key Moment

• Tommy Popoff gave Binghamton the lead with a two-run home run in the second.

How it Happened

• Bryant scored in the top of the first but couldn't make more out of an inning that featured four walks. Wensley walked to start the game, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Binghamton, however, got a big first out as Gavin Greger was caught stealing at second after drawing a walk. Wensley would eventually come around to score on a wild pitch with two outs but Bryant stranded two men.
• The Bulldogs had a chance to expand the lead in the second as two walks and a sac bunt put runners on second and third and sent the Bearcats to the bullpen. Jake Dally entered and induced a foul pop and a line drive to second to strand the runners.
• Binghamton used the momentum in the bottom of the inning as Steven Kraus walked to start the inning and Tommy Popoff hit an opposite field home run to right to make it 2-1.
• The Bearcats extended their lead to 3-1 in the third as two singles and a sac bunt led to a sac fly from Matt Bolton.
• Bryant loaded the bases with no outs in fifth and a sac fly from Hunter Kingsbury made it 3-2. Vincent Luther, however, got a pair of strikeouts to strand the bases loaded.
• Binghamton added an insurance run in the eighth as Sean Sweeney singled to center with two outs.
• The Bulldogs put the leadoff man on in the ninth but a double play ended the game.

Inside the Box Score

• Binghamton outhit Bryant, 6-4
• Bryant walked 11 times but left 10 men on base.
• Kaden Hilburger threw a complete game, allowing four runs on six hits over 8.0 innings. He walked one and struck out two.
• Wensley reached three times with two walks and a single and scored both Bryant runs.
• Garcia and Papetti each walked three times.
• Kingsbury singled and also drove in a run.

Game Notes

• Bryant falls to 12-6 all-time vs Binghamton.
• The Bulldogs and Bearcats have now split the first four games this season.
• Bryant stole two bases and now has 116 on the year.
• Kingsbury has now driven in a run in each of the four games vs Binghamton this year.
• Wensley now has 26 stolen bases on the year, the most in the America East. He is just five shy of tying the single-season program record.
• Hilburger recorded the first complete game of his career. He is the first Bulldog to throw a complete game in a nine-inning contest since Austin Wainer went all 9.0 in a victory over UMass Lowell in the 2024 America East Championships at the Bearcats Baseball Complex (May 23, 2024).

Up Next
Bryant and Binghamton will conclude their series with a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 12:00 p.m.