For Immediate Release: April 11, 2010
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

BU baseball thumps Stony Brook 12-3 to take rubber game of series
Eight-run second inning is decisive; Augliera tosses eight strong innings

Box Score

VESTAL, N.Y. -- Binghamton (9-15, 2-1 AE) used an eight-run second inning to set the tone in a 12-3 win over visiting Stony Brook (11-16, 1-2 AE) Sunday afternoon from Varsity Field. The Bearcats took two of three in an early-season matchup of contending teams in the America East.

Senior designated hitter Joe Charron hit a bases-clearing triple and junior center fielder Henry Dunn added a two-run triple in the eight-run second. Binghamton sent 12 men to the plate and collected six hits with two walks to chase Stony Brook pitcher Adam Brown. Senior second baseman Jim Calderone, sophomore first baseman Dave Ciocchi and senior shortstop Jeff Abrams added RBIs in the inning.

Sophomore Mike Augliera kept the Seawolves off balance all afternoon. Augliera (1-1) went 8.0 innings and allowed four hits and one run. He struck out five, walked one and was aided by three double plays in his best start of the season.

Ciocchi and Calderone each went 3-for-5 with two RBI and Dunn went 2-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored. Junior right fielder Peter Bregartner, junior designated hitter Jeff Skelhorne-Gross and junior catcher C.J. Lukaszewski had two hits apiece.

Binghamton next plays at Siena at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.