THE BASICS:
 
RESULTS:  Game 1 —Binghamton 4, Hartford 1; Game 2 —Binghamton 1, Hartford 0
LOCATION:  Bearcats Sports Complex (Vestal, N.Y.)
RECORDS:  Hartford (20-27, 8-12 America East), Binghamton (29-11, 14-4 AE)
Game 1 — W:  Nick Gallagher (8-3) L: Brian Stepniak (3-4) S: Dylan Stock (6)
Game 2 — W:  Jacob Wloczewski (4-1) L: Nathan Florence (1-5)
 
 
 
THE LEAD: 
Pitching dominated the day as Binghamton took both ends of Saturday's doubleheader against the University of Hartford baseball team (20-27, 8-12 America East) at the Bearcats Sports Complex. The Hawks managed one run in a 4-1 setback in game one, and suffered a 1-0 shutout defeat against BU in game two.
 
BU junior Jacob Wloczewski turned in his strongest performance of the season in the second contest of the afternoon, taking a perfect game into the seventh inning before Hartford right fielder Nick Campana broke it up with a single to center field. Trailing 1-0 and with Campana, representing the tying run, on first base, Hartford grounded into a double play to end the game.
 
The Hawks managed seven hits on the day, with Campana leading the way with two. Hartford got solid pitching from game one starter Brian Stepniak (3 runs, 4 hits) and game two starter Nathan Florence (1 run, 3 hits), but it was the Hawks' bullpen that stood out the most.
 
Hartford's relievers, led by freshman Alex Moconyi (4 ip, 1 run, 3 hits) combined for 6.1 innings of four-hit, one-run ball. Jake Regula (1.2 ip) and Drew Farkas (0.2 ip) were also strong out of the pen.

With the sweep, Binghamton wrapped up the No. 1 seed in next week's America East Conference Championship tournament. Hartford's seeding will be determined at the conclusion of the weekend's conference series.
 
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 1):

• Binghamton drew first blood, pulling ahead 1-0 in the first inning with an RBI double from catcher Jason Agresti.
• The Hawks answered quickly in the second when Chris Sullivan and Jackson Olson recorded back-to-back singles, before catcher Bruce Ramsay picked up an RBI on a groundout.
• BU regained control with a pair of runs in the fifth. Desiganted hitter Pat Britt singled in the first run of the frame and shortstop Greg Satriale made it 3-1 with a sac fly to center.
• The Bearcats added an insurance run in the eighth inning when center fielder CJ Krowiak singled and eventually scored on a lineout by third baseman Justin Yurchak.

 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 2):

• Yurchak double in the first, scoring Krowiak to give BU a 1-0 edge.
• Wloczewski was perfect through six innings and retired 19 batters in a row before Campana's single. He wrapped up his one-hitter with four strikeouts and a walk.

 
 
NEXT UP:
The Hawks and Bearcats will close out the regular season tomorrow at noon. Sophomore right-hander Connor Lewis (3-3, 4.83 ERA) will take the ball for Hartford against Binghamton lefty Nick Wegmann (3-5, 3.29 ERA). The games will be streamed online at AmericaEast.TV and live stats will be available at HartfordHawks.com. Twitter updates will also be provided by @HartfordBASE.