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Binghamton & Maine Stay Perfect On Day 2 of #AEBASE Championship

VESTAL, N.Y. – Top seeded Binghamton tossed a shutout in their opener against No. 5 UMass Lowell and No. 3 Maine advanced in the winner’s bracket, while No. 2 UMBC stayed alive in an elimination game in the final contest on the second day of the 2026 #AEBASE Championship.
  
Binghamton scored twice in the second and once more in the third, while the pitching staff allowed just six hits on the way to a 3-0 shutout of No. 5 UMass Lowell.
 
Maine got on No. 2 UMBC early with three runs in the top of the first. The Retrievers tied the score, but a two-run fifth inning was the difference as the Black Bears finished with the 5-4 win.
 
In the final game of the night, the second-seeded Retrievers plated three runs in the first two innings and then had a five-run fourth to blow the game open. Zach Robinson went the distance, allowing just two hits over nine innings in the 9-0 victory over UMass Lowell.
 
No. 1 Binghamton will battle No. 3 Maine in the winner’s bracket at 1 p.m. to open the Friday action, while No. 2 UMBC will face the loser of Friday’s first game at 5 p.m. The two teams remaining will play Saturday for a championship and bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
The complete championship schedule, along with links to box scores and highlights can be found at Championship Central. 


 
No. 1 Binghamton 3, No. 5 UMass Lowell 0
  • The Bearcats came alive in the second inning; Mike Stellrecht singled to left field bringing Zach Kent home for the first run of the game before Braylen Gonzalez hit a sac fly to bring in Steven Kraus for the second run of the inning.
  • Binghamton plated another run in the third inning off a wild pitch to take a 3-0 lead heading into the top of the fourth.
  • The River Hawks threated in both the top of the third and top of the eighth with runners on second and third, but popups ended both their scoring opportunities.
  • It marked the first tournament shutout for any team since 2023. Conner Griffin earned the win, going 5.0 innings with just two hits allowed and four strikeouts while Jake Dally and Aiden Milburn each gave up two hits apiece in relief.
  • Zack Kent led Binghamton with two hits.
 
No. 3 Maine 5, No. 2 UMBC 4
  • UMBC walked three of the first five batters to load the bases for Quinn Murphy. He belted a three-run double to right center for the early lead.
  • The Retrievers got a run back on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the frame and then tied it up on an Anthony Mascuilli double and groundout by Danny Orr.
  • In the fifth, Troy Carpenter ripped a two-run shot to left for a 5-3 lead and Maine loaded the bases in the sixth but UMBC got out of trouble.
  • UMBC got a run back in the bottom of the sixth to make it 5-4, and put a runner on third in the eighth but couldn’t get the equalizer and lost by one.
  • Carpenter and Murphy both had two hits while Vaun Larisa earned the win and Brennan Rumpf got the save with 3.2 innings of scoreless relief.

 
No. 2 UMBC 9, No. 5 UMass Lowell 0
  • The Retrievers scored twice in the bottom of the first inning as Danny Wyatt singled home the game’s first run and Derek Paris followed with an RBI single for a 2-0 advantage.
  • UMBC added a third run in the second and then exploded for five runs in the fourth inning.
  • Dylan Melton started the scoring with a single, while Mascuilli and Orr both drove in runs to make it 6-0. Ehi Okojie earned an RBI on a fielder’s choice and Wyatt capped off the frame with an RBI double.
  • The Retrievers added one more for the 9-0 final as Zach Robinson was dominant on the mound. He tossed his first career complete game and the first complete-game shutout in the #AEBASE Championship since Joshua Beckett accomplished the feat for UMass Lowell in 2023.
  • Melton went 5-for-5 in the contest, becoming just the fourth player in league history to record five hits in a championship game. Okojie finished 4-for-5 with two runs scored.
 
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