ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell baseball team opens a four-game road trip on Tuesday night when it travels to face its Central New York rival Binghamton for the first of three non-conference games over the next four weeks.

Game Information

TUESDAY, APRIL 11 - 6:30 P.M.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP: TBA vs. RHP Dan McAliney (0-0, 16.03)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: BUBearcats.com

Last Weekend Rewind

In its first home Ivy League series of the season, Cornell was swept by Brown in an Easter weekend series at Hoy Field.

The Bears took both games of Saturday's doubleheader, 12-8 and 1-0, before solidifying the three-game sweep with a 5-2 triumph on Easter Sunday.

Freshman left-handed pitcher Noah Keller recorded his second career quality start in the Big Red's 1-0 loss last Saturday. Keller pitched seven innings and struck out seven — both figures serving as season highs.

Sophomore catcher/designated hitter John Quinlan hit a team-leading .364 (4-of-11) in the series against Brown. Junior catcher Nathan Waugh hit Cornell's lone home run of the series in the opening game. Waugh batted .273 while driving in four runs — all of which came in the 12-8 setback.

When It Runs, It Pours

Cornell has shown a knack of scoring runs in bundles so far this season. Of the Big Red's 107 runs scored this season, 78 have come in multi-run innings (72.9 percent of run production).

The Big Red has scored two runs in an inning on 16 occasions this season, including twice in the 12-8 loss to Brown last Saturday. Cornell has had five three-run innings this season, while also having a quartet of four-runs frams, as well as having three instances of scoring five runs in an inning.

In Cornell's 22 contests played so far this season, Cornell has registered at least one multi-run inning in 17 games (77.3 percent of games).

No. 300 for Pep

Dan Pepicelli, the Ted Thoren Head Coach of Cornell Baseball, earned his 300th career head coaching victory in Cornell's 13-3 victory over crosstown rival Ithaca last Tuesday at Hoy Field.

With the victory, Pepicelli became just the third head coach to accrue at least 300 career head coaching victories and serve as head coach at Cornell at some point during their collegiate head coaching careers. Ted Thoren, who won all 533 of his games while at Cornell from 1962-90, and Pepicelli's predecessor Bill Walkenbach (311) have more career victories.

40 Years | 45 Miles | 45 Meetings

Cornell and Binghamton are meeting for the 46th time on Tu. The Big Red currently leads the series with a 26-18-1 record. The Big Red is unbeaten in eight of its last 11 against the Bearcats, posting a 7-3-1 mark since 2016.

In the three meetings last year, Cornell went 2-1 against its Central New York rival, winning the latter two contests by 10-9 and 10-8 scores.

Junior catcher Nathan Waugh went 4-for-8 against Binghamton last season with a double and two RBI. Sophomore infielder Max Jensen drove in a team-high six RBI against the Bearcats last year, while batting going 4-of-12 at the plate (.333).

Sophomore right-hander Chris Ellison and then-senior William Gilbert each pitched three scoreless innings for the Big Red.

Facing Tournament Teams

Tuesday's game marks the fourth time Cornell is facing a team that participated in last year's NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Cornell previously played then-No. 4-ranked Wake Forest (March 5), VCU (March 10-12), and Columbia (April 1-2).

Wake Forest went 1-2 in the College Park Regional losing to UConn in the opening round and to Maryland in the elimination game to advance to the regional final.

VCU defeated No. 2-seeded Georgia and upset the host North Carolina to advance to the Chapel Hill Regional final, but lost both games to the Tar Heels with a Super Regional bid on the line.

Columbia, who was the No. 3 seed in the Blacksburg Regional, defeated No. 2 Gonzaga, but lost to Virginia Tech twice (once to advance to the regional final and once in the regional final).

Binghamton lost both of its games in the Stanford Regional, falling to the host Cardinal and to UC Santa Barbara.

Waugh(tch) It Fly!

Despite having his career-long six-game hit streak snapped on Sunday against Brown, junior catcher Nathan Waugh has been one of Cornell's hottest hitters as of late.

Over his last seven games, Waugh is hitting at a .407 clip (11-of-27) with six of his 11 hits going for exta bases (three doubles, three home runs).

Waugh's 13 RBI is currently second on the Big Red, trailing sophomore infielder Max Jensen. Of his 13 runs batted in, 11 have come in his last seven appearances.

Tough to Touch

Over 13 relief outings this season, senior left-handed pitcher Spencer Edwards has been tough to hit off of this season.

Edwards enters Tuesday's game with opponents hitting at a .205 clip off him (17 hits in 83 at-bats), which ranks as the fourth-best average in the Ivy League following games completed on Sunday.

His 17 hits allowed are tied with Princeton's Justin Kim for the fewest by an eligible Ivy League pitcher.

After allowing five hits in his season debut on Feb. 25 at James Madison, Edwards has given up 12 hits over his last 20.1 innings pitched.

Joining Edwards in the top 10 are freshmen Noah Keller (.246 - 7th) and Carson Mayfield (.256 - 9th).

Cornell is one of two Ivy League programs (Penn) with a trio of pitchers ranking in the top 10 in lowest batting average against.

Mayfield Shining Early

Freshman right-handed pitcher Carson Mayfield been a bright spot for the Cornell bullpen so far this season through his 10 relief outings.

Mayfield has issued just five walks in his 30.2 innings pitched, leading to a 1.47 walks-per-9-inning ratio, ranking second nationally for a freshman pitcher. Northeastern's Aiven Cabral paces the nation with a 0.44 figure (2 BB in 41.1 IP). Dartmouth's Jake Metzger is also ahead of Mayfield for the Ivy League lead in the category (3 BB in 39.2 IP - 0.68).

Along with his five walks, Mayfield has struck out 24 batters — which is second on the Big Red behind his classmate Noah Keller (33). The two totals lead to a 4.80 strikeout-to-walk ratio that is the fourth-best figure by a first-year pitcher. Mayfield also trails Metzger (12.00) for the Ivy League lead in the category.