ITHACA, N.Y. — Embarking on its eight-game road trip this evening, the Cornell baseball team (10-13, 5-7 Ivy League) travels south on Interstate 81 for a midweek contest against its Central New York rival Binghamton (14-17, 5-7 America East).

First pitch for tonight's game between the Big Red and Bearcats is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Game action will be streamed live on ESPN+.
 

Cornell (10-13, 5-7 Ivy League) at Binghamton (14-17, 5-7 America East)
When	Tuesday, April 15
Where	Vestal, N.Y. // Bearcats Baseball Complex
Watch	Tuesday
Radio	None
Live Stats	Tuesday
Game Notes	Cornell | Binghamton

 

Probable Starting Pitchers
Day	Cornell		Binghamton
Tue. 6:30 p.m. ET	LHP William Jaun (0-2, 12.27 ERA)		LHP Caden Rothbaum (0-2, 5.40 ERA)

WEEKEND REWIND
Cornell was swept in its three-game weekend series against Ivy League-leading Penn (16-12, 10-2 Ivy League) as the Quakers swept Sunday's doubleheader, 4-3 and 9-4, before scoring 16 unanswered runs yesterday to cruise to their 16-1 victory.

Junior outfielder Caden Wildman paced the Big Red offense on the weekend, batting .400 (4-for-10) with a home run, two RBI, and registering a 1.238 OPS (.538 on-base percentage and .700 slugging percentage). Senior two-way player Ryan Porter, senior outfielder Kyle Musser, and sophomore infielder Luke Johnson also joined Wildman in hitting home runs on the weekend.

Junior right-handed pitcher Carson Mayfield excelled on the mound during his start in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader, registering a career-high seven innings pitched while striking out eight Penn hitters, to match his single-game high for strikeouts. Mayfield held the Quakers to just a .167 batting average over his start, allowing three runs on four hits, walking two, and hitting one batter.

Senior two-way player William Jaun, junior right-handed pitchers Josh Shea and TJ Swidorski, and freshmen John Hegarty and Will Siwinski did not allow any runs in their relief outings.

STAYING STRONG IN THE FIELD
Coming off its program-record .975 fielding percentage (35 errors in 1,407 fielding chances) last season, Cornell has carried its fielding success into the 2025 campaign, committing just 17 errors in 730 fielding opportunities (.977 fielding percentage).

The Big Red's fielding percentage ranks 38th in Division I baseball after the conclusion of Monday's contests, leading all Ivy League programs in fielding percentage by six points (Penn — .971). Cornell's 20 errors committed are tied with Rutgers for the fourth-fewest miscues in Division I baseball, and has 10 fewer errors than the second-place holder in the Ancient Eight (Dartmouth and Penn— 30 errors).

FEWEST ERRORS COMMITTED
This Season (as of April 15, 2025)
• 16, UTRGV (900 putouts, 313 assists, 16 errors, .987 fielding percentage in 35 games)
• 17, Ball State (949 putouts, 323 assists, 17 errors, .987 fielding percentage in 37 games)
• 19, Arkansas (938 putouts, 289 assists, 19 errors, .985 fielding percentage in 37 games)
• 20, Cornell (593 putouts, 238 assists, 20 errors, .976 fielding percentage in 23 games)
• 20, Rutgers (921 putouts, 319 assists, 20 errors, .984 fielding percentage in 36 games)
• 21, Cal Poly (912 putouts, 298 assists, 21 errors, .983 fielding percentage in 34 games)
• 21, Charlotte (922 putouts, 275 assists, 21 errors, .983 fielding percentage in 35 games)
• 21, Vanderbilt (915 putouts, 271 assists, 21 errors, .983 fielding percentage in 36 games)

Since last season, Cornell has a cumulative .976 fielding percentage (55 errors in 2,258 fielding chances), which ranks 41st among Division I programs in the span. The Big Red has a seven-point lead over Penn (.969 — 85 errors in 2,704 fielding chances) for the top fielding percentage in the Ivy League during the span.

Cornell's 55 errors committed since last season trails only Notre Dame (53) for the fewest miscues in Division I baseball, and is one of five programs with under 60 errors (Arkansas — 58; Cal Poly — 59; Northwestern — 59).

FEWEST ERRORS COMMITTED IN DIVISION I BASEBALL
Since Start of 2024 Season (as of April 10, 2025)
• 53, Notre Dame (2186 putouts, 741 assists, 53 errors, .982 fielding percentage in 85 games)
• 55, Cornell (1586 putouts, 617 assists, 55 errors, .976 fielding percentage in 61 games)
• 58, Arkansas (2509 putouts, 732 assists, 58 errors, .982 fielding percentage in 97 games)
• 59, Northwestern (2173 putouts, 798 assists, 59 errors, .981 fielding percentage in 85 games)
• 59, Cal Poly (2460 putouts, 870 assists, 59 errors, .983 fielding percentage in 91 games)

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Cornell's eight-game road trip will be its longest stretch of true road games in the middle of a season since also playing eight straight contests away during the 2022 season.

That road trip began when the Big Red posted a 11-10 victory over Canisius in Buffalo, N.Y., on April 5, before traveling to Princeton (April 9-10) for a three-game series that the Tigers won behind a 10-6 victory in the rubber match. After dropping a midwest contest to Binghamton, 5-3, on April 12, the Big Red closed out the road swing being swept in a three-game series at Penn (April 16-17).

REACHING THE CENTURY MARK
Junior right-handed pitcher Carson Mayfield and junior left-handed pitcher Noah Keller each surpassed the century mark for strikeouts this past weekend against Penn.

After matching his career high for strikeouts with eight in the opening game of Sunday's doubleheader, Mayfield upped his career total to 103 punchouts, which stands as the 38th-highest total in the Big Red's modern era (since 1947). Keller registered three strikeouts in relief in the nightcap of Sunday's twin bill to increase his career total to 101, which ranks 40th on the strikeout list.

MOST CAREER STRIKEOUTS BY A PITCHER
Cornell Modern Era (Since 1947)
1. 217, Greg Myers (1979-82)
2. 203, Steve Hamrick (1973-74)
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T31. 111, Ivan Tylawsky (1965-67)
T31. 111, John Dougherty (1970-72)
T31. 111, Bob Dutkowsky (1975-77)
34. 107, Thomas MacLeod (1969-70)
35. 106, Blake Hamilton (2004-06) 
36. 105, Erik Rico (1999-02)
37. 104, Harvey Kaufman (1960-62)
38. 103, Carson Mayfield (2023-Present)
39. 102, Dan Baysinger (2001-04)
40. 101, Noah Keller (2023-Present)
T41. 100, John Giese (1969-71)
T41. 100, Tony Siedl (1975-76)

Mayfield and Keller are the first set of Big Red teammates to simultaneously have at least 100 strikeouts since Tim Willittes (130 — 2014-18) and Paul Balestrieri (116 — 2014-17) in 2017.

THESE CLEATS WERE MADE FOR WALKING
Through the completion of Monday's games, Cornell owns the 78th-highest walks per game average in Division I baseball, drawing 5.13 walks across its 23 games played (118 walks).

In the Big Red's modern era, dating back to 1947, Cornell's 5.13 walks per game average is the third-highest clip in program history with a minimum of 20 games played. Cornell has averaged at least five walks per game on two prior occasions, which came in 1969 (160 walks in 29 games — 5.52) and 1971 (204 walks in 37 games — 5.51).

HIGHEST WALKS PER GAME AVERAGES
Cornell Modern Era (Min. 20 GP) (Since 1947)
• 5.52, 1969 (160 walks in 29 games)
• 5.51, 1971 (204 walks in 37 games)
• 5.13, 2025 (118 walks in 23 games)
• 4.93, 1991 (197 walks in 40 games)
• 4.71, 1970 (179 walks in 39 games)
• 4.62, 1988 (217 walks in 47 games)
• 4.57, 2018 (169 walks in 39 games)
• 4.49, 1998 (166 walks in 37 games)
• 4.42, 2022 (159 walks in 36 games)

Cornell has registered at least five walks in 12 games this season, which includes a season-high 11 walks issued by UMBC in the nightcap of a March 1 doubleheader.

Since the beginning of Ivy League play, Cornell has drawn five-plus walks in five of its 12 Ancient Eight contests, showcased by nine-walk efforts against Yale (second game of March 22 doubleheader) and Brown (first game of March 29 doubleheader).

DIGGING THE LONG BALL
Cornell hit 52 home runs last season, marking the most by the Big Red in a single season in the program's 153-year history, besting the previous mark of 38 set during the 2009 season.

Sophomore catcher Mark Quatrani led the Big Red in home runs last season with 11, tying Eric Kirby (1995) and Erik Rico (2002) for the second-most blasts in a season.

Quatrani's 11 home runs were the most by a Cornell freshman player in program history, shattering the previous record that was held by former infielder Bill Walkenbach — who later became the Big Red's head coach from 2009-15 — for 29 years after his six-home run campaign during the 1996 campaign.

Senior infielder Max Jensen enters tonight one home run shy of matching Kirby, Raul Gomez (1998-01), and Andrew Luria (1999-02) for the ninth-most home runs in program history. Quatrani is right behind Jensen, two home runs away from officially entering the top 10 in Big Red program history.

After his home run against Penn in the opening game of Sunday's doubleheader, senior two-way player Ryan Porter inched closer to entering the top 10 for career home runs, tying Jamie Blattstein (1991-92) for the 25th-most round-trippers in Big Red history.

Porter's next blast will place him in a nine-way tie for the 17th-most home runs in Cornell's modern era, matching outputs produced by Terry Birrer (1982-85), Flint Foley (1998-99, 2001-02), Nate David (2009-10), Frank Hager (2009-12), Cole Rutherford (2016-17), Will Simoneit (2016-19), Sam Kaplan (2020-23), and Matt Barnhorst (2022-24).

Chris Cruz currently assumes the program record for home runs (25 from 2011-14) and is one of five players in Big Red program history that have hit at least 20 career roundtrippers, joined by Gary Kaczor (21 from 1977-80), Walkenbach (21 from 1995-98), Brian Kaufman (20 from 2005-08), and Brian Billigen (20 from 2009-12).

MOST CAREER HOME RUNS 
Cornell Program History
1. 25, Chris Cruz (2011-14)
T2. 21, Gary Kaczor (1977-80)
T2. 21, Bill Walkenbach (1995-98)
T4. 20, Brian Kaufman (2005-08)
T4. 20, Brian Billigen (2009-12)
6. 18, Nathan Waugh (2022-24)
T7. 17, Marlin McPhail (1979-82)
T7. 17, Erik Rico (1999-02)
T9. 16, Eric Kirby (1993-95, 1997)
T9. 16, Raul Gomez (1998-01)
T9. 16, Andrew Luria (1999-02)
T12. 15, John DeMayo (1979-82)
T12. 15, Mike Kalfopoulos (1982-85)
T12. 15, Max Jensen (2022-Present)
T15. 14, Jordan Schaeffer (1997-00)
T15. 14, Mark Quatrani (2024-Present)

Entering tonight's game with Binghamton, Cornell has hit 26 home runs as a team this season, tied with the 1985 squad for the 12th-most home runs in a single season. Cornell is three blasts shy of officially entering the top 10 for the fourth consecutive year (33 HR in 2022 — 5th; 30 HR in 2023 — T-6th; 52 HR in 2024 — 1st).

MOST HOME RUNS IN SINGLE SEASON
Cornell Program History
1. 52, 2024
2. 38, 2009
3. 35, 1999
4. 34, 2001
5. 33, 2022
T6. 30, 1995
T6. 30, 2010
T6. 30, 2023
T9. 29, 1997
T9. 29, 2012
11. 27, 2002
T12. 26, 1985
T12. 26, 2025

WHEN IT RUNS, IT POURS
Cornell has scored 161 runs across its 23 games so far this season, computing to a 7.00 runs per game average.

The Big Red's seven runs per game average stands as the sixth-highest clip in a single season, serving as one of six teams in Big Red history to average at least seven runs per game, with a minimum of 20 games played.

This year's average trails the clips set by the teams from 1891 (232 runs in 25 games), 1901 (7.50 runs per game in 24 games), 1900 (7.45 runs per game in 33 games), 2024 (7.11 runs per game in 38 games), and 1899 (7.05 runs per game in 22 games).

MOST RUNS PER GAME IN A SEASON
Cornell Program History (Min. 20 GP)
• 1891 — 232 runs in 25 games (9.28 runs per game)
• 1901 — 180 runs in 24 games (7.50 runs per game)
• 1900 — 246 runs in 33 games (7.45 runs per game)
• 2024 — 270 runs in 38 games (7.11 runs per game)
• 1899 — 155 runs in 22 games (7.05 runs per game)
• 2025 — 161 runs in 23 games (7.00 runs per game)
• 1902 — 188 runs in 27 games (6.96 runs per game)
• 1984 — 278 runs in 42 games (6.619 runs per game)
• 1982 — 258 runs in 39 games (6.615 runs per game)

Of the 161 runs scored this season, 127 have come in multi-run innings, computing to 78.9 percent of the team's scoring production. Including last year's totals, 81.7 percent of Cornell's runs (352 of 431) have come in multi-run frames.

Dating back to the beginning of the 2022 season, Cornell has had at least one multi-run inning in 104 of its 129 games (80.6 percent). The Big Red has had a multi-run inning in 24 of its last 28 contests, dating back to last season, with the lone contests without a multi-run inning coming this season in contests against then-No. 17-ranked Duke (Feb. 23), Michigan State (March 7), Columbia (April 4), and yesterday against Penn (April 14).

QUATRANI HONORED BY D1BASEBALL
Sophomore catcher Mark Quatrani was honored by D1Baseball.com with preseason honors on Jan. 28, being selected as one of the nation's top 50 Division I catchers heading into the 2025 season.

Fresh off being named the Ivy League's Rookie of the Year in 2024, Quatrani came in ranked at No. 39 on the list after posting a .362 batting average in his first year with the Big Red. Paired with his batting average, Quatrani led the team in numerous batting categories, including home runs (11), RBI (43), slugging percentage (7.14) and OPS (1.206).

Among the 50 players named to the preseason list, Quatrani was the only representative from the Ivy League and was just one of 12 sophomores honored, three of which were redshirt sophomores. Quatrani was one of 18 non-Power Four catchers named to the list.

Of the 49 players who have at least one season of college baseball under their belts, Quatrani had the highest OPS (1.206) of any player named on the list. His figure was 31 points higher than Virginia graduate student Jacob Ference (1.175).

Quatrani also had the third-highest batting average of those named to D1Baseball's list (.362), trailing Bowling Green sophomore Garrett Wright (.380) and Oklahoma junior Easton Carmichael (.366).

SCOUTING BINGHAMTON
Binghamton enters tonight's contest with a 14-17 overall record and 5-7 mark in America East play, currently tied with UMass Lowell for fifth in the seven-team conference.

The Bearcats, who are in the midst of their seven-game homestand, are coming off being swept by conference rival Bryant at the Bearcats Baseball Stadium this past weekend, suffering setbacks of 7-6, 12-4, and 6-5. Dating back to March 29, Binghamton has dropped seven of its last eight contests.

Boasting four players with at least .348 batting averages, including the averages posted by Zach Rogacki (.368) and Matt Bolton (.365), Binghamton was one of 37 Division I baseball programs to enter Monday's action having multiple players with at least .365 batting averages. High Point leads the nation with five players having at least a .365 clip this season.

Pitching has struggled for Binghamton this season as the Bearcats own a team ERA of 7.00 through 250.2 innings of work. In America East play, the Bearcats have a 8.54 ERA across 91.2 innings, a WHIP of 1.82, and opponents are hitting .327 off Binghamton hurlers.

40 YEARS, 55 MILES, 48 MEETINGS
Cornell and Binghamton will be meeting for the 49th time in program history this evening. The Big Red owns the series lead 28-19-1 and has won five of the last seven in the series, dating back to its 5-2 victory on May 1, 2019.

A win tonight would mark the Big Red's first time winning three consecutive games against Binghamton since logging wins of 3-2 (April 13, 2016), 6-4 (April 12, 2017), and 10-2 (April 26, 2017). The trio of victories were the first of five straight contests that Cornell did not have a loss against the Bearcats as the teams played to a 5-5 tie on April 10, 2018, in Ithaca before the Big Red prevailed two weeks later, 12-3, on April 24.

Cornell swept last year's series against Binghamton, posting a come-from-behind 9-7 victory on April 16, sparked by then-junior outfielder Kyle Musser's go-ahead, three-run home run while the Big Red was down to its final strike. Musser's home run was the first of his collegiate career.

Musser's three-run blast was the last of seven unanswered runs scored by the Big Red, avenging a 7-2 deficit heading into the seventh inning. Then-junior outfielder John Quinlan ignited Cornell's four-run ninth with a leadoff home run, which was deposited into the Bearcats' right-field bullpen. Story Kimura '24 earned his first collegiate victory, hurling two scoreless innings of relief. Six Cornell pitchers combined to register 12 strikeouts, highlighted by then-freshman left-handed pitcher Nathaniel Jennewein fanning a team-high five Bearcats hitters in his two-inning start.

Two weeks later, Cornell returned to Vestal and the Big Red plated 10 unanswered runs between the fifth and ninth innings, turning its 4-3 deficit into a 13-7 victory and ensuring Cornell of the regular-season series sweep for the first time since 2017. Cornell's first five hitters combined for 10 of its 13 base hits, collectively going 10-for-21 with three doubles, a triple, and three home runs.