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Cornell freshman outfielder Trent Lopez goes to hit a baseball during game action against Boston College on Feb. 20, 2026, in the Hub City Invitational at Fifth Third Park in Spartanburg, S.C.
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11
Winner Binghamton BEARCATS 18-13
4
Cornell COR 6-21
Winner
Binghamton BEARCATS
18-13
11
Final
4
Cornell COR
6-21
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Binghamton BEARCATS 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 11 9 0
Cornell COR 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 1

W: Taylor, Conlan (1-0) L: Ramos, Tavian (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Marshall Haim, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Binghamton Rallies for Eight Unanswered to Top Baseball

ITHACA, N.Y. — Eight unanswered runs across the final four innings helped Binghamton turn a 4-3 deficit into an 11-4 victory over the Cornell baseball team in non-conference action on Tuesday afternoon at Booth Field.

The Bearcats (18-13) needed just nine hits to extend their winning streak to eight games and have now won 12 of their last 14. Zach Anderson and Mike Stellrecht each collected two hits, while Zach Anderson, Tommy Popoff and Tim Hennig each drove in two runs.

Binghamton opened the game with a three-run first, plating its initial run on a delayed double steal before Popoff hit a two-run double.

Sophomore Tyler Beaulieu sparked the first of four unanswered runs for Cornell (6-21), beginning with a bases-loaded walk in the second inning. Freshman outfielder Trent Lopez hit a leadoff pinch-hit home run that traveled 463 feet to spark a three-run fifth, and senior infielder TJ Swidorski added a two-out, two-run home run to give Cornell a 4-3 lead.

The eight-run rally by Binghamton began in the sixth when Braylen Gonzalez drew a bases-loaded hit by pitch, absorbing a 95 mph fastball from sophomore right-hander Tavian Ramos. Binghamton took the lead when a wild pitch by senior right-hander Josh Shea with the bases loaded allowed each runner to advance.

Anderson hit a two-run home run in the seventh to give Binghamton a 7-4 lead, setting up Sean Sweeney for an RBI fielder's choice in the eighth. Andrew Heppner hit an RBI double — Binghamton's third consecutive hit to open the ninth — before Hennig capped the scoring with a two-run double to right-center.

Binghamton relievers Conlan Taylor, Ian Kaiser, Brady Lesiak and Hayden Tarsia combined to hold Cornell scoreless over the final 4 1/3 innings after Lopez and Swidorski's fifth-inning home runs.

GAME NOTES
• Tuesday was Cornell's first home non-conference game played at Booth Field, while serving as the Big Red's first overall home non-conference contest since defeating Ithaca, 13-3, on April 4, 2023. It was Cornell's first home non-conference game against a Division I opponent since edging Binghamton, 10-9, in 10 innings on April 20, 2022.

• Cornell and Binghamton met for the 51st time Tuesday, with the Bearcats trimming the Big Red's all-time series lead to 28-22-1. The Bearcats posting their third consecutive win over the Big Red, the longest win streak by Binghamton against Cornell since three straight victories from April 17, 2014, to April 7, 2015.

• Lopez's pinch-hit solo home run in the fifth was Cornell's first pinch-hit home run since Nathan Waugh '24 had a three-run blast against Yale on April 2, 2022. It was the fifth pinch-hit home run hit by the Big Red since 2002.

PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS BY CORNELL
Cornell Program History (Since 2002)
• Ry Kagan (solo), vs. Long Island (March 19, 2008)
• Jamie Smith (two-run), at Virginia (March 1, 2015)
• Kalani Matton (grand slam), at Brown (May 5, 2018)
• Nathan Waugh (three-run), vs. Yale (April 2, 2022)
• Trent Lopez (solo), vs. Binghamton (April 14, 2026)

• Swidorski's two-run home run in the fifth extended his team lead in RBI to 17, with 15 of those coming over his last 17 games.

• Freshman right fielder Jake Hower was hit by two pitches Tuesday to increase his season total to 12, tied for the fourth-most in a single season in program history.

SINGLE-SEASON HIT BY PITCH LEADERS
Cornell Program History
• 15, Marlin McPhail (1979)
• 14, Chris Hanson (1995)
• 13, Mark Quatrani (2025)
• 12, Randy Koch (1992)
• 12, Vinnie Santo (2002)
• 12, Seth Gordon (2006)
• 12, Dale Wickham (2018)
• 12, Jake Hower (2026)

• Ramos and senior right-hander Ethan McHugh both made their season debuts Tuesday. Despite taking the loss, Ramos struck out two batters in 2/3 of an inning.

LOOKING ON DECK
Cornell will continue its four-game homestand this weekend, hosting Ivy League-leading Yale (19-10, 9-3 Ivy League). The three-game series against the Bulldogs will begin Saturday, April 18, with a doubleheader at 11:30 a.m. and conclude Sunday, April 19, at noon. All three games will be streamed live on ESPN+.

The Big Red, which is 8-4 in its last 12 games against Yale, will be seeking its fifth consecutive series victory over the Bulldogs after taking two of three in each of the last four seasons. Cornell's four-season winning streak in the regular-season series is tied for the longest in program history, matching four-year stretches between 1964-67 (4-0) and 1969-72 (5-0).
 
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