ALBANY, N.Y. – The UAlbany baseball team will be on the road this weekend as they take on Binghamton. The first pitch of the series is scheduled for 6:00 pm on Friday.
 
Series Info
Game 1- Friday, April 19
Bearcats Baseball Complex – Vestal, N.Y.
6:00 pm E.T.
Live Stats | ESPN+
 
Game 2- Saturday, April 20
Bearcats Baseball Complex – Vestal, N.Y.
2:00 pm E.T.
Live Stats | ESPN+
 
Game 3- Sunday, April 21
Bearcats Baseball Complex – Vestal, N.Y.
1:00 pm E.T.
Live Stats | ESPN+
 
Probable Starters – UAlbany
Game 1: Dylan Banner – RHP | So. | 6-5 | 245 | 13.00 ERA
Game 2: Cregg Scherrer – LHP | R-Sr. | 6-0 | 175 | 4.22 ERA
Game 3: Matthew Mariano – RHP | R-So. | 6-0 | 205 | 12.49 ERA
 
Leading the Pack

• Starting every game this season, Will Binder has been a constant performer with a .327 batting average, a .977 OPS, and 11 multi-hit games.
• In addition to patrolling center field, Luke Filippi has 29 hits on the season.
• Three Great Danes have hit three home runs on the year – Ryan Ferremi, Jared Toby, and Binder.
• Michael DiMartino leads the pitching staff with 27 strikeouts through 24.1 innings of work.
• The pitching staff has amassed a 10.67 ERA over 227 innings, with an opposing batting average of .329.

 
Season Review

• UAlbany owns a 5-24 record while going 3-8 in conference play.
• Opening their season against #9 Tennessee (2.23-25), the Great Danes narrowly fell 5-8 in game one before being defeated 6-21 and 0-12.
• Continuing their road stretch, UAlbany was swept in a three-game series by George Washington (3.3-3) and lost four contests to Purdue (3.9-10)
• After falling to Army, the Great Danes were swept in a three-game series at Georgetown (3.15-17).
• Opening conference play, UAlbany split a doubleheader against UMass Lowell (2.22) and then took two games in a three-game set against Maine (3.30-31).
• The Great Danes defeated Siena (4.2), 17-12, in a crosstown matchup, before being swept by Bryant (4.6-7) and Marist (4.9) in a doubleheader.
• Most recently, was swept by UMBC (4.12-14) but bounced back to defeat CCSU (4.16).
• Will Binder owns a team-high 33 hits with 13 extra-base hits, including nine doubles, a triple, and three home runs.
• Luke Filippi has tallied a team-best 18 RBIs followed by Ryan Ferremi and Binder with 16.
• Connor Eisenmann leads all qualified pitchers with a 10.38 ERA through 30.1 innings pitched.

 
Heating Up

• In the past four games, Will Binder has a .583 batting average with two home runs, a double, four RBIs, and four runs scored.
• Anthony Scarabino slugged three doubles and a triple with a .409 batting average across the last six contests.
• In the weekend series against UMBC, Levi McAllister tallied four RBIs.
• In his appearance against UMBC, Cregg Scherrer pitched five shutout innings with six strikeouts while only allowing a sole hit.
• Michael DiMartino has struck out eight batters across his last three appearances.

 
Scouting Binghamton
The Bearcats have gone 13-19 this season with a 3-9 conference record.

• Binghamton started the year being swept by the University of Houston (2.16-18) but bounced back to take two from UNC Greensboro (2.23-25).
• Falling in a doubleheader against #1 Wake Forest (3.2), the Bearcats then beat Valparasio (3.3).
• Falling to East Tennessee (3.5), Binghamton then won one game in their series against VMI (3.8-10) and their midweek matchup against St. Bonaventure (3.12).
• Opening conference play at NJIT (3.15-17), the Bearcats won twice in the series before being swept by UMBC (3.22-24).
• Binghamton defeated Canisius (3.26) and swept Middle Tennessee (3.28-30), but then lost twice in their series to UMass Lowell (4.6-7).
• Following a win over Le Moyne (4.9), Binghamton was swept by Bryant (4.12-14) and fell to Cornell (4.16).
• Mike Gunning has been a force at the plate with a .306 batting average, slugging 13 home runs and 32 RBIs.
• Logan Haskell leads the team with a .320 batting average.
• Gabe Driscoll heads the rotation with a 3.50 ERA and 46 strikeouts through 46.1 innings.

 
Leading the League
The Great Danes have leaders in seven of the hitting categories, five of the pitching categories, and three of the fielding categories.

• Will Binder
  • T3rd – 9 hit by pitches
  • T6th – 9 doubles
  • 8th – .452 on-base percentage
  • 8th – .977 OPS
  • 9th – .327 batting average
  • 12th – .525 slugging percentage
• Luke Filippi
  • T7th – 7 hit by pitches
• Cooper Loyal
  • 10th – 22 walks
  • 11th – 56 assists
• Luke Myers
  • 15th – 18 walks
• Owen Birkman
  • 9th – 40 hits allowed
  • 14th -24 walks allowed  
  • 15th – .305 opposing batting average
• Connor Eisenmann
  • T9th – 19 walks allowed
  • T14th – 5 batters struck out looking
• Michael DiMartino
  • T11th – 27 strikeouts
• Ryan Ferremi
  • 7th – 149 putouts
• Levi McAllister
  • 3rd – 8 runners caught stealing
• Thomas McElwee
  • T9th – 3 runners caught stealing  

2024 Captains
Will Binder, Connor Eisenmann, and Cregg Scherrer will serve as the captains for the Great Danes during the 2024 season. Binder enters his third season with UAlbany after starting his collegiate career at LaSalle. Since joining the Great Danes, he has started in 89 games and has a .325 batting average. Eisenmann returns to UAlbany for his fourth season. Through 37 appearances for the Great Danes, he has recorded a 5.93 ERA with 121 strikeouts and a .254 batting average against. Scherrer is a redshirt senior from Skaneateles, N.Y., entering his fifth season with the team. Appearing in 44 games, including 34 starts, Scherrer has struck out 195 batters and owns a 5.73 ERA.
 
2024 America East Preseason Poll

• UAlbany was picked to finish seventh in the 2024 America East Preseason Poll, earning eight points.
• The Bearcats were picked to finish first in the conference with 35 points, including five first-place votes.
• Maine, the defending champions, followed closely behind with 31 points and two first-place votes.
• UMBC (26) placed third, NJIT (19) fourth, and Bryant (18) fifth.
• UMass Lowell (10) and UAlbany rounded out the poll.

 
America East Standings
Bryant sits on top of the conference table having won 11 of their 12 conference contests. UMBC is second with a 6-3 with UMass Lowell trailing close behind have gone 6-5. NJIT sits in fourth with a .500 record. Maine has gone 4-7 in conference play. UAlbany and Binghamton round out the conference with three conference wins with the Great Danes holding the slight advantage having lost one less game.
 
America East Contests This Week

• Friday
  • UMass Lowell at Bryant, 3:00 pm
  • Rider at Maine, 3:00 pm
  • UAlbany at Binghamton, 6:00 pm
  • UMBC at NJIT, 6:00 pm
• Saturday
  • UMass Lowell at Bryant, 1:00 pm
  • Rider at Maine, 1:00 pm
  • UAlbany at Binghamton, 2:00 pm
  • UMBC at NJIT, 6:00 pm
• Sunday
  • Rider at Maine, 12:00 pm
  • UAlbany at Binghamton, 1:00 pm
  • UMass Lowell at Bryant, 1:00 pm
  • UMBC at NJIT, 1:00 pm

                       
Up Next: The Great Danes will return home to face Le Moyne in a midweek matchup, 3 pm Tuesday.
 
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