Box Score ORONO, Maine – A sac fly in the top of the 11^th inning was the difference as third-seeded Binghamton defeated the top-seeded Bryant baseball team, 6-5, to win the 2025 Northeast Delta Dental America East Baseball Championship on Sunday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond.
 
The Bulldogs close the year at 36-19-1 overall with the loss. Bryant had battled back from a first round loss to UAlbany to win three elimination games and force the "if necessary" championship game.
 
Bryant held leads of 2-0 and 3-2 in the early stages before the Bearcats took a 5-3 lead on a Freddy Forgione home run in the top of the fifth. The Black and Gold, however, rallied to tie the game with two runs in the eighth but couldn't push across another run.
 
Binghamton's much-maligned pitching staff put together a strong performance as five pitchers combined to limit Bryant to eight hits.

Game Information
No. 3 Binghamton 6, No. 1 Bryant 5
Records: Bryant 36-19-1 | Binghamton 29-24
Location: Mahaney Diamond (Orono, Maine)
W|L|S: Griffith | White
 
Key Moments

• A sac fly in the top of the 11^th brought home the eventual winning run.

How it Happened

• Bryant grabbed an early lead without the ball leaving the infield in the second. D'Amico walked and advanced on a sac bunt. Two batters later, a throwing error on a ground ball to third put runners on second and third with one out. D'Amato then laid down a perfect safety squeeze and beat the throw to first for an RBI single. Saul then fouled off two bunt attempts before chopping a 2-2 pitch into the ground and beating the throw to first for an RBI single and a 2-0 Bryant lead.
• Binghamton, like game one, was able to tie the game with two runs in the third. Scamardella retired the first two batters before hitting the No. 9 hitter. Matt Bolton followed with an RBI double to left center on a 1-2 pitch to score the first run. After an infield single, Bade fisted a soft single to right field to tie the game. Trey Deitelbaum was able to get Bryant out of the inning as he induced a foul pop.
• The Black and Gold quickly retook the lead in the bottom of the third. Wyers worked back from an 0-2 count to draw a leadoff walk and came around to score as Durand hit a scorcher through the left side.
• Binghamton would tie the game with a two-out RBI single in the fourth and take its first lead of the championship with a two-out, two-run home run from Freddy Forgione in the fifth.
• Bryant erased the deficit with two runs in the bottom of the eighth. Durand opened the inning by smashing a 3-2 pitch just over the wall in deep left center to make it 5-4. D'Amato followed with a single to left center and moved up on a sac bunt. Noriega then came through a two-out, game-tying single to right field.
• In the 11^th, a leadoff single was followed by a bunt towards first that resulted in an infield single. After a sac bunt, Todd Abraham got enough of an 0-2 pitch to bring home the lead run with a sac fly to left.
• Griffith, who retired all eight batters he faced in relief, closed the game out with a 1-2-3 11^th.

Inside the Box Score

• Mark Scamardella allowed two runs on just one hit over 2.2 innings. He didn't walk a batter and struck out two.
• Bradley Lewis faced two batters, while Trey Deitelbaum pitched 2.1 innings of relief. He allowed three runs on four hits, walked one and struck out two.
• Liam Chamberlain retired nine of the 10 batters he faced over 3.0 scoreless innings of relief.
• White allowed one run on three hits over 3.0 innings of relief. He struck out three.
• Durand finished 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored.
• D'Amato posted two hits.

Game Notes

• Bryant falls to 10-4 all-time vs Binghamton. It snaps an eight-game winning streak against the Bearcats.
• Sunday marks the third time (2015, 2022, 2025) that Bryant has worked its way back from the losers bracket to force the "if necessary" game and lost.
• Bryant is now 4-5 in conference championship games.
• Wyers closed the year with a 37-game on-base streak.
• D'Amato reached safely in each of the final 32 games of his collegiate career.
• Durand set a new career high with his 12^th home run of the season. He has 23 in his Bryant career.
• Chamberlain's outing was the longest of the season
• Luke Delongchamp, Toby Scheidt and Jackson Vanesko earned All-Tournament honors.