ALBANY, N.Y. (Interstat) — The Binghamton Bearcats rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Maine Black Bears 6-5 on Friday at Varsity Field in an America East contest. Binghamton improved to 30-20, while Maine dropped to 22-31.

After Maine took a 5-4 lead on Hunter St. Denis’ solo home run in the top of the ninth, Binghamton answered in the bottom half. Braylen Gonzalez scored on a hit by pitch to Caden Albright, and Matt Bolton scored on a walk to Zach Anderson to secure the walk-off victory.

Maine outhit Binghamton 12-8. St. Denis went 3-for-4 with a homer and an RBI. Albert De La Rosa also homered for Maine. For Binghamton, Mason Holloway struck out five over 3 1/3 innings of relief, and Hayden Tarsia added two strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings. Thomas Stabley started for Maine and allowed two earned runs in five innings without yielding a hit.

Binghamton’s comeback erased Maine’s three-run seventh inning, which featured RBI singles from Troy Carpenter, Shane Andrus and Quinn Murphy. The Bearcats had tied the game in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Mike Stellrecht.