Stony Brook baseball opened up conference play against Binghamton University, winning two games out of three in a weekend series.
The Seawolves won the first two games, 2-1 and 9-2, respectively, on Friday before dropping the game Saturday, 5-2.
Earlier in the week, the Seawolves breezed past Fairleigh Dickinson, 9-0. Stony Brook has now improved to 19-9 overall, with a 2-1 record in the America East.
Senior Tyler Johnson (3-1) threw a complete game five-hitter and allowed just one run in Friday’s opener.
The game was scheduled to be only seven innings. However, after a complete game of scoreless play, it went into extra innings.
Binghamton scored first in the eighth, after John Howell hit a two-out infield single off Johnson.
But Stony Brook rallied.
Junior Travis Jankowski singled to lead off, and senior Pat Cantwell reached base after being hit by the pitch. A sacrifice bunt from junior Will Carmona advanced the runners to second and third.
Binghamton pitcher Mike Augliera then intentionally walked junior Maxx Tissenbaum to load the bases, and a bunt from freshman Kevin Krause brought Jankowski in to tie the game at 1.
Cantwell beat out the throw to score the game-winning run after freshman Steven Goldstein chopped the ball down the third base line.
Binghamton took the early lead in the second game, scoring two runs in the top of the fourth. Stony Brook quickly responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning, making it a tie game for the second time that day.
The Seawolves then took the lead in the fifth inning after junior Tanner Nivins scored off a Jankowski single.
Sophomore starter Brandon McNitt was knocked from the game in the sixth after Binghamton opened with a single. Fellow sophomore Frankie Vanderka came in as relief.
The Seawolves scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth to put the game away and give McNitt the win.
Carmona went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the second game. Jankowski and sophomore Kevin Courtney had two hits apiece in both outings.
Stony Brook dropped the final game of the series on Saturday, 5-2.
Carmona, Nivins and Tissenbaum all had two hits in the loss. Sophomore right-hander Joshua Mason gave up just one run in five innings of work.
The Bearcats (9-14, 1-2 AE) scored early on in the first inning off of a two-run home run from Jake Thomas. Stony Brook scored in the third inning off of an RBI groundout from senior Sal Intagliata. Binghamton scored two runs in the fourth inning to go back up 4-1.
The Seawolves threatened in the bottom of the fourth, as they loaded the bases, but Binghamton starter Jake Lambert got Nivins to ground out into an inning ending double play.
Stony Brook did score another run in the sixth to get within 4-2. Cantwell led off the inning with a single and then scored on Carmona’s double. Jack Rogalla came into the game for the Bearcats and retired the next three Stony Brook batters.
Binghamton added another run in the eighth inning off Bill Bereszniewicz’s RBI single.
The Seawolves threatened again in the bottom of the eighth, but  Goldstein grounded out to second base to end the inning.
Lee Sosa pitched a scoreless ninth for the Bearcats to seal the victory. Senior Evan Stecko-Haley took the loss for Stony Brook.