Baseball Recap: Vestal Has No Trouble Against Binghamton

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Vestal). Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Binghamton Patriots a 20-0 shutout on Thursday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Golden Bears with their most commanding win of the season.

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Josh Kweller made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Vestal is undefeated when he allows at most two earned runs, but 1-2 otherwise. Kweller was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

In other pitching news, Parker Terrell looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched.

Back at the plate, Ben Tanton was incredible, getting on base in all six of his plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and two stolen bases. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season. Another player making a difference was Canyon Kalina, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI and one run.

Vestal always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The win made it two in a row for Vestal and bumps their season record up to 4-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 0 runs in those games. As for Binghamton, they are on a 22-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6.

Vestal will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Patriots: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Friday.