Baseball Earns First ACC Win

Friday, March 20

Northborough, Mass.

1:00 PM

Boston College

6-12, 1-6

NC State

11-9, 2-5

NC State

Boston College

Mitch Bigras recorded his first career RBI on his first career triple, which turned out to be the game-winning run.

March 20, 2015 | Baseball

Box Score

March 20, 2015

Box Score | Postgame Interviews

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 3, NC State 1
Records: Boston College (6-12, 1-6), NC State (11-9, 2-5)
Series Record: BC leads the series, 1-0
Location: New England Baseball Complex in Northborough, Mass.
Weather: 29 degrees, cloudy, 6 mph winds
Attendance: 214
Time of Game: 2:33

BC Starting Lineup:
1. Jake Palomaki - 2B
2. Johnny Adams - SS
3. Michael Strem - CF
4. Chris Shaw - RF
5. Joe Cronin - 3B
6. Donovan Casey - LF
7. Logan Hoggarth - DH
8. Nick Sciortino - C
9. Mitch Bigras - 1B
Starting Pitcher: RHP Jeff Burke

NC State Starting Lineup:
1. Brock Deatherage - LF
2. Logan Ratledge - 2B
3. Preston Palmeiro - 1B
4. Andrew Knizner - C
5. Tommy DeJuneas - 3B
6. Jake Armstrong - RF
7. Jake Fincher - CF
8. Ryne Willard - DH
9. Joel McKeithan - SS
Starting Pitcher: RHP Cory Wilder

BC HIGHLIGHTS
·Junior RHP Jeff Burke picked up his first win of the season, allowing just one run, five hits, two walks while striking out three over a 7.1 innings. He retired nine straight from the second to the fifth inning.
· Sophomore RHP Justin Dunn picked up his first career save, throwing the final 1.2 innings, allowing just one hit, one walk and striking out one. He retire the side in order in the ninth.
·Freshman Mitch Bigras tallied his first career RBI on his first career triple in the fourth to put BC up 2-0 in the fourth.

KEY PLAYS
· With a 1-0 lead, the Eagles scored two in the fourth, which turned out to be the decision runs, on RBIs by Bigras and freshman Jake Palomaki. Burke preserved the lead into the eighth.
·Dunn took over with one down in the eighth and although he allowed an inherited runner to score, he got out of a jam with runners on the corners and threw a 123 ninth to help the Eagles to the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED
·The Eagles took an early 1-0 lead in the second off on an RBI by freshman Donovan Casey. Junior Chris Shaw tallied an infield single to start the inning and moved to third on two wild pitches. With one down, Casey hit one through the right side to score the first run of the game.
· BC added two more in the fourth to take 3-0 lead. Sophomore Nick Sciortino led off with a single to right center and stole second to move into scoring position. Junior Logan Hoggarth singled up the middle and Sciortino rounded third but was thrown out at the plate. Bigras came through with a triple to the right-field corner to score Hoggarth from first. Palomaki singled up the middle to increase the BC lead to three.
·The Pack got one back in the eighth to make it a 3-1 game. After Burke walked Joel McKeithan with one out, Dunn relieved the starter and gave up a ground-rule double to Brock Deatherage to score the Wolfpack's first run of the game. After Dunn forced a grounder, Deatherage stole third and Preston Palmeiro walked to put runners at the corners. Dunn got a long fly out to end the inning and get out of the jam.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Burke (1-3): 7.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Save: Dunn (1): 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Losing Pitcher: Wilder (1-3): 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Hits: 2, Sciortino (2-for-4)
Runs: 1, Shaw, Hoggarth, Bigras
RBIs: 1, Palomaki, Casey, Bigras
Stolen Bases: 1, Sciortino
Strikeouts: 3, Burke

NC State
Hits: 2, Ratledge (2-for-4)
Runs: 1, McKeithan
RBIs: 1, Deatherage
Strikeouts: 3, O'Donnell, Olczak

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
· All three runs batted in were by BC freshmen: Palomaki, Bigras and Casey.
· Burke has allowed just one earned run or less in a start five innings or more four times in his career.
·The Eagles have won the last three meeting against the Wolfpack, taking the final two games of the series in Raleigh, N.C., in 2014.

UP NEXT
The Eagles and Wolfpack return to the New England Baseball Complex on Saturday for a 1:30 p.m. start. The game will be on field two again.