Baseball Drops Series Finale to No. 22 Florida State

Sunday, March 8

Tallahassee, Fla.

1:00 PM

Boston College

5-9, 0-3

Florida State

13-3, 3-0

Boston College

Florida State

Sauter extended his hit streak to a career-long four games and recorded another RBI.

Baseball Drops Series Finale to No. 22 Florida State

March 08, 2015 | Baseball

Box Score

March 8, 2015

Box Score | Postgame Interviews

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Florida State 8, Boston College 4
Records: Boston College (5-9, 0-3), Florida State (13-3, 3-0)
Series Record: Florida State sweeps the series, 3-0
Location: Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla.
Weather: 69 degrees, sunny, 5 mph winds
Attendance: 4,207
Time of Game: 2:51

BC Starting Lineup:
1. Jake Palomaki - 3B
2. Blake Butera - 2B
3. Chris Shaw - RF
4. Michael Strem - CF
5. Joe Cronin - 1B
6. Donovan Casey- LF
7. Logan Hoggarth - DH
8. Stephen Sauter - C
9. Johnny Adams - SS
Starting Pitcher: RHP Justin Dunn

Florida State Starting Lineup:
1. Taylor Walls - SS
2. Darren Miller - 1B
3. DJ Stewart - LF
4. John Sansone - 2B
5. Gage West - DH
6. Dylan Busby - 3B
7. Josh Delph - RF
8. Ben DeLuzio - CF
9. Danny De La Calle - C
Starting Pitcher: RHP Codi Johnson

BC HIGHLIGHTS
·Sophomore RHP Justin Dunn tied a career high with five strikeouts in his 4.1-inning start. All five came in the first three innings.
·Junior Chris Shaw extended his on-base streak to 35 games with a single in the sixth. He also has a hit in 32 of the last 38 games.
·Junior Stephen Sauter recorded an RBI single in the second. He has four RBIs in the seven games played and extended his hit streak to a career-long four games with a 2-for-4 afternoon.

KEY PLAYS
·The Eagles surrendered an early, 2-0 lead in the fourth, allowing Florida State to jump out, 4-2.
·The Noles increased their lead to 8-4 the following inning, and while BC tried to mount a comeback, the Eagles could only a run in the sixth and in the ninth.

HOW IT HAPPENED
· The Eagles scored two in the second to take an early lead. Junior Joe Cronin led off with a walk and freshman Donovan Casey brought him home with a double straight down the third-base line. Casey moved to third on a balk and Sauter plated him with a single to center.
· Florida State scored four in the fourth to take the lead.DJ Stewart walked and John Sansone doubled to put runners in scoring position. Gage West scored both of them with a liner into right. After a double play retired two, Dunn walked two and gave up a single to Danny De La Calle, scoring the go-ahead run. With runners at the corners, a passed ball scored the fourth run and the Eagles were able to get out of the inning by catching De La Calle in a rundown between second and third.
· The Noles added four more in the fifth to take an 8-2 lead. The first two batters reached on a walk and single. With one down, redshirt sophomore RHP Luke Fernandes relieved Dunn. After getting a fly out, he gave up a single to bring in one run. Fernandes then allowed a three-run shot to left to Dylan Busby before a groundout ended the inning.
· BC got one back in the sixth with two down. Shaw and sophomore Michael Strem tallied back-to-back singles and Cronin drove Shaw in with a double to left. That chased Johnson from the game, bringing in LHP Dylan Silva, who got Casey to line out to end the inning.
·Senior LHP Nick Poore and junior RHP John Nicklas finished the game for the Eagles without allowing a hit or run. The two combined for three innings and gave up just a walk each.
·In the seventh, BC got its lead runners to second and third as junior Logan Hoggarth and Sauter hit back-to-back singles, but Silva was able to retire the next three Eagles in a row and keep BC off the board.
· In the ninth, the Eagles used their last at bats to try to rally. Casey recorded an infield single and Hoggarth followed with a chopper through the right side. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch and with one out, senior pinch hitter Nick Colucci plated Casey with a groundout to first. A grounder to second ended the game.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Johnson (2-1): 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 Ks
Losing Pitcher: Dunn (2-1): 4.1 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 5 Ks

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Hits: 2, Strem (2-for-4), Casey (2-for-4), Hoggarth (2-for-4), Sauter (2-for-4)
Runs: 2, Casey
RBIs: 1, Cronin, Casey, Sauter, Colucci
Strikeouts: 5, Dunn

Florida State
Hits: 2, West (2-for-2)
Runs: 1, 8 players
RBIs: 3, West, Busby
Stolen Bases: 1, DeLuzio
Strikeouts: 5, Johnson

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
· Colucci tallied his first RBI of the season with a pinch-hit groundout in the ninth.
· The Eagles were able to hold FSU's best hitter coming into the weekend. DJ Stewart entered the series with a .350 batting average and tied for the team lead with 14 hits, including five home runs and 18 walks. He also had nine RBIs. The BC pitching staff did not Stewart tally a hit, going 0-for-8 in the three games. He struck out three times, walked three times, was hit by a pitch and recorded one RBI. His average dropped down to .292.
·Senior Blake Butera did not reach base for the first time in the last 18 games.

UP NEXT
The Eagles head to Louisville to play the Cardinals for the first time in program history. The three-game series starts on Friday, March 13 at 3 p.m. All three games will be broadcast on ESPN3.