Baseball Defeat Rhode Island, 5-2

Tuesday, April 14

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

3:00 PM

Boston College

17-18

Rhode Island

13-13-1

Rhode Island

Boston College

Stone did not allow an earned run in a six-inning start.

April 14, 2015 | Baseball

Box Score

April 14, 2015

Box Score | Postgame Interviews

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 5, Rhode Island 2
Records: Boston College (17-18), Rhode Island (13-13-1)
Location: Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Commander Shea Field in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Weather: 65 degrees, cloudy, 11-17 mph winds
Attendance: 221
Time of Game: 2:58

BC Starting Lineup:

Starting Pitcher: RHP Eric Stone

Rhode Island Starting Lineup:

Tim Caputo -- SS
Martin Taveras -- DH
Ryan Olmo -- LF
Mike Corin -- 1B
Mike Sherburne -- RF
Derek Gardella -- C
Matt O'Neil -- 3B
Jordan Powell -- CF

Starting Pitcher: RHP Blaise Whitman

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Junior Joe Cronin led the way for the Eagles at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. He has a hit in the last three games and has reached base in the last seven.
Senior Blake Butera was hit by the pitch to start the eighth. He has been hit 24 times in his career, tying for sixth in BC record books. He also singled in the third and scored, tallying a hit in the last three games.
Senior RHP Eric Stone picked up his third win, throwing six innings, allowing just three hits, one unearned run and two walks. He struck out four.
Sophomore RHP Justin Dunn earned his fourth save, which leads BC, pitching the ninth and striking out the side, allowing just a lead-off double.
Sophomore Nick Sciortino extended his hit streak to four games with an RBI double in the third. He also threw out a base runner. In the last four games, the catcher has picked off two runners and thrown three out.
Freshman Jake Palomaki drew a walk in the fifth to extend his on-base streak to 18 games.

KEY PLAYS

The Eagles scored three in the third and after the Rams closed the gap to one in the eighth, BC answered with two more insurance runs in the bottom of the inning.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Eagles got on the board in the third, scoring three runs. Sophomore Johnny Adams led off the inning with a single through the left side and with one down, Butera knocked a base hit up the middle to put two on. Cronin plated Palomaki with a single to left center. With two outs, Sciortino laced a double to right center to clear the bases and put BC up, 3-0.
The Rams got one back in the fourth to cut the lead to two. They loaded the bases on two hit batsmen and an error. Matt O'Neil hit a sac fly to center to plate a run. Sciortino threw out a runner trying to take third for the second out and Stone ended the inning with a K.
URI made it a one-run game in the eighth with junior RHP John Nicklas on the mound. With two down, he issued a walk and then surrendered a double off the wall in right center to O'Neil. Pinch runner Connor Foreman scored from first, but Nicklas came back to get a grounder to second to get out of the inning.
BC tallied two insurance runs in the eighth. Butera was hit by a pitch to start the inning, moved to second on a wild pitch and stole third. With new pitcher RHP Brad Applin on the mound and one out, sophomore Michael Strem chopped one to second. Second baseman Chris Hess came home with the throw, but it was high, allowing Butera to score. With two down and Strem on second after swiping the bag, freshman Donovan Casey singled to right to plate Casey for the 5-2 lead.
Dunn allowed a lead-off double before coming back to strike out the side to end the game and give BC the victory.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Stone (3-0): 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Save: Dunn (4): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Losing Pitcher: Whitman (3-2): 3.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Hits: 2, Cronin (2-for-3), Casey (2-for-4)
Runs: 2, Butera
RBIs: 2, Sciortino
Stolen Bases: 1, Butera, Strem
Strikeouts: 4, Stone

Rhode Island
Hits: 2, O'Neil (2-for-3, 2 2B)
Runs: 1, Hess, Foreman
RBIs: 2, O'Neil
Stolen Bases: 1, Hess, Sherburne, Powell
Strikeouts: 4, Wessell

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

The Eagles have outscored opponents, 24-6, in Stone's four starts this season. He has struck out 16, while allowing just nine hits, three runs -- two earned -- and five walks.
Strem's on-base streak came to an end at 18 games when he failed to reach safely against the Rams.
The Eagles have won the last four meetings with the Rams. The last loss came in the first meeting in 2013, on April 16, in a 3-2, 10-inning loss.
BC is 10-0 when allowing two runs or less.

UP NEXT
The Eagles host Harvard on Wednesday, April 15 at 3 p.m. at Pellagrini Diamond.