Baseball Walks Off in Season Finale

Friday, May 15

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

3:00 PM

Boston College

27-27, 10-19

Notre Dame

35-19, 17-13

Notre Dame

Boston College

Senior Nick Colucci provided the game-winning RBI in the 10th inning.

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GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 6, Notre Dame 5 -- 10 innings
Records: Boston College (27-27, 10-19 ACC), No. 24 Notre Dame (35-19, 17-13 ACC)
Series: Notre Dame wins the series, 2-1
Location: Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Commander Shea Field in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Weather: 69 degrees, mostly cloudy, 9 mph winds
Attendance: 202
Time of Game: 3:14

BC Starting Lineup:

Jake Palomaki-- 3B
Blake Butera-- 2B
Michael Strem-- 1B
Chris Shaw -- DH
Donovan Casey -- CF
Logan Hoggarth -- RF
Johnny Adams-- SS
Stephen Sauter -- C
Nick Colucci -- LF

Starting Pitcher: LHP Jesse Adams

Notre Dame Starting Lineup:

Cavan Biggio -- 2B
Kyle Fiala -- 3B
Ryan Bull -- LF
Ryan Lidge -- DH
Robert Youngdahl -- RF
Ricky Sanchez - C
Zak Kutsulis -- 1B
Phil Mosey -- SS
Kyle Richardson -- CF

Starting Pitcher: RHP Nick McCarty

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Senior Blake Butera tallied his 205^th career hit, which is tied for sixth in BC record books. He was also hit by a pitch in the fifth, putting him in third all-time
Freshman Jake Palomaki finished the season on a career-long, 11-game hit streak, which is tied for 11^th in BC record books, dating back to 2005. He also finished the year reaching base in the final 37 games and set a new Boston College single-season record with 46 walks after drawing three walks in the game for the sixth time this season.
Junior Logan Hoggarth notched a hit and an RBI, setting a new career-long hit streak of eight games. He ended the season with at least one hit in 17 of the last 21 games.
Senior LHP Nick Poore picked up the win to finish his BC career. He went the final two innings, retired six of the seven batters he faced, allowing just one hit and striking out two.
Senior Nick Colucci knocked in the game-winning run with one out in the 10^th, the first walk-off hit in his career.
Freshman Donovan Casey led the way for the Eagles with a 3-for-5 day, tallying his second triple in the last two days and tying the game in the bottom of the ninth with two outs on a two-run single.

KEY PLAYS

Down by two in the ninth with two outs and the bases loaded, Casey came through with a single to center to tie the game.
Adams walked to start the 10^th, moved up on a passed ball and junior Stephen Sauter moved him to third on a passed ball. Colucci drove him in with a deep ball to left center.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Irish put up runs in the second and third off solo shots by Kyle Fiala and Ricky Sanchez and each time the Eagles were able to answer with a run of their own.
In the second, Casey tripled to right and Hoggarth brought him home with a sac fly.
In the third, Palomaki led off with a single and with the hit and run on, Butera laced one to left center to put runners at the corners. Sophomore Michael Strem plated Palomaki with a sac fly to right.
Notre Dame went back up in the sixth on a two-run blast by Robert Youngdahl. Junior RHP John Nicklas entered the game after junior starter left-hander Jesse Adams got a strikeout and allowed a walk and forced a double play on the first pitch to end the inning.
BC got one back with two outs in the bottom of the inning. Junior Chris Shaw led off with a single and moved to second on a groundout by Casey. With two down, sophomore Johnny Adams launched one to left center, falling at the wall for a double and scoring Shaw. Sauter drew a walk and the Irish went to the pen for RHP Connor Hale. He got Colucci swinging to end the inning.
The Irish pushed it back to a two-run lead with a run in the seventh. ND loaded the bases on three singles before Nicklas got a liner to third for the first out. Ryan Lidge hit a sac fly to center to plate one run and Nicklas got out of inning with a chopper back to the mound.
The Eagles tied the game on their final chance with two outs in the ninth and lefty closer Sean Guenther on the mound. Palomaki drew a one-out walk and with two down, Strem reached on an error. Shaw singled to load the bases and Casey came through with a base hit to center, scoring Palomaki and Strem. Guenther got a strikeout to force extras.
After Poore surrendered just a two-out single in the top of the 10^th, Adams started the bottom of the inning with a walk. He moved to second on a passed ball and Sauter got him to third with a perfect sacrifice bunt down the line. Colucci nailed Guenther's pitch to the wall in left center to score Adams and give the Eagles the victory.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Poore (3-3): 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Losing Pitcher: Guenther (1-3): 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Hits: 3, Casey (3-for-5, 3B)
Runs: 2, Palomaki
RBIs: 2, Casey
Stolen Bases: 1, Palomaki
Strikeouts: 6, Adams

Notre Dame
Hits: 4, Fiala (4-for-5, HR)
Runs: 1, Fiala, Lidge, Youngdahl, Sanchez, Richardson
RBIs: 2, Youngdahl
Stolen Bases: 1, Kutsulis
Strikeouts: 2, Hale, Guenther

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

The victory marked the only extra-innings win of the year for the Eagles as they fell in the other two games. It was the second walk-off of the season with the other coming against Duke on March 28.
The 27 wins in 2015 were the most under head coach Mike Gambino and the 10 ACC victories ties for an all-time high under the fifth-year head coach.
The victory marked the third BC home win over the Irish and the first since 2005.
The 2015 Eagles' 231 walks ranks second in BC record books, while their .976 fielding percentage ranks third. The pitching staff's 12 saves is tied for second all-time, the .255 opponent batting average ranked third and the 433 strikeouts on the year ranked fourth.