Baseball Falls to Virginia Tech in Ninth

Sunday, May 3

Blacksburg, Va.

1:00 PM

Boston College

24-24, 9-17

Virginia Tech

25-24, 12-14

Boston College

Virginia Tech

Palomaki went 2-for-4, reaching base in the last 31 games.

May 03, 2015 | Baseball

Box Score

May 3, 2015

Box Score | Postgame Interviews

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Virginia Tech 2, Boston College 1
Records: Boston College (24-24, 9-17 ACC), Virginia Tech (25-24, 12-14 ACC)
Series: Virginia Tech wins the series, 3-0
Location: English Field in Blacksburg, Va.
Weather: 66 degrees, sunny
Attendance: 1,340
Time of Game: 2:13

BC Starting Lineup:

Starting Pitcher: LHP Jesse Adams

Virginia Tech Starting Lineup:

Saige Jenco -- CF
Mac Caples -- RF
Alex Perez -- SS
Brendon Hayden -- 1B
Erik Payne -- LF
Sean Keselica -- DH
Sam Fragale -- 2B
Joe Friday, Jr. -- C
Ryan Tufts -- 3B

Starting Pitcher: LHP Packy Naughton

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Junior LHP Jesse Adams threw 6.2 scoreless innings, allowing just five hits and one walk while striking out four.
Redshirt junior RHP Geoffrey Murphy threw 1.1 innings of scoreless relief without allowing a hit or walk. He struck out one.
Senior Blake Butera, who drove in the Eagles' only run of the game on a seventh-inning double, started his 201^st game in Maroon and Gold, tied for second in BC record books.
Freshman Jake Palomaki went 2-for-4, extending his on-base streak to 31 games. He has recorded a hit in the last five games.

KEY PLAYS
The Eagles held a 1-0 lead going to the bottom of the ninth, but Brendon Hayden hit a two-run home run off sophomore RHP Justin Dunn to give Virginia Tech the walk-off win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After Virginia Tech's starter LHP Packy Naughton retired the first 17 batters faced, junior Gabriel Hernandez tallied the Eagles' first hit with a single in the sixth. Palomaki kept it going in the seventh, leading off with a base hit to center. Sophomore Johnny Adams moved him into scoring position on a sac bunt and Butera plated him with a double to the corner in right.
Dunn came in to pitch the ninth and walked Alex Perez to start the inning. Hayden hit a 1-0 pitch over the right-field fence to lift the Hokies over the Eagles, 2-1.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: McGarity (4-4): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Losing Pitcher: Dunn (4-3): 0.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Hits: 2, Palomaki (2-for-4)
Runs: 1, Palomaki
RBIs: 1, Butera
Strikeouts: 4, Adams

Virginia Tech
Hits: 3, Hayden (3-for-4, 2B, HR)
Runs: 1, Perez, Hayden
RBIs: 2, Hayden
Stolen Bases: 1, Jenco
Strikeouts: 4, Naughton

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

The last time an opponent recorded a walk-off home run against the Eagles was on Feb. 18, 2011 when Hayes Orton gave Coastal Carolina a 9-6 victory over BC with a two-run shot in Conway, S.C.
The last time the Eagles lost on a walk-off hit was against Wake Forest on April 3 when Joey Rodriguez singled off Dunn with a runner on third to plate the winning run in a 4-3 loss.
Johnny Adams did not reach on base in the contest, ending his season-long hit at seven games and his on-base streak at 13 games.
The Eagles did not make an error for the 21^st time this season and for the fifth straight game.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will host Hartford on Saturday, May 9 at 4 p.m.