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Photo by: John Quackenbos
Eagles Punch Ticket to the ACC Baseball Championship
May 21, 2016 | Baseball
BC travel to the conference tournament for the first time since 2010
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 7, No. 22 Georgia Tech 6
Records: Boston College (31-19, 13-15 ACC) at Georgia Tech (35-20, 13-16 ACC)
Location: Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.
Series: BC wins the series, 2-1
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
KEY PLAYS
HOW IT HAPPENED
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
UP NEXT
Score: Boston College 7, No. 22 Georgia Tech 6
Records: Boston College (31-19, 13-15 ACC) at Georgia Tech (35-20, 13-16 ACC)
Location: Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.
Series: BC wins the series, 2-1
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Sophomore Jake Palomaki led the way for the Eagles with a 3-for-5 day, scoring two runs and driving in three. He has reached base in 43 of the Eagles' 50 games, including the last 10. He has a hit in seven of the last eight games.
- Senior Joe Cronin notched a double and a home run, also driving in three runs. He tallied his 49th career double, tied for third in BC record books and tied Blake Butera (2012-15) for the all-time walks record with 112.
- Junior Michael Strem turned in a 2-for-4 day with his 46th career double, tied for eighth in BC record books. He has record at least one hit in 18 of the last 24 games.
- Senior Jesse Adams recorded a two-inning save, allowing just one hit and striking out one in the eighth and ninth. He has five saves on the year – good to tie for seventh on BC's single-season list – and eight career saves sixth all time.
KEY PLAYS
- The Eagles led 7-3 after the fifth inning but gave up three runs in the seventh to make it a one-run game.
- Adams entered the game in the eighth and shut the GT down, preserving the BC win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Eagles scored first, notching a run in the first inning. Palomaki started the game with a single through the right side and with one down, junior Nick Sciortino laced one up the middle to put runners on the corners. Cronin doubles down the left-field line to plate Palomaki, scoring the first run of the game.
- BC three in the second to take a 4-0 lead. Senior Logan Hoggarth led off with single and with one out, senior Gabriel Hernandez knocked a base hit to left. Palomaki drove both runs in with a double down the right-field line. The Jackets went to the bullpen for RHP Zach Ryan, who gave up a double to Strem to bring in another BC score. Ryan got a strikeout and fly out to end the inning.
- GT got a run back in the third. Wade Bailey drew a lead-off walk and moved to second on a bunt single. Kel Johnson plated him with a single to left center. The Eagles turned a double play and freshman right-handed starter Jacob Stevens got a fly out to end the inning.
- Both teams scored a run in the fourth to make it 5-2 BC lead. Sophomore Mitch Bigras led off with a double to the corner in right and Hernandez moved him to third with a sac bunt. Palomaki notched his third RBIs of the day with a single through the left side.
- Sophomore RHP Brian Rapp entered the game and got a strikeout to start the inning, but surrendered a solo shot to Ryan Peurifoy. He then got another K before loading the bases on a two singles and a walk. Rapp got himself of the jam and his third K of the inning.
- In the fifth, Cronin launched a two-run home run over the wall in left center with Sciortino, who tallied a lead-off single, to put the Eagles up, 7-2.
- The Jackets got one back in the bottom of the frame. Brandt Stallings recorded a two-out triple to center off Rapp and sophomore RHP Donovan Casey came on in relief. He gave up an infield hit – a dribbler off the mound – to plate a run – before issuing a walk and getting out of the inning with a chopper to second.
- Georgia Tech scored three in the seventh off redshirt sophomore RHP Bobby Skogsbergh to make it a 7-6 game. Three singles loaded the bases before Skogsbergh got a strikeout looking for the first out. He then got one back to the mound and went home for the force out. The throw down to first was just late, extending the inning. Bailey came up with a full-count single through the right side to plate two and Matt Gonzalez followed with a base hit to center to pull the Yellow Jackets within one. Skogsbergh got a grounder to short to get out of the inning.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- With the victory and the Eagles' 13th conference win, they made the ACC Baseball Championship for the first time since 2010 and the third time in program history.
- BC also earned its sixth conference series win, the most since joining the league in 2006.
- The Eagles improved to 8-8 against top-25 teams.
- BC has won five of the six contests against Georgia Tech in the last two years and won two games against Atlanta for the first time since 2007.
- Junior Johnny Adams' career-long 14-game hit streak came to an end. He tied for sixth in BC record books and had reached base in 19 straight games. Both were season longs for the Eagles in 2016.
- The 31 overall wins are the most since the Eagles went 34-26 in 2009 and the 13 ACC wins are the most since 2010, when they were 14-16.
UP NEXT
- The eighth-seed Eagles will take on the ninth-seed Yellow Jackets again on Tuesday, May 24 at 3 p.m. in the first round of the ACC Tournament.
- Regional Sports Networks from across the conference footprint and across the nation will carry all tournament games. In addition, the games will be broadcast via satellite radio on Sirius 106/XM 193.
- Ticket packages and single-game tickets are available by calling 919-956-BULL or visiting http://theacc.co/BASE16tix.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rapp, Brian (3-2)
L: Burton Dulaney (2-4)
S: Adams, Jesse (5)
Batting:
2B: Palomaki, Jake 1 ; Strem, Michael 1 ; Cronin, Joe 1 ; Bigras, Mitch 1
HR: Cronin, Joe 1
RBI: Palomaki, Jake 3 ; Strem, Michael 1 ; Cronin, Joe 3
SH: Strem, Michael 1 ; Hernandez, Gabriel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Palomaki, Jake 2 ; Sciortino, Nick 1 ; Cronin, Joe 1 ; Hoggarth, Logan 1 ; Bigras, Mitch 1 ; Hernandez, Gabriel 1
CS: Palomaki, Jake 1
HBP: Palomaki, Jake 1
Batting:
3B: Brandt Stallings 1
HR: Ryan Peurifoy 1
RBI: Wade Bailey 2 ; Matt Gonzalez 1 ; Kel Johnson 1 ; Ryan Peurifoy 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Connor Justus 1 ; Wade Bailey 1 ; Brandt Stallings 2 ; Ryan Peurifoy 2
SB: Wade Bailey 1
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