Boston College Athletics
Baseball Prepares for Beanpot Championship
June 21, 1999 | Baseball
Tracking the Eagles... Boston College enters the Beanpot championship game with an overall record of 18-18, 5-12 in BIG EAST action ... BC is 2-3 in its last five games and 5-5 in its last 10 contests ... BC has scored a season-high 23 runs in three games this season ... The Eagles have scored nine-or-more runs in 16 of their 36 games this spring; including their 9-7 win against Northeastern in the Beanpots first round on April 27.April 28, 1999
1999 Boston College Baseball
The Eagles (18-18) vs. Massachusetts (22-12) The Beanpot Championship Game Fenway Park - Boston, Mass. -- April 29, 1999
Nationally Ranked Offense... Boston Colleges offense is nationally ranked in team batting average and runs per game ... The Eagles .361 batting average ties them for first in the nation (SW Missouri St.) ... After 35 games, BC was ranked 16th among all Division I teams with 9.26 runs per game (324 runs) ... In addition to the team output, senior Sean McGowan is ranked in three individual offensive categories ... After 35 games, the first baseman was first in home runs per game (0.57); fifth in RBIs per game (1.63); and 23rd in batting average (.429).
In the Beanpot... BC has a 10-6-1 overall record in the Beanpots 10 years ... The Eagles are 3-2 in championship games ... Their last championship game was 1995 when they lost to Northeastern, 7-3 ... BC is 0-1 against Massachusetts, falling to the Minutemen, 7-2, in the first round of the 1998 Beanpot ... The Eagles have won three Beanpot titles -- 1990, 1992, 1993.
Out-of-Conference Success... Boston College is 13-6 in non-BIG EAST games ... The Eagles have won their last seven non-conference contests, including a 9-7 win against Northeastern in the Beanpots first round on April 27.
In-State Competition... The Eagles are 6-0 against Massachusetts schools this season ... BC has outscored its in-state opponents 79-32 in those games ... BC is averaging 13.2 runs per game, while holding its opponents to 5.3 runs per game.
Inning Breakdown... BCs most prolific inning has been the first frame ... The Eagles have scored 51 in the opening inning ... The Eagles are outscoring their opponents by 33 runs in the fourth inning (50-15) ... BCs most prolific inning was a 12-run third that led to a 12-6 win against Harvard on April 13.
Heart of the Lineup... BCs 3-4-5 hitters (Stephen Langone-Sean McGowan-Jeff Waldron) have provided most of the Eagles offense this season ... They are batting a combined .380 (156-for-410); they have compiled 34 percent of the teams hits ... The threesome has hit 34 home runs (59 percent of team total), compiled 114 RBIs (38 percent), and 284 total bases (40 percent).
The Eagles
Mighty McGowan ... Senior Sean McGowan leads the team in every major offensive category ... He is batting .431, with 20 home runs, 59 RBIs, 62 hits, and 48 runs scored ... He also has 134 total bases, a .931 slugging percentage and a .497 on-base percentage ... McGowan ranks first among all Division I hitters in home runs per game (0.57) and fifth in RBIs per game (1.63) ... McGowan earned Collegiate Baseballs Player of the Week honors for the week of April 12-19 ... A Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America selection, he earned All-Northeast all-star second-team honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association last season.
All-Around Langone ... Junior Stephen Langone has excelled at the plate and on the mound while starting all 36 games this season ... Langone is batting .333 (47-for-141) and ranks second on the team with 43 runs scored ... He is tied for second on the team with eight home runs and leads the team after being hit by four pitches ... Langone is the ace of the staff, earning a team-high six wins in 10 appearances ... He has the lowest earned run average among the starters (4.75) ... He also leads the team with four complete games.
Killer Kealty ... Sophomore Joe Kealty is one of five Eagles to play in and start all 36 games this season ... He is second among the teams everyday players with a .396 batting average and ranks second on the team with 55 hits ... Kealty leads the team with six stolen bases. Wailing Waldron... Senior Jeff Waldron is hitting .376 (47-for-125) in 36 games this season ... He leads the team with 10 doubles ... Waldron ranks third on the team in runs scored (37) and total bases (77) ... He is second among everyday players with a .466 on base percentage ... The co-captain has six home runs and 23 RBIs.
The Coaching Staff... BC head coach, Peter Hughes, is in his first year as skipper of the Eagles ... Hughes came to the Heights from Trinity University (TX) where he was the head coach for two years ... He served as an assistant coach at Northeastern from 1991-95 ... In the Dugout... Joining Hughes are three assistant coaches, Rob Carpentier, Justin Cronk and Rob Mason. Carpentier was the head coach at New Hampshire in 1997 and has also coached at UMass-Lowell ... Cronk came to the Heights after playing four years at Amherst College ... Mason played four years at Northeastern (1993-97).
Pinch Hits
* Head coach Peter Hughes enjoys a wealth of players from the state of Massachusetts ... Twenty-two of the 31 Eagles (71 percent) are from Massachusetts.
* Seniors Sean McGowan and Jeff Waldron, and junior Stephen Langone all played in the 1998 New England All-Star game.
* Senior Jeff Waldron was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 12th round of the 1998 baseball draft.
* Boston College was on the short end of a 4-3 decision in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox (3/5) in Ft. Myers, Fla. ... Freshman Brian Macchi hit a home run ... The Eagles had runners in scoring position in the final inning, but failed to score.
Boston College in the Beanpot
1999 First Round Northeastern W 9-7
1998 First Round Massachusetts L 7-2 Consolation Northeastern W 9-8
1997 First Round Harvard L 9-2 1996 First Round Northeastern L 9-5
1995 First Round Harvard W 12-3 Championship Northeastern L 7-3
1994 First Round Boston Univ. L 9-4 Consolation Harvard T 7-7
1993 First Round Northeastern W 8-7 Championship Harvard W 14-5
1992 First Round Harvard W 5-4 Championship Northeastern W 3-1
1991 First Round Boston Univ. W 5-1 Championship Harvard L 12-9
1990 First Round Northeastern W 4-1 Championship Harvard W 6-3
Early Success... The Eagles compiled a 7-1 record in the first four years of the Beanpot (1990-1993) ... BC won three of the first four Beanpot titles.
1999 First Round... The Eagles defeated Northeastern, 9-7, in the first round on April 27 ... BC trailed 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning when they exploded for eight runs ... Stephen Langone went 1-for-4 with two RBIs at the plate, while on the mound he hurled eight innings, allowing four runs, to earn his sixth win of the season ... Seven of BCs nine hitters collected at least one RBIs and eight of the nine batters scored at least one run ... Erik Olson recorded his second save of the season when he struck out NUs Matt Keating to end the game.
Overall Record 10-6-1 In the First Round 6-4 In the Championship 3-2 In the Consolation 1-0-1
Beanpot Titles 1993, 1992, 1990
