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Baseball Sweeps St. John's, 2-1, 9-1
April 20, 2000 | Baseball
April 20, 2000
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - -Boston College seniors Steve Langone (Reading, Mass.) and Andy Sullivan (Winchester, Mass.) recorded wins on the hill Thursday as BC swept visiting St. John's University 2-1 and 9-1 to earn a school-record 27 wins in a season. BC eclipsed the school standard of 26 wins, set in 1999, to improve to 27-13 overall and 8-9 in the BIG EAST conference. The Red Storm dropped to 21-15 and 5-9 in the loop.
The last time BC won a series with St. John's was April 22-23 of 1989 when the Eagles took two out of three games in Jamaica, N.Y (L 7-3, W 5-3, W 11-5).
In game one's pitching duel, Sullivan allowed only seven hits in 7.0 innings with two walks and six strikeouts. His Red Storm counterpart, Kevin McGerry, surrendered two earned runs on three hits in 6.0 innings with three strikeouts.
The visitors jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first after Charles Bilezikjian tripled to lead off then scored on Peter Graham's sacrifice fly.
The Eagles scored both of their runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Mike Hubbard (Braintree, Mass.) walked and advanced to third on Mike Gambino's (Garrison, N.Y.) single to right field. Mike Quirk (Paxton, Mass.) was issued a free pass to load the bases. Langone singled through the left side, scoring Hubbard and advancing the runners. Then Joe Kealty's (Framingham, Mass.) sacrifice fly to center scored Gambino for the game-winning run.
In the nightcap, Langone pitched a complete game, allowing one run on four hits with eight strikeouts in 9.0 innings. BC scored three runs in the first and five in the third and one in the seventh.
Mike Quirk, who also drove in two runs, and Joe Kealty contributed three hits each. Gambino powered two hits and knocked in two runs while Langone and Jarett Mendoza (North Dighton, Mass.) each belted two hits.
St. John's scored one run in the top of the ninth inning to spoil a shutout. Chris Fallon doubled down the right field line, plating Anthony Sutter . With a man on third, Eric Potts flied out to end the game.
BC hosts West Virginia for a doubleheader Saturday (April 22). Game time is noon.
