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Baseball Defeats Michigan 8-2
March 03, 2001 | Baseball
March 3, 2001
LAKELAND, Fla. - - Paul Knapic allowed only five hits in 7.0 innings, and Joe Kealty went 4-for-5 as Boston College (2-5) defeated Michigan 8-2 Saturday at Henley Field. The two teams last met June 12, 1953 in the College World Series. The Wolverines, who went on to win the national title, took that contest 6-2.
Knapic struck out six and surrendered only three walks for his second victory of the year.
Michael Hubbard and Jarett Mendoza each contributed a pair of hits, including RBI singles. Junior Brian Durkin slammed his first home run of the season, a bomb to left field in the eighth inning.
The Eagles grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third inning when Kealty and Mendoza connected on RBI singles and Chris Rosado had a sacrifice bunt down the first base line. In addition to Kealty's second RBI of the day, Macchi pushed across a run to give the Eagles a 6-1 advantage through five innings. Hubbard and Durkin plated BC's final two runs.
Michigan's Jordan Cantalanessa drove in both of Michigan's runs. Pitcher Rich Hill took the loss.
The two teams meet Sunday March 4 at the Tiger complex. Game time is noon.
