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Baseball Clips #2 Notre Dame 7-6
May 13, 2001 | Baseball
May 13, 2001
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - - Boston College's Mike Hubbard (Braintree, Mass.) brought home the game-winning run (7-6) on a suicide-squeeze bunt in the ninth inning to serve second-ranked Notre Dame only its ninth loss in 55 contests, Sunday in Chestnut Hill. BC finished its season at 29-22-0 and 11-13-0.
For the second-consecutive week, BC won the third contest of a BIG EAST series with the suicide squeeze. BC claimed a 3-2, 14-inning decision over Seton Hall May 6.
With the game tied at six, Chris Rosado (Stamford, Conn.) led off the ninth with a walk off Matt Buchmeier before stealing second base. He moved up to third on Ryan Leahy's (Salem, Mass.) sacrifice bunt. Notre Dame brought in five infielders but they were not enough as Hubbard placed his bunt between the pitcher and third baseman with no play opportunity at the plate.
Defense down the stretch helped the Eagles gain momentum. Second baseman Ryan Leahy caught an over-the-shoulder potential blooper in shallow right and threw to first base to complete the ninth-inning-ending double play.
For the first time in the series, BC drew first blood. Brian Macchi homered to right center, providing BC with the 1-0 lead after two. Pitcher Matt Lederhos sent a two-run shot to the same location for the 3-0 edge in BC's next at bat. Both teams scored once in each of the fifth and sixth innings. Then Notre Dame drove in four runs on five hits in the seventh to take its first lead of the game at 6-5.
In the eighth inning, Eric Wright replaced Brian Macchi, who singled with one out, as a pinch runner at first. Jarett Mendoza singled up the middle to move Wright to third. Mendoza then stole second. Jeff Mackor's single through the right side drove in Wright but Mendoza was put out at the plate (7-2) to end the inning.
Mark Sullivan earned the win, pitching a hitless ninth inning, and Matt Buchmeier took the loss for ND. The Eagles received a strong start from Matt Lederhos, who retired 10 of his first 14 batters through four innings. He gave up five earned runs on eight hits in 6.1 total innings.
