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Baseball Pummels Harvard, 24-6
April 15, 2003 | Baseball
April 15, 2003
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The baseball team scored more runs and pounded out more hits than it had in almost four years in a 24-6 drubbing of Harvard on Tuesday, April 15 at O'Donnell Field.
The last time Boston College put that many runs and hits on the board was May 2, 1999. On that day it banged out 27 hits en route to a 25-11 defeat of Connecticut, which is its next opponent. The Eagles and Huskies play a noon doubleheader April 17 in Storrs, Conn.
Boston College (17-13) scored in every inning, with all nine Eagle starters crossing the plate at least once. All but one Eagle starter had a hit in the game.
First baseman Trey Hendricks got Harvard (8-16) on the board first when he ripped a line-drive two-run home run to left-centerfield in the top of the first.
The Eagles got both of those back in the bottom of the frame. Senior left fielder Matt Lederhos (Westwood, Mass.) plated senior shortstop Ryan Leahy (Salem, Mass.) with a sacrifice fly to center. Two batters later, sophomore third baseman Jason Delaney (Hanson, Mass.) roped a ground-rule double to right, scoring sophomore center fielder Drew Locke (Weymouth, Mass.).
Two more BC runs came around in the third. Freshman catcher Shawn McGill (South Kingstown, R.I.) crossed the plate on a two-out single through the left side of the infield by junior second baseman Josh DiScipio (Schenectady, N.Y.). DiScipio later scored on a Crimson throwing error.
Back-to-back solo shots in the third by second baseman Zak Farkes and left fielder Chris Mackey tied the game at 4-4.
Boston College took the lead back in the bottom of the third on a towering solo home run to right by senior designated hitter Vinny Scavone (Seffner, Fla.).
DiScipio smacked Harvard starter Javi Castellanos' first pitch of the fourth over the right-field fence, upping the Eagles' advantage to 6-4. Later in the inning, Delaney drove in Lederhos from second with a single to right.
Crimson designated hitter Rob Wheeler cut the Eagles' lead to 7-5 with an RBI single to left in the fifth.
The Eagles put the game away with seven runs in the bottom of the frame. Highlighting the outburst was a pair of two-run bombs, one by Delaney, the other off the bat of Scavone. Scavone's two jacks were his third and fourth of the year, which gives him 14 for his career, moving him into a four-way tie for ninth on the school's all-time list.
Boston College scored four times in the sixth, once in the seventh and five times in the eighth. The seventh-inning run came on a solo shot to left by junior outfielder Eric Wright (Southboro, Mass.), his first of the year. The Crimson plated a single run in the ninth to conclude the scoring.
Delaney led a group of eight players with multi-hit games. He went 4-for-5 with five runs batted in.
Lost in all the offense was the pitching performance of junior righty Matt O'Donnell (Marlboro, Mass.), who earned the win, giving up one run on four hits in three innings of relief work. His record is 3-2.
