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Baseball Sweeps Virginia Tech
May 16, 2004 | Baseball
May 16, 2004
Junior Drew Locke (Weymouth, Mass.) drove in two runs in game one, and Marco Albano (Arlington, Mass.) knocked in the decisive tally in the bottom of the ninth of game two to help the Boston College Baseball team sweep visiting Virginia Tech by scores of 3-0 and 4-3 on Sunday, May 16 in Chestnut Hill. BC improved to 28-22 and 14-7 while the Hokies fell to 27-24 and 10-13.
Junior Chris Lambert (Manchester, N.H.) pitched a complete-game shutout in game one. The junior right-hander dispatched of three of his first six batters by strikeouts and allowed only five baserunners all game. In 7.0 innings of work, he relinquished a total of three hits, no extra-base hits, and walked two.
Drew Locke, who doubled three times, accounted for three of BC's nine hits in that game and the center fielder also drove in two runs, including the game-winning run in the third inning. Marco Albano doubled in the other run while Eric Wright (Southboro, Mass.) the Eagles no. 7 hitter, went 2-for-2.
Virginia Tech's Ryan Kennedy took the loss. He struck out two batters, walked three and gave up three earned runs.
In the top of the ninth of game two, the Hokies knotted the score at three when Wyatt Toregas singled to right field, driving in pinch runner Nate Parks, who stole second and advanced on a throwing error by the catcher. Parks replaced Sean O'Brien who walked to get aboard. Two outs later with the go-ahead run on third, BC reliever and the eventual winning pitcher Mike Gauthier (Salem, Mass.) got Matt Foley to foul out to the first baseman, ending the threat.
After Greer flied out and Josh DiScipio (Schenectady, N.Y.) reached on a walk, Dave Preziosi (Oradell, N.J.) fought from an 0-2 hole to lace a line drive off of Virginia Tech pitcher Nicky Bowers' shin and into right field, advancing DiScipio to third. Albano then knocked in DiScipio on a hard-slapped ball which shortstop Warren Schaeffer could not handle for the last play of the game.
The Hokies posted 11 hits and stranded 13 men on base and were enabled by four Eagle miscues. After BC compiled three runs on three hits in the first inning, Virginia Tech starter Josh Biber settled down and retired the next 14 of 15 batters until Jason Delaney's double in the sixth inning, the first of two hits for Delaney in the game, instigated the BC offense.
Virginia Tech's Sean O'Brien and Chris Stanton each contributed three hits while Jed English had a pair.
BC hosts two games on Wednesday, May 19. The Eagles play Rhode Island at noon and Maine at 3:30 p.m.
