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Baseball Downed by World Champion Red Sox, 24-0
February 28, 2008 | Baseball
Feb. 28, 2008
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Boston College baseball team opened its spring training trip by falling to the 2007 World Champion Boston Red Sox, 24-0, in front of 7,230 fans at the City of Palms Park, Thursday afternoon.
BC starter Ted Ratliff retired the only three batters he faced in the first inning. The senior enticed Jacoby Ellsbury to ground out to third base. Dustin Pedroia followed by hitting a line drive off Ratliff's leg, which third baseman Eric Campbell picked up and threw to first baseman Michael Belfiore for the second out of the inning. David Ortiz ended the frame by popping up to Campbell for the third out.
The Red Sox answered the scoreless first when they tallied eight runs in the second inning, five runs in the fourth inning, nine runs in the fifth inning and two runs in the sixth inning.
Junior Eric Campbell broke up the no-hitter by the Red Sox when he singled to leftfield in the top of the fifth inning off left-handed reliever Javier Lopez. Campbell was the only player for the Eagles to register a hit.
Red Sox starter Josh Beckett earned the win for the Red Sox. Beckett went 2.0 innings and tallied four strikeouts. Senior Steven Cadoret suffered the loss.
BC travels to Lantana, Fla. to play Mount St. Mary's in the Papa John's Palm Beach Challenge, tomorrow at 7 p.m.
