Boston College Athletics
Baseball Hosts No. 5 Florida State This Weekend
May 06, 2010 | Baseball
May 6, 2010
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Boston College baseball team hosts No. 5 Florida State for a three-game ACC series this weekend beginning Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
Florida State sits atop of the standings in the Atlantic Division with a 14-7 record. The Seminoles are 34-11 overall. Boston College is third in the Atlantic with a 12-12 record and is 26-20 overall. The Eagles are seventh overall in the conference. The top two teams in each division in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, advance to the ACC Championship in Greensboro.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS (BC listed first)
Friday: RHP Mike Dennhardt (3-6, 6.39) vs. LHP Sean Gilmartin (6-4, 3.80)
Saturday: LHP Pat Dean (5-1, 3.60) vs. LHP Brian Busch (4-0, 3.18)
Sunday: RHP John Leonard (2-1, 4.12) vs. RHP Scott Sitz (4-0, 2.54)
WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST
Friday: Mostly sunny skies. High near 70 degrees. Winds WNW 10-20 MPH.
Saturday: Showers, maybe a rumble of thunder. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the mid 40s.
Sunday: Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 50s and lows in the low 40s.
BC HOSTS NO. 5 FLORIDA STATE
• The Boston College baseball team welcomes No. 5 Florida State this weekend for a three-game ACC series beginning Friday at 1:30 p.m.
• The Eagles enter the series in seventh place overall in the conference. The top two teams in each division in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, advance to the ACC Championship in Greensboro.
• The two teams split four games last season, but BC took the regular season series in Tallahassee and in the process, became the first team to beat Florida State in an ACC opening weekend series.
LAST YEAR'S SERIES
• The Eagles shocked the Seminoles last season at Dick Howser Stadium by taking two of three from them.
• Florida State won the ACC opener, 4-1, before BC took the next two games by scores of 14-6 and 12-5.
• Senior OF Robbie Anston went 5-for-11 in the series with a double and two RBI. Sophomore INF Brad Zapenas also had five hits with a double.
• Senior RHP Chris Kowalski and junior RHP John Leonard both had solid performances on the mound as Kowalski tossed 4.1 shutout innings in relief. He threw 3.1 of those in game three to pick up the win.
• Leonard worked the final 4.0 innings in game two to earn the save.
• The two teams also met in the ACC Championship with the Seminoles taking a 7-2 victory in the first game of the weekend.
GOOD WITH THE GLOVE
• Boston College doesn't give up too many runs in the field as it is third in the ACC and ninth in the country in fielding percentage (.978).
• The Eagles are also tops in the conference in turning double plays - they have 57 this season. That number puts them third nationally.
• Boston College has turned 16 double plays in the last 10 games. It has turned three double plays in five games this year and converted four against Bryant on April 7.
• BC has committed two errors in the last six games.
SUDS-SATIONAL
• Senior OF Mike Sudol has turned it on with both his bat and glove as of late.
• He was 4-for-7 in the two midweek games and drove in seven runs.
• In a 12-6 win against Northeastern on Tuesday, Sudol hit a pair of three-run homers to lead BC to victory.
• The two homers doubled his home run total for the season to four and his six RBI was a career high. It was the second time in his career that he hit two homers with the other coming at Duke on April 26 of last year.
• He then went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the Eagles' 7-3 win against Harvard on Wednesday. He also made a spectacular leaping catch at the wall to rob the Crimson of a couple of runs.
• Sudol also hit a pinch-hit three-run homer in the ninth inning at Virginia Tech last Friday night.
• The Franklin, N.J. product has driven in 11 runs in his last five games.
RESILIENT EAGLES
• Boston College had quite the time closing out its sweep of NC State two weekends ago, as it gave up the lead in the late innings in both games two and three, but scored in the top of the ninth to win.
• In game two, the Eagles took a 7-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning, but NC State scored four times in the frame to tie it, then scored again in the eighth to take an 8-7 lead - its first lead of the game.
• The Eagles fought right back with three runs in the top of the ninth to take the win back. Freshman DH Matt Watson drew a leadoff walk and after freshman Matt McGovern came on to pinch run, sophomore INF Anthony Melchionda ripped a single up the middle to put runners on the corners. Senior OF Mike Sudol went the opposite way with an 0-1 pitch for an RBI double over the left fielder's head to tie the game. Sophomore OF Andrew Lawrence was intentionally walked to load the bases, but a shallow fly to right was the inning's first out.
• The top of the order came up and senior OF Robbie Anston delivered, singling to center on a 1-2 count to drive in two runs to give BC the 10-8 win.
• The series finale was even wilder as the lead switched four times from the bottom of the seventh to the top of the ninth innings.
• BC held a 6-2 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth but NC State scored a run in both the fifth and sixth innings, then put up three runs in the seventh to take a 7-6 lead.
• The lead swtiched sides again in both the top and bottom of the eighth until BC clinched it in the ninth. Freshman INF/OF Philip Miclat drew a leadoff walk when he came on to pinch hit and then a fielder's choice gave NC State the first out of the inning. Junior C Garret Smith then pulled an 0-1 pitch to the gap in left to bring sophomore INF Brad Zapenas all the way around to score and tie the game, 10-10. After a strikeout for out number two, junior INF Matt Hamlet came up and chopped a single up the middle to give BC the lead for good, 11-10.
CLOUD NINE
• Boston College was on a nine-game winning streak entering last weekend, its best since joining the ACC and its best since 2001.
• Included in the nine-game streak were consecutive sweeps against Wake Forest and NC State, which marked the first time since joining the conference it swept on consecutive weekends.
• The Eagles' 8-1 record in their previous three ACC series (Maryland, NC State, Wake Forest) was the best since joining the league in 2006.
3 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER
• With the bats coming alive up and down the order, the Eagles have earned a spot among the nation's best in triples.
• Boston College has hit 20 triples on the year which is the 13th most in the country.
• BC started out hot by hitting six in the first six games, including four against Missouri on February 28. Three of those came consecutively in the eighth inning.
• The Eagles were on a torrid pace from April 17-27. They hit 10 triples in that span of seven games. They also hit four against Wake Forest on April 18.
• Senior OFs Robbie Anston and John Spatola and freshman C/DH Matt Watson each have two three-baggers to lead the team since April 17.
MY SACRIFICE
• Junior INF Matt Hamlet makes the ultimate sacrifice for the team whenever senior OF Robbie Anston gets on base, and that is a lot.
• Entering the week, Hamlet was second in the country in sacrifice bunts with 14.
• This stat is in part thanks to Anston, who has an on-base percentage of .415 as the leadoff man.
• Junior C/INF Garret Smith also ranks high nationally, as his 11 sac bunts puts him in 13th.
• As a team, BC ranked 12th in the country in sacrifices entering the week.
A FIRST SINCE 2005
• Boston College did not strike out on April 21 against Northeastern in the Beanpot Championship game.
• It was the first time that the Eagles did not fan in a game since joining the ACC.
• The last time that BC did not strike out in a game came on February 26, 2005 in a 3-1 loss to Belmont.
ONE BASE WON'T CUT IT
• Junior INF Mickey Wiswall has been on a tear as of late when it comes to extra base hits.
• Twelve of his last 20 hits have gone for extra bases dating back to April 13.
• He has six doubles, a triple and five homers in that span which gives him a slugging percentage of .705.
WISWALL, MOIR PROVIDE LATE-INNING HEROICS
• Junior INF Mickey Wiswall and redshirt freshman Rob Moir stepped up big April 10 vs. Maryland to give the Eagles an important 5-4 ACC win in 10 innings.
• In the second game of a doubleheader, BC was losing 4-2 and down to its last out in the bottom of the ninth. Sophomore INF Brad Zapenas led the frame off with a single and after two outs were recorded, Wiswall crushed a 1-0 pitch over the wall in center to send the game into extra innings.
• Freshman INF/OF Philip Miclat led off in the bottom of the 10th and fought off a few pitches to draw a walk and then junior C/INF Garret Smith laid down a sac bunt, but the pitcher threw the ball into center field trying to get the lead runner.
• An intentional walk loaded the bases and then redshirt freshman OF Rob Moir singled up the middle for the walk-off win.
• It was the first RBI of Moir's career.
ROTATING ROTATION
• Boston College has tried out a variety of starting rotations on the weekends.
• Junior LHP Pat Dean is the established No. 1 starter, but he missed starts at Virginia and vs. Maryland.
• Sophomore RHP Mike Dennhardt is the only pitcher to stay in the starting rotation all 11 weekends. He has been the Saturday starter six times.
• The third spot in the rotation has seen four different pitchers so far and junior RHP John Leonard will get his fifth-straight start this Sunday.
• Junior RHP Kevin Moran stepped into a starting role after starting the season in the bullpen. He started games at Florida Atlantic, Miami and Virginia.
• Freshman RHP Andrew Del Colle earned a spot in the starting rotation for the first two weekends at Tulane and Auburn.
• Freshman RHP Hunter Gordon, who has been one of BC's best pitcher out of the bullpen, also got a start when Dean was hurt at Virginia.
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY
• The weather in New England has wreaked havoc on the Eagles' home schedule.
• Six BC home games have either been moved or postponed due to Mother Nature and a total of eight of 19 games in New England have been rearranged.
• Boston College's March 23 game vs. Hartford was postponed and its March 24 game vs Holy Cross was moved back a day.
• BC had to play a doubleheader on Saturday for its first two ACC series due to rain.
• Both non-conference games the week of March 29 were postponed, but BC was able to make up its game at Northeastern that Wednesday after the game at Rhode Island was PPD due to flooding in the area.
• Against Wake Forest, all three games were played under sloppy conditions and two start times were moved up. It rained during all three games, but no doubleheader was played.
GREAT START AT HOME
• Boston College is 12-3 at home this season which is its best start in Chestnut Hill since 2003.
• The Eagles went 12-3 in their 15 home games that year.
HIGH HEAT
• The city of Boston came across an unprecedented day of heat on April 7 for the Eagles' game against Bryant.
• The game-time temperature was 89 degrees and it even reached 90 into the later innings in an 11-3 BC win.
• It was the hottest April 7 on record. It broke the 1991 record of 86 degrees.
LEADING OFF
• Senior OF Robbie Anston emerged as one of the top leadoff hitters in the ACC last year and he has taken it even further this season.
• He leads the conference in doubles (20) and triples (6), is seventh in steals (16), ninth in hits (64), 12th in runs (46) and 14th in total bases (105).
• His 20 doubles rank 16th in the nation while his six triples are 10th.
• When Anston leads off an inning, he is batting .407 (33-for-81) and he has scored 12 times in the first inning.
• Anston has reached base in 41 of the 46 games this season.
SPEEDY SUNDAY
• Boston College's series finale vs. Duke March 28 was a short affair - it lasted just 1:59.
• Junior LHP Pat Dean and Duke's Dennis O'Grady both threw complete games in a 2-1 BC win.
• Dean started the game by pitching 3.1 innings of perfect baseball. Duke got its lone run in the fourth inning when it pieced together three singles.
• Dean then went on to retire 10-straight hitters from the fifth to eighth innings.
• The Naugatuck, Conn. native only needed 92 pitches in his 9.0 innings of work and 64 of them were strikes. He scattered six hits and struck out two while not issuing a walk. Only one runner outside of the fourth inning reached scoring position.
• O'Grady was equal to the task as he allowed two runs in the fourth inning and put up zeros in every other frame. He allowed eight hits and struck out six without giving up a walk.
• Neither pitcher allowed an extra base hit.
BUT A LONG WEEKEND AT NC STATE
• The Eagles caught the other end of the spectrum in Raleigh.
• The second game of the series, a 10-8 BC win, took a season-long 4:06. Then the series finale took 3:57 as the Eagles won 11-10.
• The total time of those two games was 8:03 for 18 innings. That is exactly an hour longer than the longest game in NCAA history which BC and Texas played in last season in the Austin Regional. That game took 25 innings and 7:03.
• Those two games at NC State are the two longest games of the season for BC.
DEAN IS DOMINANT
• Junior LHP Pat Dean earned a spot on the weekend rotation on April 12 of last season and hasn't looked back since.
• Fourteen of his last 23 outings on the mound have been quality starts.
• The Naugatuck, Conn. native is the workhorse of the team with 60.0 innings pitched. He has thrown 7.0 or more innings in six of his nine starts this year and has tossed over 100 pitches five times.
• Dean is currently 5-1 with a 3.60 ERA with 42 strikeouts and nine walks.
DEAN AND THE 'CANES
• Junior LHP Pat Dean has performed his best when facing the Miami Hurricanes.
• In a 3-0 win on March 12, he tossed 8.0 shutout innings against the No. 13 `Canes at Alex Rodriguez Park.
• Miami entered the night averaging 9.9 runs a game.
• In his last three outings against the `Canes, he is 3-0 with a 0.41 ERA - allowing one run in 22.0 innings - and has struck out 21 while walking two.
JOHNNY ON THE SPAT
• Senior OF John Spatola has had a big bat this season and he had a monster game against Missouri on February 28.
• The former walk-on smashed two three-run homers and added a double in a 3-for-4 effort.
• Spatola drove in a career-high seven runs, which was more runs than the Tigers had as a team in a 14-6 win.
• It was Spatola's first multi-homer game of his career.
• The Milton, Mass. product ranks seventh in the ACC in homers (12), 13th in total bases (106), 16th in steals (12) and 19th in slugging (.599).
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
• Junior C/INF Garret Smith started at shortstop in high school and was the starting shortstop last year for BC, but now he is the starting catcher.
• Smith had never caught a game in his life entering the season.
• His defense is needed to replace the loss of All-American Tony Sanchez and his experienced bat is needed as well.
• He is a career .266 hitter and has started 118 games since he arrived on campus in 2008.
WATTY START
• Freshman C/DH Matt Watson has had a solid start to his collegiate career.
• The Portland, Maine product leads the team in on-base percentage (.464) and walks (31), is third in RBI (32) and home runs (6) and fourth in slugging (.493) and doubles (7).
• Watson ranks 14th in the ACC in on-base percentage and 18th in walks. He has also been hit by 16 pitches this season which is the second most in the conference.
• He has also produced in clutch situations as he hit a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh on March 10 to tie the game at FIU, 14-14. BC had been down 14-6 after five innings.
• Watson drove in all three runs with a pair of doubles in Boston College's 3-0 win at Miami March 12.
• He drove in three runs in the top of the ninth inning March 20 at No. 1 Virginia in a valiant comeback attempt by BC. Down 4-0 and with the bases loaded with one out, Watston hit a bases-clearing double to pull the Eagles within a run, but he was stranded in scoring position.
• Watson also got the game-winning hit in BC's 7-4 win against Holy Cross. He hit an RBI single in the Eagles' six-run fifth inning to put BC on top 5-4.
• He also had the game-tying hit in the bottom of the fourth on March 28 vs. Duke in a 2-1 win.
EARLY BIRDS
• The Eagles have made a habit of getting ahead early in the ball game.
• BC scored first in 41 of its 60 games and scored in the first inning 26 times last season.
• Boston College is doing much of the same this season. It has scored first in 26 of the 46 games.
• Senior CF Robbie Anston has scored in the first inning 12 times.
RBI MACHINE
• Junior INF Mickey Wiswall has produced from the No. 3 spot in the batting order.
• He ranks 10th in the ACC in RBI (49) and has 13 multi-RBI games this year.
• The Stonehman, Mass. also ranks third in the conference in home runs (14), ninth in total bases (115) and 15th in slugging (.605).
• Twelve of his last 20 hits have gone for extra bases.
• His biggest home run of the season came in the second game of the April 10 doubleheader vs. Maryland.
• BC was losing 4-2 and down to its last out in the bottom of the ninth. Sophomore INF Brad Zapenas led off with a single and after two outs were recorded, Wiswall crushed a 1-0 pitch over the wall in center to send the game into extra innings.
• The Eagles won that game in 10 innings, 5-4.
• Wiswall drove in 21 runs in the first 11 games of the season.
WISWALL IN THE RECORD BOOKS
• Wiswall has etched his name all over the Boston College record books.
• His 14 home runs this season and last rank as the third most in a single season. His 82 hits and 63 RBI in 2009 were both the second-most in a season and his 48 runs was 10th.
• Combine those numbers with this season and he is now second in career home runs (32), third in RBI (139), eighth in hits (192) and ninth in runs (118).
CLUTCH HITTING
• BC had 142 RBI with two outs last season and Mike Belfiore led the team with 33.
• A total of 37 percent of the RBI that BC has recorded came with two outs.
• BC has 125 two-out RBI so far this season. Junior INF Mickey Wiswall leads the team with 23 while senior OF John Spatola is right behind him with 22. Freshman C/DH Matt Watson has 17 and sophomore Anthony Melchionda has 13.
• In the Eagles' 11-5 win at FIU on March 9, all of the runs crossed the plate with two outs.
• Forty-five percent of the RBI this season have been recorded with two outs.
POWER SURGE
• Boston College hit 58 home runs last year - the most since 2000 when it also had 58.
• It also had three players with 10 or more home runs in Mike Belfiore (11), Tony Sanchez (14) and Mickey Wiswall (14).
• The Eagles' three players with double-digit homers was the most in program history.
• Boston College hit 24 round-trippers in 22 games at Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Commander Shea Field last year. In all of 2008, the Eagles hit just eight out of Shea Field in 21 games.
• The Eagles are back at it again this season as they have hit 51 home runs in 46 games, including 28 in the last 22 outings.
• Junior INF Mickey Wiswall leads the team with 14 home runs and senior OF John Spatola has 12 blasts.
• Freshman C/DH Matt Watson has hit six long balls, sophomore INF Anthony Melchionda has five and senior OF Mike Sudol has four.
• BC has 14 games with multiple homers.
BEANPOT CHAMPS
• The Boston College baseball team won its first Beanpot since 2006 and its ninth overall when it defeated Northeastern, 9-3, April 21 at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton.
• Junior INF Mickey Wiswall and sophomore INF Anthony Melchionda both hit long three-run homers in the game. It was Wiswall's 12th of the season and Melchionda's fourth. Wiswall went 2-for-4 with two runs as did junior INF Matt Hamlet. Senior OF Robbie Anston was 3-for-5 with a double.
• Four BC relievers combined to shut out the Huskies for the last five innings. Junior Kevin Moran threw 2.0 scoreless while sophomores Matt Brazis and Taylor Lasko and freshman Hunter Gordon each threw an inning.
• The Eagles defeated Harvard on April 14 to reach the Beanpot Championship game. Entering the top of the ninth with a 10-4 lead, Harvard scored five times but left the bases loaded as BC held on, 10-9.
• The Beanpot is an annual tournament featuring BC, Harvard, Northeastern and Massachusetts. The championship game is usually played at Fenway Park, but both rounds of the tournament were played at Campenelli Stadium this season.
THE TRAVELS OF A NEW ENGLAND TEAM
• BC traveled nearly 10,000 miles before its first home game on March 25. In fact, approximate numbers by Google Maps puts the number at 9,999 miles.
• Boston College opened the season with a series win at Tulane in New Orleans, La.
• The Eagles then went to Auburn for three games vs. the Tigers, Florida Atlantic and Missouri.
• BC went back to campus on Sunday from Auburn before leaving for Fort Myers on March 2 to play the Red Sox.
• The Eagles spent 13 days in Florida with a series at both Florida Atlantic and Florida International before they opened ACC play on March 12 at Miami.
• BC took bus trips to UConn and Bryant on March 16 and 17, respectively, before traveling to Virginia March 19.
EAGLES FALL TO RED SOX IN EXHIBITION
• The Boston Red Sox defeated Boston College, 6-1, in an exhibition game March 3 in front of 4,577 fans at City of Palms Park.
• Sophomore OF Spenser Payne drove in the only run for BC in the fifth inning. Senior OF Mike Sudol and freshman INF Philip Miclat had the other hits for the Eagles.
• Sophomore Taylor Lasko pitched a perfect fifth inning on the mound and had a strikeout. Senior Chris Kowalski was the only other pitcher to not allow a run in his inning of work.
• Both starters figured in the decision despite pitching just the first inning. Boof Bonser picked up the win after a perfect first and senior Geoff Oxley was saddled with the loss after surrendering a run in the bottom half of the frame.
EAGLES PICKED THIRD IN ATLANTIC
• The Boston College baseball team was picked to finish third in the ACC Atlantic Division in a preseason vote of the conference's 12 head coaches.
• The Eagles' third-place pick was the highest they have been voted in the ACC preseason poll since their first season in the league in 2006.
• BC was picked to finish fifth in each of the last three seasons.
• Florida State garnered 10 first-place votes in the Atlantic and is the coaches' pick to win the division. Clemson earned two first-place votes and finished in second. NC State, Wake Forest and Maryland were fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.
• Defending ACC champion Virginia is the coaches' selection to win the Coastal Division and become the overall champion. It earned 11 first-place votes to win the division and eight to win the ACC.
• Florida State received three votes to win the ACC and North Carolina had the other vote.
2009 AT A GLANCE
• Boston College had a number of firsts and bests during the 2009 season.
• The Eagles advanced to their first NCAA postseason since 1967 - a total of 42 years.
• They advanced to their first ACC Championship where they went 2-1 to earn a berth into the Austin Regional.
• Junior C Tony Sanchez was the first All-America first team honoree in school history when Baseball America put him on that list. He was also the first All-ACC first teamer BC has had.
• Sanchez was drafted with the No. 4 overall pick in the MLB First-Year Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the highest any BC player has been drafted in baseball and only football's Matt Ryan (No. 3) has been drafted higher in any other sport.
• Senior CF Robbie Anston broke the single-season hits record and junior INF Mickey Wiswall tied the previous mark. Anston finished with 85 and Wiswall had 82. The previous record was Jared McGuire's 82 hits in 2007.
CAPE LEAGUE ALL-STARS
• A pair of BC baseball players earned Cape Cod Baseball League all-star accolades last year.
• Junior RHP John Leonard and junior INF Mickey Wiswall both played in the all-star game at Fenway Park. They both played for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.
• Leonard went 2-1 with a 2.57 ERA in 10 appearances (six starts) on the mound. He threw 35.0 innings and allowed 15 runs (10 earned) on 33 hits. He struck out 26 and walked 10.
• Wiswall batted .302 over the summer with eight doubles, five home runs and 30 RBI and was named the league's New England Player of the Year.
• The pair helped lead Y-D to the Eastern Division title with a 28-15-1 record.
SUMMER ALL-STARS
• Four other players earned all-star accolades in their respective summer leagues last year.
• Senior RHP Chris Kowalski was named to the Eastern All-Star Team in the New England Collegiate Baseball League as the team's closer.
• Junior INF Matt Hamlet was named the starting second baseman for the National All-Stars in the Coastal Plains League and served as the team's leadoff hitter.
• Finally, sophomore RHP Matt Brazis and sophomore INF Anthony Melchionda were both all-stars in the Valley Baseball League.
2010 CAPTAINS
• The Boston College baseball team voted seniors Robbie Anston, Chris Kowalski and John Spatola as captains for the 2010 season.
• Anston, who has started 106 games in center field the last two seasons, leads the conference in doubles (20) and triples (6), is seventh in steals (16), ninth in hits (64), 12th in runs (46) and 14th in total bases (105).
• Kowalski, a local product from Boston, has 16 appearances out of the bullpen with one start. He is 0-2 with an 8.62 ERA.
• Spatola, the right fielder from nearby Milton, has started all 46 games and ranks seventh in the ACC in homers (12), 13th in total bases (106), 16th in steals (12) and 19th in slugging (.599).
THE LONGEST GAME
• BC made history when it played the No. 1 national seed Texas in the second game of the Austin Regional at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
• The two teams battled for 25 innings before Texas finally scored in the top of the inning to win, 3-2. It was the longest game in NCAA history.
• Below are a few highlights from the historic evening:
- Both teams received a standing ovation at the conclusion of the game
- It was 96 degrees at first pitch at 6:02 p.m. The game finished at 78 degrees at 1:05 a.m.
- Texas introduced the 21st inning stretch
- There were 683 pitches thrown in the game
- Texas stranded 24 men on base
- There were 11 walks in the game compared to 42 strikeouts
- The 10 p.m. ET game at UC Irvine game started and finished
- BC and Texas combined to set NCAA records with 42 strikeouts, 222 total chances, 69 assists, 192 plate appearances and 171 at-bats.
