Boston College Athletics
Baseball Travels to Stetson for Weekend Series
February 20, 2014 | Baseball
Feb. 20, 2014
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The Boston College baseball team travels to DeLand, Fla., for a three-game series at Stetson, starting Friday, Feb. 21. The Eagles (3-1) will take on the Hatter (0-4), who are looking for their first win in the 2014 season.
The two teams have not faced off since 2009, when the Eagles swept the four-game series in DeLand, Fla. Before that, the Hatters won the previous two meetings, in 2003 and 1985.
Senior RHP Eric Stevens (0-1) will pitch Friday's 6:30 p.m. game after throwing six innings on Feb. 14 against Nevada, allowing just two hits, two runs, two walks and striking out two. While the Eagles dropped the first game of the season, they rebounded to win the next three.
Redshirt sophomore LHP Andrew Chin (1-0) will pitch the Saturday 2 p.m. game against the Hatters. He allowed just one run and one hit against Nevada in five innings of work, while striking out four and walking two. Junior RHP John Gorman will finish off the weekend, pitching Sunday's 1 p.m. In his first start of the year against Santa Clara, he tied a career high with five strikeouts over six scoreless innings, allowed five hits and walked two.
Sophomores LHP Jesse Adams and RHP John Nicklas tallied saves during the first weekend of the season, while classmate Chris Shaw led the Eagles with a .375 batting average, six hits - including a double in each game and a home run - four RBIs and a .813 slugging percentage, earning Eagle of the Week honors for his efforts. He and junior Blake Butera tallied at least one hit in all of BC's first four games.
The Hatters started the season 0-3, dropping the first three games to Ole Miss at home. In a Wednesday night contest at FIU, Stetson could not tally their first win, falling, 5-2.
Probable Starters:
Friday: RHP Eric Stevens (0-1, 3.00 ERA) vs. RHP Kurt Schluter (0-1, 6.75 ERA)
Saturday: LHP Andrew Chin (1-0, 1.80 ERA) vs. LHP Austin Perez (0-1 7.71 ERA)
Sunday: RHP John Gorman (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Josh Powers (0-1, 3.60 ERA)
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