Baseball Comes From Behind to Defeat Kansas

Sunday, March 1

Port Charlotte, Fla.

10:30 AM

Boston College

4-7

Kansas

4-6

Kansas

Boston College

Sciortino tied a career-high with four hits.

Baseball Comes From Behind to Defeat Kansas

March 01, 2015 | Baseball

Box Score

March 1, 2015

Box Score | Postgame Interviews

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 6, Kansas 4
Records: Boston College (4-6), Kansas (4-7)
BC at Snowbird: 2-1
Location: North Charlotte Regional Park
Weather: 71 degrees, cloudy, 8 mph winds
Time of Game: 2:33

BC Starting Lineup:
1. Gabriel Hernandez - CF
2. Blake Butera - 2B
3. Joe Cronin - 3B
4. Chris Shaw - DH
5. Michael Strem - 1B
6. Logan Hoggarth - LF
7. Donovan Casey - RF
8. Nick Sciortino - C
9. Johnny Adams - SS
Starting Pitcher: RHP John Gorman

Kansas Starting Lineup:
1. Justin Protacio - SS
2. Joven Afenir - CF
3. Colby Wright - 2B
4. Michael Tinsley - C
5. Connor McKay - LF
6. Blair Beck - 1B
7. Dakota Smith - RF
8. Steve Goldstein - DH
9. Matt McLaughlin - 3B
Starting Pitcher: RHP Sean Rackoski

BC HIGHLIGHTS
·Senior right-hander John Gorman pitched a season-high seven innings, allowing just six hits, four runs - three earned - two walks and he struck out six as he picked up his first win of 2015. He retired the final eight batters he faced and 10 of the final 11.
·Sophomore Mike King recorded the two-inning save, his second save of the season, allowing just one walk and throwing a 123 ninth.
·Sophomore Nick Sciortino was a perfect 4-for-4 on the day, tying a career high for hits and hitting his first career triple to lead off the seventh. He also scored two runs.
· Freshman Donovan Casey went 2-for-4 on the day, completing a two-day total of seven hits, three runs and two RBIs.
· Junior Chris Shaw drew a walk in the fourth and has now reached base safely in the last 31 games.

KEY PLAYS
· After Kansas took an early 4-0 lead, BC climbed back in the game, tying it in the fifth.
· The Eagles took the lead with two in the seventh on RBIs by sophomore Johnny Adams and senior Blake Butera.

HOW IT HAPPENED
· The Jayhawks scored two in the third two take an early lead. After back-to-back singles and a sac bunt to move into scoring position, Joven Afenir hit a sac fly to left to bring in the first run of the game. Colby Wright followed with a single through the right side before Gorman forced a groundout to end the inning.
· Kansas added two more in the fourth in similar fashion. With two on, a sacrifice moved runners into scoring position and a chopper to third by Steve Goldstein plated one run. Junior third baseman Joe Cronin did not cleanly field the ball, allowing Goldstein to reach. With two down, Justin Protacio singled to center to bring a run but the Eagles were able to gun down Goldstein at the plate to end the inning.
·The Eagles scored one in the fourth and three in the fifth to tie the game. In the fourth, junior Gabriel Hernandez reached on an error and came around to score on a double by Butera.
·In the fifth, BC tallied three infield singles en route to tying the game. With one down, Casey beat a throw to first on chopper to third and Sciortino followed with a single up the middle. Adams made it a two-run game with a high chopper over the head of the third baseman, into shallow left field. After Sciortino moved to third on a wild pitch, freshman Jake Palomaki plated him with an infield single to short. Butera tied the game by grounding out to short, bringing in Adams.
·With lefty Blake Weiman on the mound, Sciortino led off the seventh with a triple to right center and Adams brought him home with a double to left to give BC its first lead of the game. Palomaki moved Adams over with a sac bunt and Butera plated him with a sac fly to make it 6-4 Eagles.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Gorman (1-1): 7 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Save: King (2): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB
Losing Pitcher: Weiman (0-1): 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Hits: 4, Sciortino (4-for-4, 3B)
Runs: 2, Sciortino, Adams
RBIs: 3, Butera
Stolen Bases: 1, Palomaki
Strikeouts: 6, Gorman

Kansas
Hits: 2, Wright (2-for-2, 2B)
Runs: 1, 4 players
RBIs: 1, 4 players
Strikeouts: 1, Rackoski, Jackson

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
·Palomaki recorded his first career RBI with an infield single in the fifth.
· Butera and Shaw have reached base safely in the first 10 games of the season.
·Sophomore Michael Strem did not get a hit in the game, ending his career-long hit stream at 10 games, dating back to last season.
·Kansas starter Sean Rackoski went 4.2 innings, allowed six hits, four runs - three earned - two walks and struck out one in a no decision. The Jayhawks used five different pitchers against the Eagles.
·With 10 hits on the day, the Eagles improve to 3-1 when tallying 10 hits or more in a game.

UP NEXT
The Eagles finish the Snowbird Classic with Villanova on Monday, March 2 at 11 a.m. in Port Charlotte, Fla. On Tuesday, BC will play the Red Sox in the 25^th annual exhibition game at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Fla.