Baseball Defeats Bryant, 11-5

Wednesday, April 29

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

3:00 PM

Boston College

24-21

Bryant University

17-19

Bryant

Boston College

Stone is 4-0 on the year with 19 Ks in his five starts.

April 29, 2015 | Baseball

Box Score

April 29, 2015

Box Score | Postgame Interviews

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 11, Bryant 5
Records: Boston College (24-21), Bryant (17-19)
Location: Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Commander Shea Field in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Weather: 50 degrees, partly cloudy, 9 mph wind gusts
Attendance: 521
Time of Game: 3:26

BC Starting Lineup:

Starting Pitcher: RHP Eric Stone

Bryant Starting Lineup:

Jordan Mountford -- RF
Brandon Bingel -- 3B
Matt Albanese -- CF
Robby Rinn -- 1B
John Mullen -- DH
Cole Fabio -- 2B
AJ Zarozny -- LF
Buck McCarthy -- C
Dan Cellucci -- SS

Starting Pitcher: LHP Jack Patterson

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Junior Stephen Sauter recorded a career-high four RBIs on a 3-for-5 day, tying a career high in hits. He scored a run and notched a double in the Eagles' win.
Freshman Donovan Casey also went 3-for-5 on the day, scoring a run, stealing a base and recording an RBI.
Junior Logan Hoggarth also tied his career high with a 3-for-5 day, notching two runs and driving one in.
For the second straight day, freshman Jake Palomaki led off the game with a single, extending his on-base streak to 28 games. He drew three walks, reaching base four times and driving in a run in his final plate appearance. He has drawn at least one walk in 13 of the last 18 games and tallied three base on balls five times in his freshman campaign.
Sophomore Johnny Adams went 1-for-4 on the day. He has a hit in 11 of the last 13 games, including the last five games and has reached base safely in the last 11.
Senior RHP Eric Stone earned his fourth win of the year, improving to 4-0, throwing the first 4.1 innings,
allowing six hits, five runs, two walks and striking out two.

KEY PLAYS
The Eagles jumped out to an early, 5-1 lead and when the Bulldogs threatened by pulling within one in the fifth, BC answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Bulldogs got on the board first, scoring a run in the first. Jordan Mountford singled, stole second and, after Stone issued a walk, moved to third on a grounder. Robby Rinn hit a sacrifice fly to center to plate Mountford for the first run of the game. Stone forced a chopper to short to end the inning.
The Eagles came right back to score five in the bottom of the inning to take the lead. They loaded the bases on two walks and single. Sophomore Michael Strem drew a walk to bring in a run and tie the game. That chased starter Jack Patterson from the game, bringing in RHP James Davitt. With one down, Hoggarth knocked a base hit through the right side, plating the go-ahead run. Sauter followed with a double to left, scoring two more Eagles and Casey grounded one to second to plate the fifth BC run.
The Eagles added a run in the second as Palomaki led off with a walk and landed on second after a misplay by second baseman Cole Fabio. A grounder moved him to third and Strem plated him with a single to right.
Bryant made it a one-run game, scoring two in the fourth and two in the fifth. With one down in the fourth, the Bulldogs put runners on second and third on a single, walk and two wild pitches. AJ Zarozny singled to left to score both runs. Stone came back with a strikeout and groundout to end the inning.
In the fifth, Mountford led off with a solo home run. With one down, Matt Albanese singled and the Eagles went to the pen for redshirt junior LHP Tyler Hinchliffe. A grounder moved Albanese to third and John Mullen brought him home with a doubled to left. Hinchliffe got out of the inning with a grounder.
BC scored two in the fifth off RHP Ross Weiner to extend the lead to three. With one down, Casey reached first on a bunt single and moved to second on a wild pitch. After a strikeout, Palomaki walked and both runners stole bases to move in second and third. Adams chopped a slow one to short and beat the throw, allowing both runners came home, as Palomaki hustled from second.
The Eagles tacked on a run in the seventh as Hoggarth and Casey started the inning with back-to-back hits. Junior Gabriel Hernandez moved them into scoring position with a sac bunt. LHP Logan Lessard came in to face Palomaki, who laced one back at the pitcher. Fabio was able to throw the Eagle out, but Hoggarth crossed the plate to make it 9-5.
Sauter plated the final BC runs in the eighth facing RHP Michael Marshall. With two outs, freshman Scott Braren landed on second on a two-base error by Fabio. Hoggarth followed with a single through the left side, advancing Braren to third. Hoggarth stole second and Sauter scored both of his teammates with a single to center.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher:Stone (4-0): 4.1 IP. 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Losing Pitcher: Patterson (0-3): 0.0 IP, 1 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Hits: 3, Hoggarth (3-for-5), Sauter (3-for-5, 2B), Casey (3-for-5)
Runs: 3, Palomaki
RBIs: 4, Sauter
Stolen Bases: 1, Palomaki, Butera, Hoggarth, Casey
Strikeouts: 2, Stone, Rapp

Bryant
Hits: 2, Mountford (2-for-5, HR), Albanese (2-for-5), Mullen (2-for-4, 2B)
Runs: 2, Mountford
RBIs: 2, Zarozny
Stolen Bases: 1, Mountford, Albanese, Zarozny
Strikeouts: 2, Davitt, Weiner

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

The BC relieving combination of Hinchliffe, freshman RHP Brian Rapp, senior RHP Travis Ferrick, junior RHP John Nicklas and sophomore RHP Justin Dunn did not allow a run, gave up just two hits, walked two batters and struck out four over 4.2 innings.
The Eagles have outscored opponents, 35-11, in Stone's five starts this season. He has struck out 18, while allowing 15 hits, eight runs -- seven earned -- and seven walks.
Seven of the nine BC starters recorded at least one hit and one run in the game and six drove in at least one run.
BC led off with a hit or walk in six of the eight innings, recording four lead-off hits on the day.
The Eagles had a base runner in every inning.
BC recorded at least 10 hits for the 15th this season. The Eagles have won 10 of those contests.
The Eagles did not make an error for the 18^th times this season and have won 14 of those games.
After mustering just one run and 10 hits in the weekend series at North Carolina, the Eagles scored 19 runs and recorded 24 hits in the last two games.

UP NEXT
The Eagles travel to Blacksburg, Va., for their final ACC road series, taking on the Hokies for a three-game series, beginning on Friday, May 1 at 5:30 p.m. All game will be broadcast on ESPN3.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Stone, Eric (4-0)

L: PATTERSON, Jack (0-3)

Bryant

Batting:

2B: MULLEN, John 1

HR: MOUNTFORD, Jordan 1

RBI: MOUNTFORD, Jordan 1 ; RINN, Robby 1 ; MULLEN, John 1 ; ZAROZNY, AJ 2

SF: RINN, Robby 1

Base Running:

RUNS: MOUNTFORD, Jordan 2 ; ALBANESE, Matt 1 ; MULLEN, John 1 ; FABIO, Cole 1

SB: MOUNTFORD, Jordan 1 ; ALBANESE, Matt 1 ; ZAROZNY, AJ 1

HBP: RINN, Robby 1 ; ZAROZNY, AJ 1

Boston College

Batting:

2B: Strem, Michael 1 ; Sauter, Stephen 1

RBI: Palomaki, Jake 1 ; Adams, Johnny 2 ; Strem, Michael 2 ; Hoggarth, Logan 1 ; Sauter, Stephen 4 ; Casey, Donovan 1

SH: Hernandez, Gabriel 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Palomaki, Jake 3 ; Adams, Johnny 1 ; Butera, Blake 1 ; Strem, Michael 1 ; Braren, Scott 1 ; Hoggarth, Logan 2 ; Sauter, Stephen 1 ; Casey, Donovan 1