Baseball Falls to No. 24 Notre Dame

Thursday, May 14

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

2:30 PM

Boston College

26-26, 9-18

Notre Dame

34-18, 16-12

Notre Dame

Boston College

Butera is now in ninth in BC record books with 203 career hits.

May 14, 2015 | Baseball

Box Score

May 14, 2015

Box Score | Postgame Interview

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Notre Dame 10, Boston College 4
Records: Boston College (26-26, 9-18 ACC), No. 24 Notre Dame (34-18, 16-12 ACC)
Series: Notre Dame leads the series, 1-0
Location: Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Commander Shea Field in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Weather: 68 degrees, sunny, 10 mph winds
Attendance: 604
Time of Game: 2:58

BC Starting Lineup:

Jake Palomaki-- 3B
Blake Butera-- 2B
Michael Strem-- CF
Chris Shaw -- LF
Logan Hoggarth -- DH
Johnny Adams-- SS
Donovan Casey -- RF
Nick Sciortino-- C
Joe Cronin -- 1B

Starting Pitcher: RHP Mike King

Notre Dame Starting Lineup:

Cavan Biggio -- 2B
Kyle Fiala -- 3B
Ryan Bull -- LF
Ryan Lidge -- C
Robert Youngdahl -- RF
Lane Richards -- SS
Zak Kutsulis -- 1B
Jake Shepski -- DH
Mac Hudgins -- CF

Starting Pitcher: LHP Scott Tully

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Senior Blake Butera went 2-for-4 and was hit by a pitch, increasing his career hits total to 203, which is ninth in BC record books. He also set a new BC record for career at bats with 766 and moved to tie for third all-time with 28 hit by pitches.
Sophomore Michael Strem knocked in a run in the first with his 20^th double of the year, which is tied for sixth in BC record book and is now tied for first in the ACC.
Junior Joe Cronin returned after missing five games due to injury to go 2-for-3 with his fourth home run of the season and his ninth double of the year.
Freshman Jake Palomaki singled in the seventh, extending his on-base streak to 35 games and his career-long hit streak to nine games.
Freshman Donovan Casey recorded his first career triple to score a run in the fourth inning.
Redshirt junior RHP Geoffrey Murphy threw 1.2 scoreless innings of relief, allowing just one hit to extend his scoreless pitching streak to the last four outing, eight innings overall.
Junior Logan Hoggarth doubled in the fourth, notching at least one in the last six games and 15 of the last 19.

KEY PLAYS

The Irish held a one-run lead going into the fourth and tallied three runs to go up, 7-3.
When the Eagles pulled to three on Cronin's solo home run, Robert Youngdahl launched a three-run shot in the ninth to keep Notre Dame on top by six.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Irish was the first to get on the board, scoring two runs in the first. After he struck out the first batter of the game, sophomore right-handed starter Mike King gave up a single up the middle to Kyle Fiala and hit Ryan Bull to put two on. The runners moved up on an errant throw to second on a pick-off attempt by King and Ryan Lidge plated the first run with a grounder to second. Youngdahl tripled off the wall in center to bring in Bull.
The Eagles cut the lead in half in the bottom of the inning. Butera was hit by a pitch with one down and Strem drove him in with a double to the corner in left.
Notre Dame scored two in the fourth to go up, 4-1. Zak Kutsulis led off with a solo shot over the right-center fence and Jake Shepski followed with a base hit to center. King settled in and got the next two batters looking before Fiala laced one to right. Right fielder Casey made a diving attempt, but could not come up with the ball, allowing Shepski, who moved to second on a wild pitch, to score.
The Eagles answered with two in the bottom of the inning to make it a one-run game again. Hoggarth led off with a double to right and sophomore Johnny Adams moved him to third with a sac bunt. Casey drove him in with a triple to right and he scored when sophomore Nick Sciortino singled.
The Irish took a four-run lead in the fifth plating three in the fifth. Bull and Lidge tallied back-to-back singles to start the inning and with one out, Lane Richards hit a liner past third baseman Palomaki to score a run. Murphy entered the game and gave up a single to Kutsulis to score Lidge. Murphy got Shepski to ground out to short for the second out, but it scored the seventh Notre Dame run.
Cronin got BC a run back in the seventh with a lead-off solo shot over the right-center fence.
Redshirt junior LHP Tyler Hinchliffe got through his first two innings of relief unscathed, but allowed two one-out walks and a three-run blast to Youngdahl to give Notre Dame the 10-4 advance. Senior LHP Travis Ferrick entered and got a liner and fly ball to end the inning.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Bielak (5-2): 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Losing Pitcher: King (1-5): 4.1 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Hits: 2 Butera (2-for-4), Cronin (2-for-3, 2B, HR)
Runs: 1, Butera, Hoggarth, Casey, Cronin
RBIs: 1, Strem, Casey, Sciortino, Cronin
Strikeouts: 4, King

Notre Dame
Hits: 2, Fiala (2-for-5), Lidge (2-for-4), Youngdahl (2-for-5, 3B, HR), Kutsulis (2-for-5, HR)
Runs: 2, Bull, Lidge
RBIs: 4, Youngdahl
Stolen Bases: 1, Kutsulis
Strikeouts: 6, Bielak

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

King gave up a season-high 10 hits and seven runs in his final start of the season.
This is the 18^th time this season the Eagles registered at least 10 hits and the eighth time they have lost when doing so.
In his first trip back to The Heights since having the head coaching job for the Eagles, Mik Aoki earned the victory in Chestnut Hill.

UP NEXT
The Eagles and Irish return on Friday, May 15 to play a doubleheader to wrap up the series. The first game will start at noon. At 11:30 a.m. the Eagles will honor the eight senior student-athlete who will be graduating on Monday.