Stevens Shines in Debut

Saturday, February 20

Glendale, Ariz. (Camelback Ranch)

5:00 PM EST

Boston College

3-0

Northern Illinois

0-3

Northern Illinois

Boston College

Photo by: John Quackenbos

February 20, 2016 | Baseball

Box Score

Casey tallies first career save

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 2, Northern Illinois 1
Records: Boston College (3-0) vs. Northern Illinois (0-3)
Series: BC clinches the series, 3-0
Location: Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz.

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Freshman right-hander Jacob Stevens made his collegiate debut and tallied the most BC strikeouts in the young season, recording eight through six innings of work. He gave up just three hits, one walk and did not surrender a run.
Sophomore righty Donovan Casey recorded his first career save, throwing the final 1.1 innings and not allowing a hit, run or walk while striking out one.
Senior Logan Hoggarth entered the game in the seventh inning as a defensive replacement in left and went on to single in the eighth, extending his career-long hit streak to 10 games.
Junior Chris Balogh made his first career start in a BC uniform and went 2-for-4 as the designated hitter.

KEY PLAYS

The Eagles scored both their runs in the fourth on RBIs by junior Johnny Adams and senior Stephen Sauter.
NIU scored in the eighth to make it a one-run game but Casey shut the Huskies down to seal the BC win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Strem led off the fourth with a single to left and senior Joe Cronin was hit by a pitch to put two on. Adams drove in Strem with an RBI single to right center. Cronin advanced to third and Adams moved up to second when second baseman Brad Wood bobbled the throw.
With one down, Sauter plated Cronin on a grounder to second.
The Huskies got on the board with freshman righty Sean Hughes on the mound in the eighth. Hughes tallied two quick outs before surrendering a walk to Alex Smith. Smith stole second and Justin Fletcher drove him in with a double to left.
Casey entered the game and got Wood swinging to get out of the inning.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Freshman southpaw Dan Metzdorf saw his first action on the mound, striking out all three batters he faced in the seventh inning.
The Eagles did not record an error in the game, the first time in 2016.
The Eagles are 3-0 to start the season for the first time since 2012.

UP NEXT
The Eagles and Huskies finish the four-game set on Sunday with a 3 p.m. EST game at Camelback Ranch.