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Photo by: John Quackenbos
Eagles Fall in ACC Tournament First Round
May 24, 2016 | Baseball
Palomaki tallies two more hits vs. the Jackets
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Georgia Tech 6, Boston College 0
Records: Boston College (31-20) at Georgia Tech (36-20)
Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C.
BC HIGHLIGHTS
KEY PLAYS
HOW IT HAPPENED
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
UP NEXT
The Eagles will wait to see if they have a spot in the NCAA Tournament, which will be announced on Monday, May 30 at noon. It will air on ESPNU and Watch ESPN (http://es.pn/1YRFleu).
Score: Georgia Tech 6, Boston College 0
Records: Boston College (31-20) at Georgia Tech (36-20)
Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C.
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Sophomore Jake Palomaki went 2-for-3 with a walk to bring his four-game total against the Yellow Jackets to 8-for-15 with three walks. He has reached base in 44 of the Eagles' 51 games, including the last 11, and he has a hit in eight of the last nine games. The walk was the 39th of the season, tying for second on BC's single-season list. He holds the record with 46, set last year.
- Senior Logan Hoggarth and junior Johnny Adams also tallied two hits apiece, both going 2-for-4 on the day.
KEY PLAYS
- The Yellow Jackets managed to score a run in the third, fourth and sixth before two home runs broke the game open in the ninth.
- GT starter Brandon Gold got himself out of jams in the third with runners on the corners and the sixth and seventh with bases loaded.
- Gold and closer Matthew Gorst held BC scoreless for ninth innings, combing for six strikeouts and two walks.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Georgia Tech got on the board in the third, scoring first for the first time in the four meetings between the two teams. With one down, Connor Justus doubled to right and Wade Bailey plated him with a single to center. Senior left-handed starter Jesse Adams came back with a fly out and pop out to end the inning, stranding a runner on second.
- Trevor Craport gave the Jackets a 2-0 lead with a one-out solo shot over the left-field wall in the fourth.
- With junior righty Mike King on the hill, GT took a three-run lead as Tristin English led off with a single through the left side and moved up into scoring position on a one-out wild pitch. Brandt Stallings hit a double to left to score a run.
- The Eagles loaded the bases in the sixth and seventh but could not push across a run. In the sixth, senior Gabriel Hernandez drew a lead-off walk and Palomaki followed with a base hit through the right side. With one down, junior Nick Sciortino was hit by a pitch fill the bases, but a shallow fly ball and a chopper to second squandered BC's scoring chances.
- In the seventh, Hoggarth laced one up the middle with one down and junior pinch hitter Chris Balogh followed with a base hit to left center. With two down, Gorst entered the game and walked Palomaki to load them up. He then got a fly ball to center to end the inning.
- GT went up 6-0 in the ninth with senior RHP John Nicklas on the hill. Matt Gonzalez knocked a one-out solo shot over the wall in left with one down in the inning, but he could not record another out. Kel Johnson singled to left and English launched a homer to left center to give the Jackets the six-run lead. Redshirt sophomore RHP Bobby Skogsbergh came in the game and got a strikeout and grounder to get out of the inning.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Eagles drop to 3-4 in the ACC Tournament in their three appearances.
- After defeating Georgia Tech two of three in the final series of the regular season, the Yellow Jackets earned the playoff win to improve to 18-12 in the all-time series. Despite that, BC has won five of the seven contests in the last two years. The two teams are now 1-1 all-time in the ACC Tournament.
- The Eagles were shut out for the fifth time in 2016, the last coming in a 5-0 loss to Virginia Tech on April 29.
- The Eagles did not make an error for the 19th time this season. They have only lost six games in those instances.
- The three home runs allowed in the game were the most on the season for the BC pitching staff.
- The loss was only the third for the Eagles on neutral territory.
- Junior Michael Strem's seven-game hit streak ended in the game. He has record at least one hit in 18 of the last 25 games.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will wait to see if they have a spot in the NCAA Tournament, which will be announced on Monday, May 30 at noon. It will air on ESPNU and Watch ESPN (http://es.pn/1YRFleu).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brandon Gold (8-3)
L: Adams, Jesse (5-5)
S: Matthew Gorst (12)
Batting:
2B: Connor Justus 1 ; Brandt Stallings 1
HR: Matt Gonzalez 1 ; Tristin English 1 ; Trevor Craport 1
RBI: Wade Bailey 1 ; Matt Gonzalez 1 ; Tristin English 2 ; Trevor Craport 1 ; Brandt Stallings 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Connor Justus 1 ; Matt Gonzalez 1 ; Coleman Poje 1 ; Tristin English 2 ; Trevor Craport 1
HBP: Trevor Craport 1
Base Running:
CS: Strem, Michael 1
HBP: Sciortino, Nick 1
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H
1
RBI
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