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Super Regional Preview: BC Takes on No. 3 Seed Miami for Trip to Omaha
June 10, 2016 | Baseball
The Eagles have not played the Hurricanes since 2014
THE FACTS
MATCHUP: No. 3 seed Boston College (34-20) at No. 3 national seed Miami (48-11)
WHERE: Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Stadium in Coral Gables, Fla.
WHEN: Friday, June 10 at 5 p.m. | Saturday, June 11 at noon | Sunday, June 12 at noon (if necessary)
FORMAT: Best of three
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HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: ESPNU & WatchESPN - Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Radio: WZBC
Twitter:Â @BCBirdball
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THE MATCHUP
Pitching Matchup
Friday: RHP Justin Dunn (4-1, 1.49 ERA) vs. LHP Michael Mediavilla (10-1, 3.18 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Mike King (7-4, 3.21 ERA) vs. LHP Danny Garcia (9-3, 3.50 ERA)
Sunday: TBA vs. TBA
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Scouting the Hurricanes
THE SERIES
EAGLES IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EAGLES
WHAT ELSE TO LOOK FOR
The 2016 MLB Draft continues on Friday at 1 p.m. with the third through 10th rounds and on Saturday with the remaining rounds.
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MATCHUP: No. 3 seed Boston College (34-20) at No. 3 national seed Miami (48-11)
WHERE: Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Stadium in Coral Gables, Fla.
WHEN: Friday, June 10 at 5 p.m. | Saturday, June 11 at noon | Sunday, June 12 at noon (if necessary)
FORMAT: Best of three
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HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: ESPNU & WatchESPN - Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Radio: WZBC
Twitter:Â @BCBirdball
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THE MATCHUP
Pitching Matchup
Friday: RHP Justin Dunn (4-1, 1.49 ERA) vs. LHP Michael Mediavilla (10-1, 3.18 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Mike King (7-4, 3.21 ERA) vs. LHP Danny Garcia (9-3, 3.50 ERA)
Sunday: TBA vs. TBA
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Scouting the Hurricanes
- With a 21-7 record in conference play, the Hurricanes won the ACC Regular Season Championship for the second time in three years.
- Friday starter LHP Michael Mediavilla is second on the Hurricanes pitching staff with a 3.18 ERA and leads the way with 10 wins and just one loss. He has allowed 78 hits, 34 runs – 32 earned – and 38 walks while striking out 75 over a team-high 90.2 innings. In his last outing, he threw seven innings, allowed seven hits, two runs, three walks and struck out six in Miami's 4-3, 11-inning victory over Long Beach State in the Regional.
- Saturday starter LHP Danny Garcia is tied for second on the team with nine wins and is third with a 3.50 ERA. He has allowed 88 hits, 39 runs – 34 earned – and 30 walks with 46 Ks over 87.1 innings. In his last start, he gave up four hits, two runs, two walks and struck out four in a 7.2-inning start against Stetson in the regional opener.
- Brandon Lopez leads the Hurricanes with a .392 batting average while 10th overall pick Zack Collins holds a team-high .631 slugging percentage, 13 home runs and 53 RBIs.
- Closer Bryan Garcia set the Miami record with 40 career saves. His 16 saves are the most in the ACC and tied for the third-most in the nation.
- Miami had seven players earn All-ACC honors: Collins (first team), Johnny Ruiz (second), and Willie Abreu, Carl Chester, Garcia, Lopez and Mediavilla (third).
- The Hurricanes' .983 fielding percentage is the best in the country.
THE SERIES
- The last time the Eagles faced the Hurricanes was in 2014, when they opened ACC play in Coral Gables, Fla. The Canes swept the series in close games, by scores of 6-2, 5-2, and 4-3.
- Miami holds the series advantage, winning 18 of the 24 contests between the two squads.
- After dropping the first seven matchups to the Canes, the Eagles won its first contest in 2009.
- The Eagles have only won once in Miami: a 3-0 Friday night victory on March 12, 2010. The Hurricanes took the next two to win the series.
- The Eagles and Canes have met twice in the postseason, both times in the ACC Championship. BC got the best of Miami both times with a 10-1 victory in 2009 and a 12-10, 10-inning win in 2010.
- In 2013, BC took two-of-three from Miami in Chestnut Hill (April 26-28) to earn its first ACC wins.
- The Eagles have won both extra-innings games the two teams have played - the 10-inning, ACC Tournament matchup and an 11-inning bout to take the series in 2013.
EAGLES IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
- BC earned an at-large bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in program history. It was the first time the Eagles earned a bid since 2009.
- The Eagles swept the Oxford Regional to advance to the Super Regional for the first time in program history, beating No. 15 Tulane twice and Utah once.
- BC had won Districts four times in the past to advance to the College World Series, but never since the expansion to 64-team format in 1999.
- Of the 10 record Atlantic Coast Conference that made the NCAA Tournament, the Eagles are one four in a Super Regional, tying a league record.
- The Eagles are the first New England team to advance to Super Regionals since Connecticut in 2009.
- The Eagles are 22-21 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and have earned a spot in the College World Series four times (1953, 1960, 1961, 1967).
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EAGLES
- The Eagles' 34 overall wins are the most since the Eagles went 34-26 in 2009 and the 13 ACC wins are the most since 2010, when they were 14-16.
- BC is 10-9 against teams ranked in the top 25 and 4-3 against top-10 teams.
- Boston College collected the most neutral and road regular-season victories in the ACC in 2016 , notching 20 on the year.
- Junior right-hander Justin Dunn, who was drafted 19th overall on Thursday night by the New York Mets, has made seven starts this season and recorded a 1.43 ERA with 43 strikeouts and just 13 walks in those outings. He struck out a career-high 11 in the Oxford Regional opening game win against No. 15 Tulane, allowing just one walk, five hits and two runs over seven innings. He was named to Baseball America's All-America Third Team, picked up All-ACC Third-Team honors and was named to the Oxford All-Regional team.
- Junior Johnny Adams is 37-for-97 (.381) with 14 runs, 10 doubles and 23 RBIs in the last 25 games. He led the Eagles in the Oxford Regional, going 7-for-12, including a 4-for-4 championship game to collect All-Regional and Most Outstanding Player honors.
- Sophomore Jake Palomaki has reached base in 47 of the Eagles' 54 games - including the last 14 - to bring his two-year total to getting on base in 85 career contests. His 46 walks in 2015 is a BC single-season record while his 42 walks this season is second. His 88 career walks is tied for ninth on BC's all-time list. He has stolen 19 bases this year, tied for third in BC record books.
- Sophomore Donovan Casey returned to right field after missing 24 games as a hitter due to a broken bone in his hand, which he sustained in the 13th-inning win over then-No. 16 Virginia on April 10. He went 2-for-3 and doubled in his first plate appearance in the win over Tulane and drove in the game-winning run in the 4-3 win over Utah.
- Senior Joe Cronin broke BC's all-time walks record with the 113th of his career in the win over Utah on June 4. He is third in BC record books with 50 career doubles and has reached base safely 301 times, good for sixth all-time.
- Senior LHP Jesse Adams has not allowed an earned run in his last 10 relief appearances - 12.0 innings. He has earned five saves, a win and stuck out 10 in that span while walking just five.
- Junior Michael Strem has recorded at least one hit in 37 of the Eagles' 54 games this season. His 46 career doubles is tied for eighth in BC record books.
WHAT ELSE TO LOOK FOR
The 2016 MLB Draft continues on Friday at 1 p.m. with the third through 10th rounds and on Saturday with the remaining rounds.
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