Eagles Even Series in Miami to Force Winner-Take-All Contest

Saturday, June 11

Coral Gables, Fla.

12:00 PM

Boston College

35-21

Miami

49-12

Miami (FL)

Boston College

Photo by: Eric Espada

Eagles Even Series in Miami to Force Winner-Take-All Contest

June 11, 2016 | Baseball

Box Score

The win marked just the second for the Eagles in Miami

GAME INFORMATION
Score: No 20 Boston College 5, No. 2 Miami 5
Records: Boston College (35-21) at Miami (49-12)
Location: Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field
Series: Tied at 1-1 in best of three

BC HIGHLIGHTS
Junior right-handed starter Mike King went six innings, allowed three runs on nine hits and a season-high four walks while strike out six. He collected his eighth win, the most since Kevin Moran logged eight in 2010. King struck out five in a row in the first and second.
Sophomore Mitch Bigras led the Eagles with a career-high two RBIs on a 2-for-4 day.
Junior Nick Sciortino recorded his ACC-leading 20^th base runner stealing in the third and picked off his fifth runner at first in the first. He was 1-for-4 in the game.
Sophomore Donovan Casey blasted his first home run of the season to lead off the fourth.
Senior Joe Cronin doubled for the 52^nd time in his career, which is tied for second in BC record books.
Sophomore Jake Palomaki was 1-for-4 on the day. He has reached base in 48 of the Eagles' 56 games
Redshirt sophomore RHP Bobby Skogsbergh recorded his fourth save of the season, throwing the ninth and allowing just one hit with one strikeout.

KEY PLAYS
Miami scored two runs to take a lead in the fourth but the Eagles fired back in the bottom of the inning with four to go up by two. It was a lead they would not relinquish.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After the two teams battled through three without a run, Miami scored two in the fourth and BC came back with four in the bottom of the inning.
Miami's Zack Collins led off the inning with a solo shot to right. Brandon Lopez followed with a base hit and moved to second on a sac bunt. Willie Abreu hit on back at King to put runners on the corners and Jacob Heyward hit a blooper to right to plate the second run. A single loaded the bases but King got a strikeout and pop up to get out of the inning.
BC took the lead stared by Casey's solo shot to left. Cronin followed by doubling down the left-field line. Adams moved him to third with a sac bunt and sophomore Scott Braren drove him in with a grounder to second. Second baseman Johnny Ruiz bobbled the ball, allowing Braren to reach. Senior Logan Hoggarth singled to put two on and Bigras hit one to right. Both base runners crossed the plate as the ball went past right fielder Abreu and rolled to the wall.
Miami got one back in the fifth but the BC defense was on display. Lopez drew a one-out walk tried to get to third on base hit through the left side. Shortstop Johnny Adams retrieved the ball in the outfield and gunned him down at the bag with King covering. Ruiz tripled to the corner in right to score a run before a fly ball got the Eagles out of the inning.
The Eagles scored a run in the eighth to go up by two. Braren chopped one back up the middle for a base hit and freshman pinch runner Dominic Hardaway stole second to move into scoring position. With two down, Bigras singled through the right side to score Hardaway. He was out trying to get to second to end the inning.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

After the eighth inning, there was a 2:55 lightning delay before the ninth was played.
King is 3-0 when striking out at least five and he has allowed more than three runs only three times in his 16 starts. The 16 starts is a new BC record while he increased his innings pitched record to 104.
Johnny Adams recorded his 16^th career sacrifice hit of the year, tied for ninth all-time at BC.
Jesse Adams made his 83^rd career appearance – third in BC record books - throwing two scoreless innings with a hit and a walk.
The Eagles improved to 23-22 in the tournament. They are 4-2 in the 2016 postseason.
BC is 11-10 against top-25 teams and 5-4 top-10 teams in 2016.
BC is 7-12 when their opponent scores first.
BC won its seventh game against the Canes, halting a four-game losing streak. The win also marked just the second time the Eagles won in Coral Gables, with the first coming in 2010. BC is 3-1 in the postseason against Miami after two ACC Tournament wins in 2009 and 2010.
The Eagles did not make an error in the contest for the second straight day. They are now 15-7 in those contests.
For just the third time in 2016, the Eagles won when getting out hit. They are 25-3 in those games.