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Photo by: John Quackenbos
Seventh Annual ALS Awareness Game Draws Record Crowd
April 21, 2018 | Baseball
Eagles can’t top Florida State in second game of series
BOSTON, Mass. – The Boston College baseball team played No. 17 Florida State in the Seventh Annual ALS Awareness Game in honor of former captain Pete Frates (2004-07) at Fenway Park on Saturday afternoon in front of 5,433 fans, the most ever to attend BC's annual game. The Eagles (13-25, 5-15 ACC) led the Seminoles (28-12, 10-9 ACC) twice but could not come away with the victory, falling, 13-7.
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BC led, 2-0, after one but FSU responded with three runs in the second. The Eagles scored three in the bottom of the inning to go up, 5-3, but the Noles picked away until the they tied the game at five in the fourth. They went on to score four in the fifth to take a lead they would not give up.
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Sophomores Jack Cunningham and Dante Baldelli recorded two RBIs apiece while Baldelli and sophomore Joe Suozzi tallied two hits each. In the last three games, Suozzi has recorded six hits and eight runs.
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Frates, along with his family, were on the field before the start of the game. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
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GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 17 Florida State 13, Boston College 7
Records: Florida State (28-12, 10-9 ACC) at Boston College (13-25, 5-15 ACC)
Location: Â Harrington Athletics Village at the Brighton Fields in Brighton, Mass.
Series: FSU clinches the series, 2-0
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
KEY PLAYS
HOW IT HAPPENED
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
SEVENTH ANNUAL ALS AWARENESS GAME
NEXT UP
The Eagles and Seminoles wrap up the series on Sunday at 1 p.m. back at the Harrington Athletics Village at Brighton Fields.
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BC led, 2-0, after one but FSU responded with three runs in the second. The Eagles scored three in the bottom of the inning to go up, 5-3, but the Noles picked away until the they tied the game at five in the fourth. They went on to score four in the fifth to take a lead they would not give up.
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Sophomores Jack Cunningham and Dante Baldelli recorded two RBIs apiece while Baldelli and sophomore Joe Suozzi tallied two hits each. In the last three games, Suozzi has recorded six hits and eight runs.
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Frates, along with his family, were on the field before the start of the game. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
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GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 17 Florida State 13, Boston College 7
Records: Florida State (28-12, 10-9 ACC) at Boston College (13-25, 5-15 ACC)
Location: Â Harrington Athletics Village at the Brighton Fields in Brighton, Mass.
Series: FSU clinches the series, 2-0
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
- With a 2-for-4 day with two runs scored, sophomore Joe Suozzi has logged six hits and eight runs in the last three games.
- Senior Anthony Maselli was 1-for-2 with a double and a run. In the two games against FSU, he has four hits, including two doubles.
- Sophomore Jack Cunningham recorded a hit, two RBIs and a walk. He has at least one hit and one RBI in the last five games.
- Senior Jake Palomaki notched a hit, two runs, a walk and the only stolen base of the game. He has reached base in 34 of the Eagles' 38 games this season with a hit in 26 of them.
- Freshman Chris Galland extended his on-base streak to 13 games, the longest current streak for any Eagle, with two walks. He also scored twice.
- Sophomore Brian Dempsey was 1-for-1, coming in as a defensive replacement at second base in the eighth inning. He has tallied a hit in each game against FSU and has reached base in 34 of the Eagles' 38 games this season.
- Sophomore Dante Baldelli tallied two hits and two RBIs on the day.
- Junior RHP John Witkowski threw 1.2 innings of scoreless relief, allowing two walks and recording one K.
KEY PLAYS
- With the game knotted at five, Florida State scored four runs in the fifth inning off junior left-handed starter Dan Metzdorf to a lead the Noles would not relinquish.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- For the second straight game, the Eagles scored first in the first inning. They loaded the bases on three walks and with two outs, Baldelli singled through the left side to bring in the first two runs of the game.
- Florida State answered with three in the second. Back-to-back walks put two on and Cal Raleigh drove one in with a ground-rule double. Two straight groundouts to second gave the Noles the 3-2 lead.
- BC regained the lead with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Maselli knocked a one-out double to right, Palomaki followed with a base hit and Galland drew his second walk of the day to load the bases. Cunningham smoked one to right to drive in Maselli and Palomaki. Right fielder Steven Wells' throw skipped away from catcher Raleigh, allowing Galland to score.
- An RBI double by Rhett Aplin in the third made it a 5-4 game. Metzdorf got out of a bases-loaded jam with a strikeout and groundout.
- The Noles tied the game in the fourth. A walk and double put runners on second and third and Aplin hit a sacrifice fly to right to score the tying run.
- Florida State took the lead in the fifth and chased Metzdorf from the game. A single and walk put two on and redshirt freshman LHP Joey Walsh came into the game. He gave up an RBI double to Nick Derr to give FSU the lead. A hit batter loaded the bases and Mike Salvatore grounded out to third to plate another run. Jackson Lueck followed with a single up the middle to drive in two to give FSU a 9-4 lead.
- The Seminoles added three in the sixth. Cobi Johnson hit a two-run triple before Walsh got a strikeout swinging. Reese Albert plated Johnson with a single to left. Witkowski came into the game and stranded two to leave it a 12-5 game.
- Suozzi scored twice – once in the sixth and once in the eighth – to make it a 12-7 game. He started both innings with base hits. In the sixth, he advanced to second after Maselli drew a walk and to third on a grounder by Palomaki. He scored on a wild pitch. In the eighth, Suozzi and Dempsey tallied back-to-back base hits and moved into scoring position on a groundout by Palomaki. Galland drove Suozzi in with a groundout to third.
- FSU added one in the ninth with sophomore RHP Matt Gill on the mound. With two down, the Noles recorded three straight hits to make it 13-7.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Florida State improves to 33-5 all-time against BC and 16-2 on the Eagles' home turf. The Seminoles have won the four three meetings between the two squads and have won every series.
- With the loss, BC is now 27-11-1 all-time at Fenway Park.
- In the last two games – 20 innings – the Eagles and Seminoles have combined for 45 runs and 48 hits.
SEVENTH ANNUAL ALS AWARENESS GAME
- For the four time in five years, the Eagles did not win the Annual ALS Awareness Game. They are 4-3 with wins in 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2012.
- The Frates family – Pete, wife Julie and daughter Lucy, brother Andrew and parents John and Nancy – were on the field for the pre-game ceremonies.
- Before the start of the game, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
- The 5,433 fans set an ALS Awareness Game attendance record. All ticket proceeds will benefit the Pete Frates Home Health Initiative, a pilot program of The ALS Association, run through its Massachusetts Chapter, to help fund the gap in coverage for in-home health care for people living with ALS who cannot otherwise pay for these services.
- This was the second year the annual event was held at Fenway Park.
NEXT UP
The Eagles and Seminoles wrap up the series on Sunday at 1 p.m. back at the Harrington Athletics Village at Brighton Fields.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tyler Ahearn (1-0)
L: Metzdorf, Dan (0-6)
S: Cobi Johnson (1)
Batting:
2B: Jackson Lueck 1 ; Rhett Aplin 1 ; Steven Wells 1 ; Nick Derr 1
3B: Cobi Johnson 1
RBI: Mike Salvatore 1 ; Jackson Lueck 2 ; Rhett Aplin 2 ; Steven Wells 1 ; Cobi Johnson 3 ; Nick Derr 2 ; Rafael Bournigal 1 ; Reese Albert 1
SF: Rhett Aplin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mike Salvatore 1 ; Jackson Lueck 1 ; Cal Raleigh 1 ; Drew Mendoza 2 ; Steven Wells 4 ; Cobi Johnson 2 ; Nick Derr 1 ; Reese Albert 1
HBP: Drew Mendoza 1 ; Reese Albert 1
Batting:
2B: Maselli, Anthony 1
RBI: Galland, Chris 1 ; Cunningham, Jack 2 ; Baldelli, Dante 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Palomaki, Jake 2 ; Galland, Chris 2 ; Suozzi, Joe 2 ; Maselli, Anthony 1
SB: Palomaki, Jake 1
PO: Goodreau, Jake 1
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