Thursday, May 17
Coral Gables, Fla.
7 PM
Boston College
at
Miami
Photo by: John Quackenbos
Weekend Preview: BC at Miami
May 16, 2018 | Baseball
Baseball Set for Final Series Starting Thursday
First Pitch
- The Boston College baseball team finishes its 2018 season with a three-game series at Miami.
- Action gets underway Thursday at 7 p.m. from Mark Light Field. The series continues Friday at 7 and concludes Saturday at 1. All three games will be streamed on the ACC Digital Network.
- After an idle week, BC returned to the field on Tuesday afternoon for a non-conference tilt vs. Maine. The Eagles won, 9-7, in a rain-shortened affair; scoring twice in the bottom of the eighth before the game was called.
- Freshman left fielder Chris Galland is hitting a team-leading .329. He has swiped a BC single-season record 28 bases on 31 attempts. Galland has scored 36 runs and clubbed 10 doubles.
- Senior shortstop Jake Palomaki is hitting .313 with a team-best .448 slugging percentage. He walked three times vs, Maine to push his career total to 373 and surpassed Jason Delaney's (2002-05) program record of 371 times reached base in a career.
- Sophomore second baseman Brian Dempsey is tied with Galland for first on the team in hitting at .329 following a four-hit performance on Tuesday. He has seven hits in the last two games, including a game-winning RBI-1B vs. Louisville (5/6).
- Miami is an even 25-25 overall and 14-13 in the ACC. The Hurricanes swept Virginia Tech last weekend.
- In home conference games, Miami is 7-5 this season.
- Shortstop Freddy Zamora leads the way for the Hurricanes as a .316 hitter. He has scored 31 runs and stolen 18 bases. Catcher Isaac Quinones is the only other regular above .300 with a .305 average.
- LHP Jed Bargfeldt gets the start in the series opener. He is 3-4 with a 3.53 earned run average. RHP Evan McKendry toes the rubber in game two. He has struck out 103 batters with a 3.81 ERA and 6-6 record in 80.1 innings.
- Miami claimed the series over Boston College in just two games, but the Eagles salvaged the series with a 9-2 win in the finale on April 30, 2017.
- Gian Martellini drove in four runs with a home run, a sacrifice-fly and a RBI-single.
- RHP Brian Rapp allowed just two runs on four hits and three walks in a seven-inning start.
- Boston College trails the all-time series, 8-22, including a 2-15 mark on the road. The first match-up was an 18-8 Miami win in 2003.
- In 2016, The Eagles were eliminated from the NCAA Super Regionals by Miami in three games.
- The 2018 Eagles are third on the program's single-season stolen base list. BC has logged 88 on the season, tied for 16th in the country and ranked second in the ACC. The top spot in the BC record book is owned by the 2005 and 2006 teams, which recorded 113 steals each.
- Freshman OF Chris Galland stole two bases on the weekend at Notre Dame to move into first place on the Eagles' single-season records list. In his first-year campaign, he has swiped 28 bags and counting. He is second in the ACC, two back of Louisville's Josh Stowers, and is tied for 13th in the nation. He was caught stealing for the first time on April 17 against Rhode Island to break up his perfect streak. He is also the first BC player to go a perfect 20-for-20. Galland is eighth in the ACC with a .329 batting average and has reached base safely in the last 22 games, the longest streak this season by an Eagle.
- Senior INF Jake Palomaki has reached base in 43 of the Eagles' 47 games this season with a hit in 32 of them. His nine-game hit streak (March 2-16) was the longest of the season for BC. He has a .313 batting average, 16th in the ACC. His 152 career walks are first in BC record books, as he topped the list in three years.
- Sophomore OF Dante Baldelli is 17-for-19 on the stolen-base paths, tying for 10th on BC's single-season record list. He is tied for ninth in the ACC with Palomaki.
- Senior RHP Brian Rapp's .193 opponent batting clip this season is currently the lowest in BC record books. He pitched seven innings of one-run ball and earned a no-decision in an eventual 2-1 win over Louisville (5/6).
- Sophomore OF Joe Suozzi walked onto the BC baseball team. He made his first career start on April 7 against Pittsburgh and recorded his first career hit and RBI. He tallied a career-high three hits at Notre Dame (4/29).
- Sophomore INF Brian Dempsey logged three walks and recorded two sacrifice hits at Notre Dame (4/29). With 12 sacrifice hits on the season, he is tied second in BC single-season record books and his 19 career sacs are tied for seventh all-time. He has reached base in 41 of the Eagles' 47 games this season. He tied a career-long, six-game hit streak from March 29 to April 7 that included eight hits and two RBIs.
- Junior RHP Thomas Lane has inherited 30 runners in his team-leading 28 appearances out of the bullpen. Just four have scored and all between April 13-22. He is second on the bullpen staff with 26 Ks and has the lowest opponent batting average at .160.
- Junior LHP Dan Metzdorf tied a career-high with eight innings pitched in his shutout start at Notre Dame (4/28), allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out three, collecting his first win of the season. He retired the first seven batters he faced and 17 of 18 through the seven innings. He did not allow a walk until the seventh and threw 24 straight first-pitch strikes and 25 of 26 to batters on the day. In four starts from March 24 to April 13 - 27.2 innings - Metzdorf struck out 39 batters. In the series-clinching win against Virginia Tech on March 24, he struck out a career-high 13 over eight innings. It was the first time in 11 years a BC pitcher recorded 13 Ks.
- Metzdorf and Lane combined for the first BC two-hitter since March 25, 2017 in a 1-0 loss to No. 6 Clemson when Metzdorf, junior RHP John Witkowski, senior LHP Carmen Giampetruzzi and 2017 20th-round draft pick RHP Donovan Casey completed the feat.
- Junior RHP Jacob Stevens now owns the top spot in BC record books with 42 career starts. He recorded his 200th career strikeout on Friday at Notre Dame. His 204 overall ranks seventh all-time at BC.
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