Tuesday, April 2
Brighton, Mass.
3:00 PM
Boston College
vs
Massachusetts
Photo by: John Quackenbos
Beanpot Comes to Boston College Tuesday
April 01, 2019 | Baseball
Eagles host semifinal round from the Harrington Athletics Villave.
MIDWEEK PITCHING MATCH-UP
Tuesday, 3 p.m. vs. UMass: RHP-Travis Lane (0-0, 4.40) vs. RHP-Jack Steele (1-1, 5.25)Wednesday, 4 p.m. vs. Hartford: TBA vs. RHP-James Judenis (0-2, 10.50)
BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES
Record:Â 14-13 (5-7 ACC)Coach:Â Mike Gambino
Career Record/Years:Â 191-261/9
Rank:Â NR RPI: 61
MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN
Record:Â 5-15 (1-5 A-10)Coach:Â Matt Reynolds
Career Record/Years:Â 20-47/2
Rank:Â NR RPI: 161
HARTFORD HAWKS
Record:Â 8-13 (4-2 AE)Coach:Â Justin Blood
Career Record/Years:Â 20-47/2
Rank:Â NR RPI: 219
The Beanpot comes to Boston College as the Eagles host the semifinal round on Tuesday, April 2 from the Harrington Athletics Village. BC and UMass get the action underway at 3 p.m. followed by Harvard vs. Northeastern. The Eagles host Hartford on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in their second of five home games this week at the front-end of a 10-game homestand.
ABOUT THE EAGLES
Boston College is 14-13 overall following its first series win in a decade at No. 19 Florida State. The Eagles are 5-7 in ACC play and have picked up top-25 wins over No. 8 Louisville (3/10) and No. 20 Clemson (3/24) in addition to the two wins at the Seminoles. Freshman outfielder Sal Frelick remains BC's top hitter; leading the team in batting average (.358), slugging percentage (.547), walks (12), on-base percentage (.431) and stolen bases (14). Senior third baseman Jake Alu is hitting .349 with a team-high 23 runs scored to go with eight doubles and three home runs. Junior shortstop Brian Dempsey saw his average rise to .318 with an eight-hit weekend at FSU. He drove in five runs to push his total to a team-high 24 RBI, while adding his seventh stolen base of the season. On the mound against Massachusetts, freshman right-hander Travis Lane gets the ball in his first career start. He owns a 4.40 earned run average with no record and 10 strikeouts in 14.1 innings across 10 relief appearances.BASEBALL BEANPOT
Tuesday marks the beginning of the 30th Beanpot of baseball. The Eagles are 38-17-1 all-time in the annual tournament, including a 7-5 record against the Minutemen. BC has claimed 13 Beanpot Championship; most recently in 2017, which was the Eagles' third in a row. Last season, Boston College fell to Harvard in the semis, 7-4, in 11 innings. The Eagles bounced back to take the consolation game from UMass, 9-2. This year's championship returns to Fenway Park on April 17.SCOUTING THE MINUTEMEN
UMass is 5-15 after salvaging its series at Dayton with a win on Sunday for its first Atlantic-10 win of the season. Right fielder Nolan Kessinger, who drove in four runs on Sunday, is hitting a team-high .321, while first baseman Anthony Videtto is second on the team at .310. Right-hander Jack Steele gets the ball for his first career start. He is 1-1 with a 5.25 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 12 innings.SCOUTING THE HAWKS
Hartford entered the week at 8-13 overall and coming off a series win over UMass Lowell before taking on Sacred Heart on Tuesday. First baseman Chris Sullivan is the lone Hawk hitting above .300 with an even .300 average and team-high 20 RBI in 21 games. Left fielder Ashton Bardzell is hitting .270 with a team-leading .527 slugging percentage on seven doubles, three triples and two home runs. RHP James Judenis will make his fourth start of the season. He is 0-2 with a 10.50 ERA in 12 innings.YEAR-TO-YEAR COMPARISON
Boston College is six games improved through 27 games than its 9-18 record to start 2018. The Eagles' scoring is up 0.9 run per game by comparison from 5.2 to 6.1. Home runs are up from 0.29 (overall in 2018) to 0.63 this season. Jack Cunningham hit his team-leading fourth home run at Wake Forest (3/15). Cunningham's fourth of the year was the 14th of the season by BC. The Eagles' 14th home run of 2018 came in game 41.FRESHMAN IMPACT
The five BC freshman hitters have combined to hit .318 (99-for-311) with 53 runs scored and 43 driven in. Five freshman pitchers have accounted for 82.1 (35.3%) of BC's 233.1 innings pitched. RHP Mason Pelio (4-1, 1.73) tossed seven innings of one-run ball at EKU (3/2) to become the first BC freshman to pitch seven or more and allow one run or less since Jacob Stevens vs. Louisville (4/22/16).UP NEXT
The Eagles' homestand continues against No. 3 North Carolina State. BC takes the field against the Wolfpack for game one Friday, April 5 at 4 p.m.
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