Late Rally Puts BC Past UMass Lowell

BRIGHTON, Mass. – The Boston College baseball team scored twice in the eighth for a 6-5, comeback win over UMass Lowell at the Harrington Athletics Village on Tuesday night. The Eagles improved to 20-22 on the season, while the River Hawks dropped to 9-28.

The lead changed hands for the third time after the fourth inning as BC scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning. Senior catcher Gian Martellini (Johnston, R.I.) hit a leadoff-single up the middle and scored on a two-out triple by junior center fielder Dante Baldelli (Cumberland, R.I.) with the tying run. Baldelli then scored the eventual game-winner on an infield-single by sophomore left fielder Chris Galland (Sudbury, Mass.), who beat the rap at first on a throw from short.

Junior right-hander Matt Gill (Simsbury, Conn.) wound up the winner after bailing out the bullpen as the third Eagle pitcher to throw in the top of the eighth as he got the final out and stranded two. Senior righty Thomas Lane (Georgetown, Mass.) locked down his second save of the season after issuing a two-out walk and leaving the potential tying run on base.

Boston College rallied from a 3-0 deficit with four runs on three hits in the bottom of the fifth. Alu singled for his third of four this in the game to load the bases with nobody out. A base hit and a walk followed to cut the UMass Lowell lead to one. The Eagles then tied the game and went in front on a pair of bases-loaded sacrifice-flies from junior first baseman Jack Cunningham (South Riding, Va.) and freshman second baseman Cody Morissette (Exeter, N.H.).

Freshman RHP Joe Mancini (Fairfield, Conn.) was the third BC pitcher of the night. He entered with the bases loaded and nobody out and needed just one pitch to strand the runners. Mancini remained in the game for the next three innings as he retired 10 of 12 batters faced with just two hit batters to reach, while striking out three.

DETAILS
Score: Boston College 6, UMass Lowell 5
Records: Boston College (20-22), UMass Lowell (9-28)
Location: Harrington Athletics Village (Brighton, Mass.)
Attendance: 108

BC HIGHLIGHTS

The Eagles load the bases with nobody out on Alu's third single of the night in the fifth.
BC scores four runs on four separate plays in the fifth, including game-tying and go-ahead sacrifice-flies with the bases loaded from Cunningham and Morissette.
Martellini hit a leadoff-single in the eighth and was chased in by high school teammate Baldelli on a two-out triple into the right-center to tie the game.
Baldelli raced home with the go-ahead run a batter later as Galland sprinted to first to beat out an infield-single to short.

GAME NOTES

Alu recorded his 16^th multi-hit game of the season and 41^st of his career.
Alu matched his career-high in hits with the fourth four-hit game of his career.
Frelick drove in his 30^th run of the season.
Dempsey stole his 10^th base of the season and 21^st of his career.
Baldelli legged out his second triple of the season.
Galland tallied his 12^th multi-hit game of the season and 29^th of his career.
Galland stole his 15^th base of the season and 43^rd of his career to take sole possession of fifth all-time at BC.
The Eagles are 5-4 against New England opponents and have won four in a row against regional rivals.
Cunningham's career-best reached base and hit streaks ended at 20 and 14, respectively.

UP NEXT
Boston College is on the road Wednesday at Bryant for a 3 p.m. first pitch from Conaty Park. Redshirt-sophomore lefty Joey Walsh (Plymouth, Mass.) gets the ball for the Eagles.

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Team Stats

Jake Alu

Chris Galland

Sal Frelick

Gian Martellini

Players Mentioned

Dante Baldelli

Jack Cunningham

Chris Galland

Matt Gill

Thomas Lane

Joe Mancini

Gian Martellini

Cody Morissette

Joey Walsh

Players Mentioned

Dante Baldelli

Jack Cunningham

Chris Galland

Matt Gill

Thomas Lane

Joe Mancini

Gian Martellini

Cody Morissette

Joey Walsh