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29-25, 12-17
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23-28, 12-17
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Photo by: John Quackenbos
Baseball Wraps Up Series Win vs. Notre Dame
May 17, 2019 | Baseball
Eagles end up on top in game that featured three ties and five lead changes.
BRIGHTON, Mass. – The Boston College baseball team wrapped up a series win over Notre Dame with a 9-7 victory at the Harrington Athletics Village on Friday night. The Eagles, who have won seven of their last eight games, are now 29-25 overall and 12-17 in the ACC.
Boston College prevailed in a game that featured three ties and five lead changes. The Eagles used two big innings, four runs in the third and four in the seventh, to secure the victory. Trailing 7-5 at the stretch, five walks tied the game and finally a ball headed up the middle by junior center fielder Dante Baldelli (Cumberland, R.I.) put BC up for good. Baldelli reached on a fielder's choice after the second baseman robbed him up the middle, but the throw to second for the force was high and allowed two runners to head home.
Three Eagle relievers combined for six innings of work. Redshirt-sophomore lefty Joey Walsh (Plymouth, Mass.) was the third pitcher out of the pen. He settled the game down; inheriting a two-run deficit and a runner on base. Walsh (4-6) got the win after pitching into and out of trouble in the ninth as the Fighting Irish (23-28, 12-17) plated a run, but left the bases loaded.
Junior first baseman Jack Cunningham (South Riding, Va.) led the BC lineup with a 3-for-4 night. Junior shortstop Brian Dempsey (Potomac, Md.) was 2-for-4 with a RBI-triple and two runs scored.
DETAILS
Score: Boston College 9, Notre Dame 8
Records: Boston College (29-25, 12-17), Notre Dame (23-28, 12-17)
Location: Harrington Athletics Village (Brighton, Mass.)
Attendance: 574
BC HIGHLIGHTS
The series and regular season finale is set for Saturday at noon.
Boston College prevailed in a game that featured three ties and five lead changes. The Eagles used two big innings, four runs in the third and four in the seventh, to secure the victory. Trailing 7-5 at the stretch, five walks tied the game and finally a ball headed up the middle by junior center fielder Dante Baldelli (Cumberland, R.I.) put BC up for good. Baldelli reached on a fielder's choice after the second baseman robbed him up the middle, but the throw to second for the force was high and allowed two runners to head home.
Three Eagle relievers combined for six innings of work. Redshirt-sophomore lefty Joey Walsh (Plymouth, Mass.) was the third pitcher out of the pen. He settled the game down; inheriting a two-run deficit and a runner on base. Walsh (4-6) got the win after pitching into and out of trouble in the ninth as the Fighting Irish (23-28, 12-17) plated a run, but left the bases loaded.
Junior first baseman Jack Cunningham (South Riding, Va.) led the BC lineup with a 3-for-4 night. Junior shortstop Brian Dempsey (Potomac, Md.) was 2-for-4 with a RBI-triple and two runs scored.
DETAILS
Score: Boston College 9, Notre Dame 8
Records: Boston College (29-25, 12-17), Notre Dame (23-28, 12-17)
Location: Harrington Athletics Village (Brighton, Mass.)
Attendance: 574
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Trailing 2-0, Burns started the second with a single and crossed the plate on a Baldelli double to left.
- The Eagles added three more runs in the second on a Dempsey triple, Cunningham single through a drawn in infield and a Morissette infield-single off the pitcher's glove.
- Burns led off the fourth with a double and scored from third on a 12-pit groundout to the right side from Alu to tie the score, 5-5.
- BC's go-ahead runs came in the seventh on a Baldelli batted ball destined for center that was cut off by the second baseman, but his throw to second for the force was high and two Eagles came in on the play.
- Alu's career-best reached base streak ended at 25 games.
- Baldelli hit his fourth double of the season and 10th of his career.
- Burns hit his second double of the season to post his sixth multi-hit game of the season.
- Cunningham recorded his 15th multi-hit game of the season and 26th of his career.
- Dempsey hit his second triple of the season.
- Dempsey notched his 19th multi-hit game of the season and 38th of his career. BC is 13-6 when Dempsey records two or more hits in a game.
- BC is 10-20 when the opponent scores first.
The series and regular season finale is set for Saturday at noon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Walsh, Joey (4-6)
L: J Boyle (3-3)
Batting:
2B: S Myers 1 ; C Putz 1 ; D LaManna 1
RBI: C Putz 1 ; D LaManna 1 ; J Miller 1 ; J Zyska 2
Base Running:
RUNS: S Myers 2 ; C Putz 1 ; D LaManna 2 ; E Gilgenbach 1 ; J Miller 2
SB: J Miller 1
CS: N Kavadas 1
HBP: Z Prajzner 1
Batting:
2B: Burns, Peter 1 ; Baldelli, Dante 1
3B: Dempsey, Brian 1
RBI: Alu, Jake 1 ; Morissette, Cody 1 ; Dempsey, Brian 1 ; Cunningham, Jack 1 ; Suozzi, Joe 1 ; Burns, Peter 1 ; Baldelli, Dante 1
SH: Burns, Peter 1 ; Baldelli, Dante 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Morissette, Cody 2 ; Dempsey, Brian 2 ; Cunningham, Jack 1 ; Suozzi, Joe 1 ; Burns, Peter 2 ; Baldelli, Dante 1
CS: Baldelli, Dante 1
HBP: Galland, Chris 1 ; Baldelli, Dante 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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AB
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R
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RBI
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RBI
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