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Photo by: Andy Mead
Metzdorf, Eagles Upset Cards; Advance to Semifinals
May 22, 2019 | Baseball
Senior lefty goes the distance in 5-1 win over top seed Louisville.
DURHAM, N.C. – The Boston College baseball team upset top-seed Louisville, 5-1, to win Pool A of the ACC Championship at Durham Bulls Athletics Park on Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles advanced to Saturday's semifinals with a 31-26 record; having won nine of their last 11 games.
Senior left-hander Dan Metzdorf (Burlington, Mass.) dominated on the mound for eight innings. He limited the ACC's top hitting lineup to just one unearned run on two hits. Metzdorf (8-2) struck out six and walked four.
BC broke a scoreless tie with a two-out, two-run single by senior third baseman Jake Alu (Hamilton, N.J.) in the fourth. After the Cardinals (43-14) got a run in the top of the seventh, the Eagles answered with two more two-out runs in the home half. Senior designated hitter Gian Martellini (Johnston, R.I.) picked up a RBI-single to right and junior right fielder Joe Suozzi (Glen Cove, N.Y.) singled up the middle to make it 4-1.
Alu added a RBI-double off the wall in right-center in the eighth inning for a 2-for-4 game. Suozzi, who doubled and scored in the fourth, was 2-for-4 on the day. Freshman second baseman Cody Morissette (Exeter, N.H.) was 2-for-5 at the plate to put his two-day tournament hit total at five.
DETAILS
Score: Boston College 5, No. 7 Louisville 1
Records: Boston College (31-26), Louisville (43-14)
Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.)
Attendance: TBA
QUOTEABLES
Mike Gambino, Head Coach:
"It's fun to watch [Metzdorf] pitch when he gets in a groove like that. And he came out after the eighth and looked at me and just said, 'tell those boys down there to sit down'. And we told them to sit down. That was an unbelievable outing."
"The thing I love from our lineup today was [Louisville] threw good arms with good stuff and [we had] super competitive at-bats. Even some of our two-strike at-bats that didn't end up with hits, like Galland and Cody, just guys doing such a great job and competing. And I said it yesterday but it's a fun group to be around right now."
BC HIGHLIGHTS
Boston College advances to its first ACC Championship Semifinal on Saturday, May 25. The Eagles will play a 1 p.m. against the winner of Pool D, which consists of Miami, North Carolina and Virginia.
Senior left-hander Dan Metzdorf (Burlington, Mass.) dominated on the mound for eight innings. He limited the ACC's top hitting lineup to just one unearned run on two hits. Metzdorf (8-2) struck out six and walked four.
BC broke a scoreless tie with a two-out, two-run single by senior third baseman Jake Alu (Hamilton, N.J.) in the fourth. After the Cardinals (43-14) got a run in the top of the seventh, the Eagles answered with two more two-out runs in the home half. Senior designated hitter Gian Martellini (Johnston, R.I.) picked up a RBI-single to right and junior right fielder Joe Suozzi (Glen Cove, N.Y.) singled up the middle to make it 4-1.
Alu added a RBI-double off the wall in right-center in the eighth inning for a 2-for-4 game. Suozzi, who doubled and scored in the fourth, was 2-for-4 on the day. Freshman second baseman Cody Morissette (Exeter, N.H.) was 2-for-5 at the plate to put his two-day tournament hit total at five.
DETAILS
Score: Boston College 5, No. 7 Louisville 1
Records: Boston College (31-26), Louisville (43-14)
Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.)
Attendance: TBA
QUOTEABLES
Mike Gambino, Head Coach:
"It's fun to watch [Metzdorf] pitch when he gets in a groove like that. And he came out after the eighth and looked at me and just said, 'tell those boys down there to sit down'. And we told them to sit down. That was an unbelievable outing."
"The thing I love from our lineup today was [Louisville] threw good arms with good stuff and [we had] super competitive at-bats. Even some of our two-strike at-bats that didn't end up with hits, like Galland and Cody, just guys doing such a great job and competing. And I said it yesterday but it's a fun group to be around right now."
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Suozzi doubled and two walks followed to load the bases in the fourth. Alu came through with a two-out, two-strike single up the middle to plate two runs.
- Metzdorf retired 10 in a row between the third and sixth innings; needing just nine pitches in the fifth and 10 in the sixth.
- An error opened the door to a two-out rally in the seventh. Gian Martellini drove in a run with a single to right and Suozzi followed with a single up the middle.
- Peter Burns drew a leadoff-walk in the bottom of the eighth and scored on a double banged off the right-center wall by Alu.
- Alu hit his 18th double of the season and 36th of his career for his team-leading 23rd multi-hit game of the season, which was the 48th of his career.
- Alu lifted his season total to 80 hits, which ranks fourth all-time at BC. The record is held by Robbie Anston (2009) at 85.
- Brian Dempsey stole his 11th base of the season and 22nd of his career.
- Metzdorf made his 10th start of six innings or more; the 19th by a BC starter this season.
- Metzdorf threw his first career complete game and became the first Eagle to do so since Brian Rapp against NC State (4/23/17).
- Metzdorf moved into fourth all-time in innings pitched at BC with 240.1.
- Morissette collected his 22nd multi-hit game of the season.
- Suozzi hit his eighth double of the season and 13th of his career.
- Suozzi registered his 10th multi-hit game of the season and 14th of his career.
- BC is 5-6 all-time in the ACC Championship.
- BC is 20-5 when scoring first.
- BC is 8-14 against ranked opponents this season.
Boston College advances to its first ACC Championship Semifinal on Saturday, May 25. The Eagles will play a 1 p.m. against the winner of Pool D, which consists of Miami, North Carolina and Virginia.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Metzdorf, Dan (8-2)
L: Hoeing (3-3)
Batting:
2B: Dunn 1
RBI: Wyatt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fitzgerald 1
CS: Lavey 1
PO: Lavey 1
Batting:
2B: Alu, Jake 1 ; Suozzi, Joe 1
RBI: Alu, Jake 3 ; Martellini, Gian 1 ; Suozzi, Joe 1
SH: Baldelli, Dante 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dempsey, Brian 1 ; Cunningham, Jack 1 ; Suozzi, Joe 1 ; Burns, Peter 2
SB: Alu, Jake 1 ; Dempsey, Brian 1
CS: Galland, Chris 1
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