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Three Eagles Voted ABCA All-Region
June 12, 2019 | Baseball
Metzdorf leads BC baseball as All-Northeast First Team selection.
OMAHA, Neb. – Three Boston College Eagles were named to the 2019 ABCA/Rawlings Division I Northeast All-Region Team as voted on by the area's head coaches. Senior left-handed pitcher Dan Metzdorf (Burlington, Mass.) earned a First Team selection, while senior third baseman Jake Alu (Hamilton, N.J.) and freshman outfielder Sal Frelick (Lexington, Mass.) were named Second Team picks.
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Metzdorf, who was named an All-ACC First Team selection and was drafted in the fifth round by the Chicago White Sox, closed his collegiate career with a complete game, three-hitter to beat top-seeded and No. 7 Louisville to win Pool A of the ACC Championship and send the Eagles to their first-ever conference semifinals. As the Friday night ace of the BC staff, Metzdorf compiled an 8-2 record, 2.30 earned run average, .204 batting average against and 72 strikeouts in 82.1 innings. He went 6-2 in league play; guiding the Eagles to wins over Wake Forest, No. 19 Florida State, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 25 Duke, Virginia Tech and a postseason-clinching win against Notre Dame.
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Metzdorf finished his career with 13 wins, 2401. Innings pitched and 191 strikeouts. He ranks fourth all-time in innings and ninth all-time in strikeouts in the BC record book. His eight wins as a senior are tied for the sixth most in a single season and 2.30 ERA is sixth in a season at BC.
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Alu, an All-ACC Third Team honoree and 24th round pick of the Washington Nationals, was eighth in the league in hitting at .343 with 51 runs and 18 doubles. He finished his BC career with 176 hits and a .302 average.
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Despite playing only two-thirds of his freshman season due to a season-ending injury in late-April, Frelick has been voted to the All-ACC Second Team, ACC All-Rookie Team and is one of BC's two Collegiate Baseball News Freshman All-Americans. He hit a team-high .367 with 32 runs driven in and 30 scored. Frelick stole a team-high 18 bases and led BC with a .447 on-base percentage and .513 slugging percentage on eight doubles, one triple and four home runs.
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Metzdorf, who was named an All-ACC First Team selection and was drafted in the fifth round by the Chicago White Sox, closed his collegiate career with a complete game, three-hitter to beat top-seeded and No. 7 Louisville to win Pool A of the ACC Championship and send the Eagles to their first-ever conference semifinals. As the Friday night ace of the BC staff, Metzdorf compiled an 8-2 record, 2.30 earned run average, .204 batting average against and 72 strikeouts in 82.1 innings. He went 6-2 in league play; guiding the Eagles to wins over Wake Forest, No. 19 Florida State, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 25 Duke, Virginia Tech and a postseason-clinching win against Notre Dame.
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Metzdorf finished his career with 13 wins, 2401. Innings pitched and 191 strikeouts. He ranks fourth all-time in innings and ninth all-time in strikeouts in the BC record book. His eight wins as a senior are tied for the sixth most in a single season and 2.30 ERA is sixth in a season at BC.
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Alu, an All-ACC Third Team honoree and 24th round pick of the Washington Nationals, was eighth in the league in hitting at .343 with 51 runs and 18 doubles. He finished his BC career with 176 hits and a .302 average.
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Despite playing only two-thirds of his freshman season due to a season-ending injury in late-April, Frelick has been voted to the All-ACC Second Team, ACC All-Rookie Team and is one of BC's two Collegiate Baseball News Freshman All-Americans. He hit a team-high .367 with 32 runs driven in and 30 scored. Frelick stole a team-high 18 bases and led BC with a .447 on-base percentage and .513 slugging percentage on eight doubles, one triple and four home runs.
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