Boston College
10-5
Holy Cross
0-1
Eagles Dominate Middle Innings in Midweek Win
March 17, 2021 | Baseball
BC lineup posts 18 Runs on 18 hits in defeat of Holy Cross.
Trailing 3-2 and with the bases loaded with two gone in the fourth, BC tied the game on a catcher's interference and went in front on an infield-single by graduate shortstop Brian Dempsey (Potomac, Md.). The Eagles pulled away with a five-run fifth; capped by a bases-loaded triple to right off the bat of Dempsey, who finished the day 3-for-4 with four RBI and two walks out of the leadoff spot.
Sophomore second baseman Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.) contributed a 4-for-4 day with two doubles, two walks and three runs scored. Freshman left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) added a 2-for-4 game with four RBI and two runs.
Freshman right-hander Joey Ryan (Norwell, Mass.) was the first reliever of the day for Boston College. He tossed two-scoreless innings in relief of graduate RHP Alex Stiegler (Dallas, Texas). Ryan (3-0) scattered two hits and a walk to go with an inning-ending double play in the third.
DETAILS
Score: No. 21 Boston College 18, Holy Cross 11
Records: Boston College 10-5; Holy Cross 0-1
Location: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 0
BC Highlights
- Frelick lined a one-out single and Gold followed with a two-run home run to left-center.
- Trailing 3-2 in the fourth, BC tied the game on a bases-loaded catcher's interference with Galland at the plate. Dempsey then legged out an infield-single to the short that plated the go-ahead run.
- In the fifth, Leary drove in two runs with a single to right-center to extend the lead to 6-3.
- BC added three more runs in the fifth on a bases-loaded triple to right by Dempsey.
- BC scored 15 or more runs for the first time since a 20-run game vs. Fairfield (3/1/20).
- Cimini recorded his second multi-hit game of the season.
- Cunningham tallied the 40th multi-hit game of his career.
- Dempsey notched the 51st multi-hit game of his career and matched his career-high with the sixth four-RBI game of his career.
- Gold hit his sixth home run of the season and seventh of his career.
- Leary collected his third multi-hit and multi-RBI games of the season.
Boston College's eight-game homestand continues when it welcomes North Carolina for a three-game set beginning Friday at 4 p.m. on ACC Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ryan, Joey (3-0)
L: Remley,Matt (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Selima,Andrew 1 ; Wolf,Nate 1 ; Kirkpatrick,Sam 1
3B: Kale,David 1 ; Kirkpatrick,Sam 1
RBI: Kale,David 3 ; Selima,Andrew 1 ; Petrushka,Jordan 1 ; D'Acunto,Angelo 1 ; Kirkpatrick,Sam 4 ; Latham,Thomas 1
SF: Selima,Andrew 1 ; D'Acunto,Angelo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kale,David 1 ; Selima,Andrew 2 ; Wolf,Nate 2 ; D'Acunto,Angelo 1 ; Blum,Evan 3 ; Kirkpatrick,Sam 3
SB: Kale,David 2
HBP: Meyer,Cam 1 ; Selima,Andrew 1 ; Wolf,Nate 2
Batting:
2B: Gold, Luke 1 ; Baruch, Daniel 1 ; Cimini, Vince 2 ; Galland, Chris 1
3B: Dempsey, Brian 1
HR: Gold, Luke 1
RBI: Dempsey, Brian 4 ; Frelick, Sal 1 ; Gold, Luke 3 ; Baruch, Daniel 1 ; Cimini, Vince 1 ; Leary, Cameron 4 ; Baldelli, Dante 1 ; Galland, Chris 2
SF: Leary, Cameron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dempsey, Brian 1 ; Frelick, Sal 1 ; Gold, Luke 2 ; Cunningham, Jack 2 ; Baruch, Daniel 2 ; Cimini, Vince 3 ; Leary, Cameron 2 ; Baldelli, Dante 3 ; Galland, Chris 2
SB: Cimini, Vince 1
CS: Dempsey, Brian 1 ; Cunningham, Jack 1
