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Photo by: John Quackenbos
Sheehan, Eagles Dominate North Carolina
March 20, 2021 | Baseball
No. 21 BC evens series with No. 14 UNC in 10-3 win.
BRIGHTON, Mass. – Junior right-hander Emmet Sheehan (Darien, Conn.) through seven innings of one-run ball and struck out eight to lead No. 21 Boston College baseball in a 10-3 win over No. 14 North Carolina at the Harrington Athletics Village on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles improved to 11-6 overall and 3-5 in the ACC, while the Tar Heels fell to 11-6 and 7-4.
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Sheehan pitched through the sixth inning for the fourth time in five starts this season. He gave up one run; scattering six hits and three walks as UNC put a runner on base in each inning.
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BC manufactured a pair of runs in the first to take the lead on a sacrifice-fly by sophomore third baseman Luke Gold (Ballston, N.Y.). The Eagles added to their lead with a solo home run to left by Gold in the third; his eighth of the season.
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The Tar Heels got to Sheehan for a run in the sixth, but the BC started bounced back with two more scoreless innings; striking out two and stranding the tying runs on base in the seventh.
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After Sheehan's eighth strikeout of the game ended the top of the seventh, the Eagles' lineup erupted for seven runs on four hits and five walks in the bottom half. A trio of graduate students delivered runs to the plate beginning with a double by shortstop Brian Dempsey (Potomac, Md.). First baseman Jack Cunningham (South Riding, Va.) and right fielder Dante Baldelli (Cumberland, R.I.) each picked up two-run singles. Dempsey capped the scoring with a two-run single to push the lead to 10-1.
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Cunningham and Dempsey each led the BC offense with a 3-for-5 day and three RBI.
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DETAILS
Score: No. 21 Boston College 10, No. 14 North Carolina 3
Records: Boston College 11-6, 3-5 ACC; North Carolina 11-6, 7-4 ACC
Location: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 0
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BC Highlights
The series rubber-match is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. on ACCNX. Freshman lefty Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) starts on the mound for the Eagles.
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Sheehan pitched through the sixth inning for the fourth time in five starts this season. He gave up one run; scattering six hits and three walks as UNC put a runner on base in each inning.
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BC manufactured a pair of runs in the first to take the lead on a sacrifice-fly by sophomore third baseman Luke Gold (Ballston, N.Y.). The Eagles added to their lead with a solo home run to left by Gold in the third; his eighth of the season.
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The Tar Heels got to Sheehan for a run in the sixth, but the BC started bounced back with two more scoreless innings; striking out two and stranding the tying runs on base in the seventh.
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After Sheehan's eighth strikeout of the game ended the top of the seventh, the Eagles' lineup erupted for seven runs on four hits and five walks in the bottom half. A trio of graduate students delivered runs to the plate beginning with a double by shortstop Brian Dempsey (Potomac, Md.). First baseman Jack Cunningham (South Riding, Va.) and right fielder Dante Baldelli (Cumberland, R.I.) each picked up two-run singles. Dempsey capped the scoring with a two-run single to push the lead to 10-1.
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Cunningham and Dempsey each led the BC offense with a 3-for-5 day and three RBI.
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DETAILS
Score: No. 21 Boston College 10, No. 14 North Carolina 3
Records: Boston College 11-6, 3-5 ACC; North Carolina 11-6, 7-4 ACC
Location: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 0
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BC Highlights
- Dempsey singled and Frelick doubled to set the table in the first and both scored.
- Sheehan used a 5-4-3 double play to end the top of the third.
- Gold hit a first-pitch, solo home run to left in the third.
- Sheehan collected his eighth strikeout of the game to strand the tying runs on base in the seventh.Â
- BC defeated UNC for just the third time in program history and first since 2014.
- BC is 6-2 when scoring in the first inning and 7-2 when scoring first.
- Cunningham hit his fifth double of the season and 29th of his career.
- Dempsey hit his third double of the season and 20th of his career.
- Frelick hit his sixth double of the season and 16th of his career.
- Gold hit his second home run of the weekend, eighth of the season and ninth of his career.
- Sheehan's seven-inning start matched a career-high and was his fifth of six or more.Â
The series rubber-match is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. on ACCNX. Freshman lefty Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) starts on the mound for the Eagles.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sheehan, Emmet (3-2)
L: Max Carlson (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Angel Zarate 1
RBI: Angel Zarate 1 ; Eric Grintz 1 ; Jake Holtzapple 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Caleb Roberts 1 ; Brett Centracchio 1 ; Clemente Inclan 1
SB: Caleb Roberts 1
Batting:
2B: Dempsey, Brian 1 ; Frelick, Sal 1 ; Cunningham, Jack 1
HR: Gold, Luke 1
RBI: Dempsey, Brian 3 ; Gold, Luke 2 ; Cunningham, Jack 3 ; Baldelli, Dante 2
SF: Gold, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dempsey, Brian 2 ; Frelick, Sal 1 ; Gold, Luke 2 ; Cunningham, Jack 1 ; Cimini, Vince 1 ; Leary, Cameron 1 ; Baldelli, Dante 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
Game Leaders
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AB
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RBI
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