Friday, March 26
Brighton, Mass.
4:00 PM
Boston College
vs
Clemson
Photo by: Brent Greenberg
Boston College and Clemson Set for Weekend Series
March 25, 2021 | Baseball
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Game one between the Eagles and Tigers to air nationally on ACC Network Friday at 4 p.m.
All home 2020-21 BC athletics events will be closed to the public due to Covid-19 protocols.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Boston College baseball hosts Clemson for a three-game, ACC Atlantic Division series at the Harrington Athletics Village this weekend. Game one will be broadcast nationally at 4 p.m. Friday on ACC Network. The following two games will be streamed on ACCNXÂ 1 p.m. Saturday and Noon Sunday.Â
About the Eagles...
Following its second eight-run comeback of the season, BC enters the weekend at 12-7 overall with a 3-6 ACC record. The Eagles' offense ranks second in the league in slugging (.472), third in batting average (.285), on-base percentage (.383) and runs per game (7.5). Junior center fielder Sal Frelick leads the way with a .395 average, which is fifth in the league, and 32 hits, 23 runs and eight doubles; all tops in the ACC. Sophomore second baseman Luke Gold is hitting .359 with eight home runs and leads the league in total bases (62) and RBI (27). Junior right-handers Mason Pelio (2-3) and Emmet Sheehan (3-2) anchor the rotation in games one and two. Sheehan struck out eight in seven innings of one-run ball to beat UNC his last time out.
Weekend Pitching Match-Ups (Brighton, Mass. • Harrington Athletics Village)
Friday, 4 p.m. (ACC Network): RHP-Mason Pelio (2-2, 5.62) vs. RHP-Jackson Lindley (0-0, 10.80)
Saturday, 1Â p.m. (ACCNX): RHP-Emmet Sheehan (2-2, 5.33) vs. LHP-Keyshawn Askew (0-0, 0.00)
Sunday, Noon (ACCNX): LHP-Joe Vetrano (0-0, 6.52) vs. TBA
Scouting the Tigers...
Clemson is 9-9 overall and 3-6 in the ACC after a series win over No. 13 Virginia Tech and a Tuesday victory against Georgia Southern. Right-handed pitcher Davis Sharpe is 2-1 with a 5.95 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 19.2 innings across four starts. Left-handed reliever Mat Clark has made five appearances, totaling 19 innings, with a 2.37 ERA and a save. Shortstop James Parker is hitting a team-high .343 with a 1.039 OPS and five home runs.
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Last Time They Met...
Clemson overcame a 6-4 deficit after the stretch, to walk-off BC and sweep the series at DKS in the first and final ACC weekend of the shortened 2020 season. The game ended on a walk-off fielder's choice hit to short by Parker with the throw home not in time. The Tigers won the first two games by scores of 4-3 and 12-5.
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All-Time vs. Clemson...
In a series that began when Boston College joined the ACC for the 2006 baseball season, Clemson leads the all-time series, 36-10. The Eagles are 4-17 at home, including a Sunday win over the No. 20 Tigers in Clemson's first visit to the Harrington Athletics Village in 2019. In that game, BC snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Tigers behind 6.2 innings from Pelio in a 3-2 decision. BC's lone series win vs. CU came in 2008; taking the first two vs. the No. 24 Tigers.
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Pure Power is Pure Gold...
In just 18 games, Luke Gold has hit eight home runs; leading a BC lineup that has gone deep 2 times; already besting season totals from 2018 (14), 2017 (15) and 2016 (20). Gold is just the third BC hitter with six or more home runs in a season since 2015; Chris Shaw (11, 2015) and Jack Cunningham (9, 2019). Gold posted a three-home run weekend at Auburn and homered in three straight games vs. Holy Cross and UNC. He became the first Eagles since Mickey Wiswall (2010 vs. Clemson).
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Frelick Keeps it 100...
Sal Frelick needed three hits in the final game of the weekend vs. UNC (3/21) to pass teammate Cody Morissette for the fastest to 100 in program history. In his 72nd career game, Frelick went 3-for-5 to best Morissette by a game. A year earlier, Morissette became the fastest to 100; passing former first round pick Tony Sanchez (81 games). Sanchez still holds the record for most hits (119) in 100 career games; set in 2008. Morissette sits at 113 hits in 85 games, while Frelick has 101 in 73 games.
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Boston College baseball hosts Clemson for a three-game, ACC Atlantic Division series at the Harrington Athletics Village this weekend. Game one will be broadcast nationally at 4 p.m. Friday on ACC Network. The following two games will be streamed on ACCNXÂ 1 p.m. Saturday and Noon Sunday.Â
About the Eagles...
Following its second eight-run comeback of the season, BC enters the weekend at 12-7 overall with a 3-6 ACC record. The Eagles' offense ranks second in the league in slugging (.472), third in batting average (.285), on-base percentage (.383) and runs per game (7.5). Junior center fielder Sal Frelick leads the way with a .395 average, which is fifth in the league, and 32 hits, 23 runs and eight doubles; all tops in the ACC. Sophomore second baseman Luke Gold is hitting .359 with eight home runs and leads the league in total bases (62) and RBI (27). Junior right-handers Mason Pelio (2-3) and Emmet Sheehan (3-2) anchor the rotation in games one and two. Sheehan struck out eight in seven innings of one-run ball to beat UNC his last time out.
Weekend Pitching Match-Ups (Brighton, Mass. • Harrington Athletics Village)
Friday, 4 p.m. (ACC Network): RHP-Mason Pelio (2-2, 5.62) vs. RHP-Jackson Lindley (0-0, 10.80)
Saturday, 1Â p.m. (ACCNX): RHP-Emmet Sheehan (2-2, 5.33) vs. LHP-Keyshawn Askew (0-0, 0.00)
Sunday, Noon (ACCNX): LHP-Joe Vetrano (0-0, 6.52) vs. TBA
Scouting the Tigers...
Clemson is 9-9 overall and 3-6 in the ACC after a series win over No. 13 Virginia Tech and a Tuesday victory against Georgia Southern. Right-handed pitcher Davis Sharpe is 2-1 with a 5.95 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 19.2 innings across four starts. Left-handed reliever Mat Clark has made five appearances, totaling 19 innings, with a 2.37 ERA and a save. Shortstop James Parker is hitting a team-high .343 with a 1.039 OPS and five home runs.
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Last Time They Met...
Clemson overcame a 6-4 deficit after the stretch, to walk-off BC and sweep the series at DKS in the first and final ACC weekend of the shortened 2020 season. The game ended on a walk-off fielder's choice hit to short by Parker with the throw home not in time. The Tigers won the first two games by scores of 4-3 and 12-5.
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All-Time vs. Clemson...
In a series that began when Boston College joined the ACC for the 2006 baseball season, Clemson leads the all-time series, 36-10. The Eagles are 4-17 at home, including a Sunday win over the No. 20 Tigers in Clemson's first visit to the Harrington Athletics Village in 2019. In that game, BC snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Tigers behind 6.2 innings from Pelio in a 3-2 decision. BC's lone series win vs. CU came in 2008; taking the first two vs. the No. 24 Tigers.
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Pure Power is Pure Gold...
In just 18 games, Luke Gold has hit eight home runs; leading a BC lineup that has gone deep 2 times; already besting season totals from 2018 (14), 2017 (15) and 2016 (20). Gold is just the third BC hitter with six or more home runs in a season since 2015; Chris Shaw (11, 2015) and Jack Cunningham (9, 2019). Gold posted a three-home run weekend at Auburn and homered in three straight games vs. Holy Cross and UNC. He became the first Eagles since Mickey Wiswall (2010 vs. Clemson).
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Frelick Keeps it 100...
Sal Frelick needed three hits in the final game of the weekend vs. UNC (3/21) to pass teammate Cody Morissette for the fastest to 100 in program history. In his 72nd career game, Frelick went 3-for-5 to best Morissette by a game. A year earlier, Morissette became the fastest to 100; passing former first round pick Tony Sanchez (81 games). Sanchez still holds the record for most hits (119) in 100 career games; set in 2008. Morissette sits at 113 hits in 85 games, while Frelick has 101 in 73 games.
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