Boston College
20-26
Merrimack
18-20
Boston College Falls Short to Visiting Merrimack
May 18, 2021 | Baseball
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Merrimack led wire-to-wire with a three-spot in the first against junior right-hander Mason Pelio (San Diego, Calif.). BC trailed by as many as five at 7-2 in the sixth and chipped away with a single run in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. The Eagles, however, failed to put a crooked number on the board throughout the game; going 1-for-14 with a runner in scoring position.
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Right-hander Stephen Fleury (2-0) tossed five innings of two-run ball to get the win for the Warriors. He scattered six hits and a walk, while not registering a strikeout. Pelio (3-7) took the loss with three runs on two hits and a walk in his lone inning of work.
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Lefty Daniel Amidon entered with the tying runs on base in the eighth and went the distance for the save, his second of the year, in a 1.1-inning outing. He walked one and left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth.
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Graduate center fielder Dante Baldelli (Cumberland, R.I.) went 3-for-5 out of the BC leadoff spot, including a home run in the bottom of the first and a RBI double in the third. Junior second baseman Cody Morissette (Exeter, N.H.) added a 3-for-5 effort.
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DETAILS
Score: Merrimack 7, Boston College 5
Records: Merrimack 18-20; Boston College 20-26
Stadium: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 100
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BC Highlights
- Baldelli hit a leadoff-home run in the bottom of the first to cut the deficit to 3-1.
- Baldelli doubled home Walsh, who reached on a leadoff-single, in the third to make it 3-2.
- Baldelli hit his fourth home run of the season and seventh of his career.
- Baldelli's leadoff-home run was the first by an Eagle since Brian Dempsey vs. Clemson (3/26/21).
- Baldelli registered his 12th multi-hit game of the season and 37th of his career.
- Morissette extended his hit streak to a career-best 13 games.
- Morissette recorded his 13th multi-hit game of the season and 42nd of his career.
BC finishes its season with a three-game home series against Virginia beginning Thursday, May 20 at 5 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Fleury, S. (2-0)
L: Pelio, Mason (3-7)
S: Amidon, D. (2)
Batting:
2B: Shumski, N. 1 ; Joyce, T. 2 ; Haba, A. 1
3B: Haba, A. 1
RBI: Shumski, N. 1 ; Joyce, T. 2 ; Golankiewicz, M. 1 ; Haba, A. 2 ; Jamele, M. 1
SF: Shumski, N. 1 ; Golankiewicz, M. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Porricelli, J. 2 ; Nelson, B. 1 ; Shumski, N. 1 ; Joyce, T. 1 ; Golankiewicz, M. 1 ; Haba, A. 1
SB: Porricelli, J. 1 ; Joyce, T. 1 ; Golankiewicz, M. 1 ; Haba, A. 1
CS: Jamele, M. 1
HBP: Porricelli, J. 2
Batting:
2B: Baldelli, Dante 1 ; Dempsey, Brian 1
HR: Baldelli, Dante 1
RBI: Baldelli, Dante 2 ; Gold, Luke 1 ; Dempsey, Brian 1 ; Landwehr, Parker 1
SF: Gold, Luke 1 ; Dempsey, Brian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Baldelli, Dante 1 ; Gold, Luke 1 ; Jimenez, Ramon 1 ; Walsh, Barry 2
SB: Morissette, Cody 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
HBP: Walsh, Barry 1
