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Photo by: Thom Kendall
BC Edged by UMass in Amherst
May 04, 2021 | Baseball
AMHERST, Mass. – Boston College opened a five-game week with a 3-2 setback to Massachusetts at Earl Lorden Field on Tuesday evening. The Eagles dropped to 19-23, while the Minutemen improved to 13-26.
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The game decided in the eighth inning when UMass loaded the bases with one out against freshman left-hander Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.), who had worked a perfect seventh. BC turned to graduate lefty Joey Walsh (Plymouth, Mass.) in the jam. The Eagles got a force at home and were a strike away from stranding the bases loaded when a wild pitch to the backstop scored the eventual game-winning run.
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Freshman right-hander Joey Ryan (Norwood, Mass.) made his first start in over a month and turned in six innings of two-run ball. He was charged with two runs, one earned, on seven hits with three strikeouts to no walks in a 71-pitch no-decision. UMass righty Max LeBlanc struck out eight in six innings of work. He gave up two runs on four hits and three walks.
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Vetrano (1-3) took the loss in 1.1 innings with one run scored on two this and a walk plus one strikeout. Right-hander Tucker Wittman (2-2), the second UMass reliever of the day got the win in two-scoreless innings with one hit against and one strikeout. BC batters totaled 11 strikeouts in the game.
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The Minutemen outhit the Eagles, 9-6, for the game. Shortstop Eddy Hart and center fielder Kevin Skagerlind each had two knocks. Second baseman Aidan Wilde hit a go-ahead, solo home run in the sixth inning.
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DETAILS
Score: Massachusetts 3, Boston College 2
Records: Massachusetts 13-26; Boston College 19-23
Stadium: Earl Lorden Field
Attendance: 75
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BC Highlights
Boston College is home on Wednesday, May 5 to take on Bryant at 5 p.m. Junior right-handed pitcher Joe Mancini (Fairfield, Conn.) gets the start for the Eagles.
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The game decided in the eighth inning when UMass loaded the bases with one out against freshman left-hander Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.), who had worked a perfect seventh. BC turned to graduate lefty Joey Walsh (Plymouth, Mass.) in the jam. The Eagles got a force at home and were a strike away from stranding the bases loaded when a wild pitch to the backstop scored the eventual game-winning run.
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Freshman right-hander Joey Ryan (Norwood, Mass.) made his first start in over a month and turned in six innings of two-run ball. He was charged with two runs, one earned, on seven hits with three strikeouts to no walks in a 71-pitch no-decision. UMass righty Max LeBlanc struck out eight in six innings of work. He gave up two runs on four hits and three walks.
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Vetrano (1-3) took the loss in 1.1 innings with one run scored on two this and a walk plus one strikeout. Right-hander Tucker Wittman (2-2), the second UMass reliever of the day got the win in two-scoreless innings with one hit against and one strikeout. BC batters totaled 11 strikeouts in the game.
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The Minutemen outhit the Eagles, 9-6, for the game. Shortstop Eddy Hart and center fielder Kevin Skagerlind each had two knocks. Second baseman Aidan Wilde hit a go-ahead, solo home run in the sixth inning.
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DETAILS
Score: Massachusetts 3, Boston College 2
Records: Massachusetts 13-26; Boston College 19-23
Stadium: Earl Lorden Field
Attendance: 75
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BC Highlights
- Morissette led off the fourth with a double to right and scored on a Cunningham groundball to the right.
- With two on and two out in the sixth, Cimini singled to third and scored Gold, who led off the frame with a single, from second base.
- Frelick doubled to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. It was his team-leading 15th of the season and 25th of his career.
- Morissette hit his seventh double of the season and 33rd of his career.
Boston College is home on Wednesday, May 5 to take on Bryant at 5 p.m. Junior right-handed pitcher Joe Mancini (Fairfield, Conn.) gets the start for the Eagles.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wittman, Tucker (2-2)
L: Vetrano, Joe (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Frelick, Sal 1 ; Morissette, Cody 1
RBI: Cunningham, Jack 1 ; Cimini, Vince 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Morissette, Cody 1 ; Gold, Luke 1
SB: Cimini, Vince 1
Batting:
2B: Hart, Eddy 1 ; Luttazi, Steve 1
HR: Wilde, Aidan 1
RBI: Rounds, Michael 1 ; Wilde, Aidan 1
SH: Skagerlind, Kevin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hart, Eddy 1 ; Luttazi, Steve 1 ; Wilde, Aidan 1
CS: Shapiro, Collin 1
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