Sunday, February 19
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BC Blasts Past Pepperdine
February 19, 2023 | Baseball
Eagles claim series in decisive fashion with 18-6 win.
MALIBU, Calif. – The Boston College baseball team used an eight-run fourth inning to power past Pepperdine, 18-6, and claim the series at Eddy D. Field Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles open the season 2-1, while the Waves move on at 1-2.
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After surrendering a 4-0 lead over two innings, BC trailed 5-4 at the start of the fourth before senior center fielder Barry Walsh (Sterling, Mass.) tied the game with a home run to center. The Eagles scored seven more runs in the inning, including two-run singles by senior shortstop Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.) and freshman designated hitter Cohl Mercado (Ocean View, N.J.).
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Mercado went 4-for-6 with four RBI from the leadoff spot in the Boston College lineup, while Walsh drove in four runs, scored three and went 3-for-4 in the nine hole; adding a double. Cimini went 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBI and a walk.
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Junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) added a solo home run in a two-run, two-RBI effort. Sophomore third baseman Nick Wang (Newton, Mass.) went 2-for-2 with three walks and three runs.
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Sophomore right-hander Sean Hard (Mahwah, N.J.) threw two-plus innings and gave up five runs on four hits, two walks and two hit batsmen before exiting after Pepperdine gained the lead with back-to-back home runs by first baseman Greg Mehlhaff and second baseman Ryan Johnson.
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Freshman RHP Bobby Chicoine (Armonk, N.Y.) was the first reliever out of the BC pen. He walked a batter, got a double play and struck out another to keep it a one-run game through three. Chicoine (1-0) ultimately got the win with three-scoreless frames as he struck out three, walked two and surrendered one hit.
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Righty Trevor Kinksen lasted three innings in the start. He gave up four runs, one earned, on three hits and four walks with four strikeouts in the no-decision. RHP Dylan Stewart (0-1) followed and surrendered four runs on two this and two walks without getting an out in the losing effort.
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DETAILS
Score: Boston College 18, Pepperdine 6
Records: Boston College 2-1, Pepperdine 1-2
Stadium: Eddy D. Field Stadium
Attendance: 564
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      The Eagles scored four runs in the second, beginning with a two-run error and took advantage by adding a RBI-groundout and a RBI-double from Honeyman.
·      Walsh hit a game-tying, leadoff-home run in the fourth to spark an eight-run inning.
·      Cimini and Mercado each picked up two-run singles in the fourth.
·      With the bases loaded in the seventh, Peter Burns picked up a RBI-single and Walsh hit a two-run double.
·      Leary homered deep to right over a 30' concrete parking structure.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC scored 15 or more runs for the first time since a 16-run game against Merrimack (3/30/22).
·      BC pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts; the third game of 10 or more this season.
·      Cimini posted his seventh career multi-hit game.
·      Honeyman hit his second double of the season and 11th of his career.
·      Leary hit his 19th career home run.
·      Mercado was the first Eagle with four hits in a game since Leary and Luke Gold did so at Miami (3/11/22).
·      Joe Vetrano hit his 11th career double.
·      Walsh hit his sixth career home run and 10th career double.
·      Walsh became the first Eagle with two hits in an inning since Brian Dempsey against North Carolina (3/20/21) as he homered and singled in the fourth.
·      Walsh recorded four or more RBI in a game for the second time in his career and the first Eagle with four in a game since Vetrano against Pittsburgh (4/10/22).
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UP NEXT
Boston College opens the Swig-And-Swine Classic at Shipyard Park in Charleston, S.C. on Friday, Feb. 24 against Bucknell at Noon ET.
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After surrendering a 4-0 lead over two innings, BC trailed 5-4 at the start of the fourth before senior center fielder Barry Walsh (Sterling, Mass.) tied the game with a home run to center. The Eagles scored seven more runs in the inning, including two-run singles by senior shortstop Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.) and freshman designated hitter Cohl Mercado (Ocean View, N.J.).
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Mercado went 4-for-6 with four RBI from the leadoff spot in the Boston College lineup, while Walsh drove in four runs, scored three and went 3-for-4 in the nine hole; adding a double. Cimini went 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBI and a walk.
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Junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) added a solo home run in a two-run, two-RBI effort. Sophomore third baseman Nick Wang (Newton, Mass.) went 2-for-2 with three walks and three runs.
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Sophomore right-hander Sean Hard (Mahwah, N.J.) threw two-plus innings and gave up five runs on four hits, two walks and two hit batsmen before exiting after Pepperdine gained the lead with back-to-back home runs by first baseman Greg Mehlhaff and second baseman Ryan Johnson.
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Freshman RHP Bobby Chicoine (Armonk, N.Y.) was the first reliever out of the BC pen. He walked a batter, got a double play and struck out another to keep it a one-run game through three. Chicoine (1-0) ultimately got the win with three-scoreless frames as he struck out three, walked two and surrendered one hit.
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Righty Trevor Kinksen lasted three innings in the start. He gave up four runs, one earned, on three hits and four walks with four strikeouts in the no-decision. RHP Dylan Stewart (0-1) followed and surrendered four runs on two this and two walks without getting an out in the losing effort.
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DETAILS
Score: Boston College 18, Pepperdine 6
Records: Boston College 2-1, Pepperdine 1-2
Stadium: Eddy D. Field Stadium
Attendance: 564
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      The Eagles scored four runs in the second, beginning with a two-run error and took advantage by adding a RBI-groundout and a RBI-double from Honeyman.
·      Walsh hit a game-tying, leadoff-home run in the fourth to spark an eight-run inning.
·      Cimini and Mercado each picked up two-run singles in the fourth.
·      With the bases loaded in the seventh, Peter Burns picked up a RBI-single and Walsh hit a two-run double.
·      Leary homered deep to right over a 30' concrete parking structure.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC scored 15 or more runs for the first time since a 16-run game against Merrimack (3/30/22).
·      BC pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts; the third game of 10 or more this season.
·      Cimini posted his seventh career multi-hit game.
·      Honeyman hit his second double of the season and 11th of his career.
·      Leary hit his 19th career home run.
·      Mercado was the first Eagle with four hits in a game since Leary and Luke Gold did so at Miami (3/11/22).
·      Joe Vetrano hit his 11th career double.
·      Walsh hit his sixth career home run and 10th career double.
·      Walsh became the first Eagle with two hits in an inning since Brian Dempsey against North Carolina (3/20/21) as he homered and singled in the fourth.
·      Walsh recorded four or more RBI in a game for the second time in his career and the first Eagle with four in a game since Vetrano against Pittsburgh (4/10/22).
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UP NEXT
Boston College opens the Swig-And-Swine Classic at Shipyard Park in Charleston, S.C. on Friday, Feb. 24 against Bucknell at Noon ET.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Chicoine, Bobby (1-0)
L: STEWART, DYLAN (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
HR: Leary, Cameron 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
RBI: Mercado, Cohl 4 ; Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Roche, Patrick 1 ; Leary, Cameron 2 ; Wang, Nick 1 ; Cimini, Vince 2 ; Burns, Peter 2 ; Walsh, Barry 4
SF: Leary, Cameron 1 ; Burns, Peter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mercado, Cohl 1 ; Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 2 ; Roche, Patrick 1 ; Leary, Cameron 2 ; Wang, Nick 3 ; Cimini, Vince 3 ; Burns, Peter 2 ; Walsh, Barry 3
HBP: Baruch, Daniel 1
Batting:
2B: BASSEER, JACK 1
HR: PECK, JOHN 1 ; MEHLHAFF, GREG 1 ; JOHNSON, RYAN 1
RBI: PECK, JOHN 1 ; MEHLHAFF, GREG 2 ; JOHNSON, RYAN 1 ; LANDIS, QUINTT 1 ; GOODMAN, JACK 1
SF: GOODMAN, JACK 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PECK, JOHN 2 ; MEHLHAFF, GREG 1 ; JOHNSON, RYAN 1 ; ORELLANA, LINCOLN 1 ; BASSEER, JACK 1
CS: JOHNSON, RYAN 1 ; BRADSHAW, CONNOR 1
HBP: MEHLHAFF, GREG 1 ; JOHNSON, RYAN 1 ; LANDIS, QUINTT 1
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