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.
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.).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
DETAILS
Score: Boston College 18, Pepperdine 6
Records: Boston College 2-1, Pepperdine 1-2
Stadium: Eddy D. Field Stadium
Attendance: 564
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.
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).
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.
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.).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
DETAILS
Score: Boston College 18, Pepperdine 6
Records: Boston College 2-1, Pepperdine 1-2
Stadium: Eddy D. Field Stadium
Attendance: 564
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.
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).
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.
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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