BC Sweeps Doubleheader at Kennesaw State

KENNESAW, Ga. – The Boston College baseball team swept a doubleheader over Kennesaw State at Stillwell Baseball Stadium on Saturday by scores of 7-4 and 6-2. The Eagles ran their win streak to seven games, the longest in seven years, and improved to 7-1, while the Owls dropped to 5-4.

In the opener, BC jumped out to a three-run lead in the top of the first, which featured a RBI-triple by junior right fielder Travis Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.). The Owls jumped back in the game in the third, taking advantage of three free passes, and tied the game.

The Eagles answered immediately in the top of the fourth, which opened with an error. Senior shortstop Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.) plated the go-ahead run with a RBI-single and Honeyman tacked on another with a fielder's choice RBI.

Honeyman went 3-for-5 in the game with two RBI and two runs. He singled and stole a base in the eighth; scoring on a pair of errors to push the game to its final score.

Graduate right-hander Henry Leake (Burbank, Calif.) got the win in 2.2-scoreless innings of relief. Leake (1-1) allowed two hits and struck out two. Junior RHP John West (Shrewsbury, Mass.) gave up three runs on three hits, two walks and two hit batters in a 2.1-inning start. He also struck out three.

Junior RHP Joey Ryan (Norwood, Mass.) struck out eight batters and got the save in a 3.2-inning appearance. He retired all 10 batters faced and struck out the side in the ninth.

Boston College pushed its win streak to seven games, the longest since starting the 2016 season 7-0, with a 6-2 win in the nightcap. Graduate right-hander Chris Flynn (Naugatuck, Conn.) threw five-shutout innings and struck out 10 to lift his scoreless-inning streak to 17 to start the year. Flynn (3-0) worked with traffic on in every inning, leaving nine Owls on base as he worked around six hits and three walks.

The Eagle broke into the score column in the second inning with a RBI-double from junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) and a RBI-single by freshman catcher Adonys Guzman (Valley Cottage, N.Y.). BC pushed its lead to 6-0 with two runs in the third, including another RBI hit from Leary, and two in the fifth as Honeyman doubled in a run.

DETAILS
Score: Boston College 7-6, Kennesaw State 4-2
Records: Boston College 7-1, Kennesaw State 5-4
Stadium: Stillwell Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 433

BC GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS
·       The Eagles totaled three runs on five hits in the top of the first as Mercado singled, Honeyman tripled, Roche doubled and Wang and Burns added two more singles.
·       Tied 3-3, Cimini drove in the go-ahead run with a fourth-inning single.
·       Leading 6-4 in the seventh, Honeyman singled, stole second and scored on the same play via two errors in the field.

BC GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS
·       Roche singled and scored on a Leary double in the second. Guzman brought in Leary with a single through the right side.
·       Roche and Leary each drove in a run in the third to double BC's lead to 4-0.
·       Flynn struck out three and stranded on runner in the bottom of the third.
·       Flynn stranded the bases loaded in the fourth with a called strike three.
·       Flynn struck out his 10^th batter to end the fifth and leave two runners aboard.

GAME NOTES
·       BC improved to 7-1 for the second time in three years and third time since 2016.
·       BC's seven-game win streak is the first since starting the 2016 7-0.
·       BC took a 3-1 lead in the series over Kennesaw.
·       BC pitchers combined for a season-high 14 strikeouts in the opener and 13 more in the night cap. The Eagle pitching staff has reached double digit strikeouts in seven of eight games this season.
·       Burns recorded his third multi-hit game of the season and 18^th of his career with a career-high three knocks.
·       Flynn match his season-high in strikeouts at 10; reaching double digits for the second game in a row.
·       Honeyman hit his first triple of the season and second of his career.
·       Honeyman posted a pair of multi-hit games to push his season total to four and career total to 21.
·       Honeyman stole his second base of the season and seventh of his career.
·       Honeyman doubled twice in game two to push his season total to five, career total to 14 and mark the first two-double game of his career.
·       Leary hit his second double of the season and 14^th of his career.
·       Leary collected his second multi-RBI game of the season and 16^th of his career.
·       Leary tallied his second multi-hit game of the season and 19^th of his career.
·       Roche hit his first double of the season and sixth of his career.
·       Roche registered his third multi-hit game of the season and eighth of his career.
·       Ryan recorded his third career save and struck out a career-high eight; doubling his previous high.
·       Wang hit his second double and second multi-hit game of the season.

UP NEXT
Boston College goes for the sweep over Kennesaw State Sunday at Noon ET.

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Team Stats

Travis Honeyman

Peter Burns

Cohl Mercado

Nick Wang

Players Mentioned

Vince Cimini

Chris Flynn

Adonys Guzman

Travis Honeyman

Henry Leake

Cameron Leary

Joey Ryan

John West

Players Mentioned

Vince Cimini

Chris Flynn

Adonys Guzman

Travis Honeyman

Henry Leake

Cameron Leary

Joey Ryan

John West