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Eagles Win Eighth in a Row With Sweep of Kennesaw
March 05, 2023 | Baseball
KENNESAW, Ga. – The Boston College baseball team lifted its win streak to eight games with a 5-1 win over Kennesaw State at Stillwell Baseball Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles moved to 8-1, their best start since 2016, with the sweep and the Owls fell to 5-5.
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BC's eight-game win streak is the longest since the 2016 Eagles started the year 8-0.
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Junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) homered twice in the game for Boston College. Tied 1-1 in the seventh, he drew a one-out walk, stole second and scored from third with the game-winning run on a sacrifice-fly to right by senior shortstop Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.).
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Freshman right-hander Bobby Chicoine (Armonk, N.Y.) struck out five batters in a five-inning start. KSU got one run against him, a game-tying home run in the fifth by center fielder Jackson Chirello. Chicoine gave up just three hits and did not issue a walk. Sophomore RHP Eric Schroeder (Ridgewood, N.J.) got the win with four-scoreless innings of relief. Schroeder (2-0) struck out three and gave up three hits.
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Cimini finished the game 2-for-3 out of the eight-hole, while nine-hole hitting center fielder Barry Walsh (Sterling, Mass.) added a 3-for-4 game with a RBI.
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Righty Braden Osbolt turned in a six-inning start in the no-decision for the Owls. He struck out five without a walk, allowed one run on four hits, including Leary's first home run. Lefty Tyler Franks (0-1) took the loss with three runs charged to him in one-third of an inning.
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DETAILS
Score: Boston College 5, Kennesaw State 1
Records: Boston College 8-1, Kennesaw State 5-5
Stadium: Stillwell Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 539
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      Leary hit a solo home run in the second for the first run of the game.
·      The Eagles loaded the bases on three walks in the seventh and plated all three runs with a Cimini sac-fly and RBI-singles from Walsh and Mercado.
·      Leary hit his second home run of the game to right field in the top of the eighth.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC improved to 8-1 for the first time since 2016.
·      BC's eight-game win streak is the first since starting the 2016 season 8-0.
·      BC lifted its series lead to 4-1 over Kennesaw.
·      BC swept a series for the first time since taking all three games at Charleston Southern on opening weekend in 2021.
·      Cimini recorded his second multi-hit game of the season and eighth of his career.
·      Leary homered twice for the fourth time in his career. He moved his season total to four and career total to 22, which is tied for 10th all-time at BC with John Spatola (2007-10).
·      Leary stole his second base of the season and eighth of his career.
·      Mercado stole his team-leading fourth base of the season.
·      Walsh picked up his third multi-hit game of the season and 13th of his career; matching his career-high with three hits.
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UP NEXT
Boston College continues its eight-game, spring break road trip Tuesday, March 7 at Tennessee at 6 p.m.
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BC's eight-game win streak is the longest since the 2016 Eagles started the year 8-0.
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Junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) homered twice in the game for Boston College. Tied 1-1 in the seventh, he drew a one-out walk, stole second and scored from third with the game-winning run on a sacrifice-fly to right by senior shortstop Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.).
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Freshman right-hander Bobby Chicoine (Armonk, N.Y.) struck out five batters in a five-inning start. KSU got one run against him, a game-tying home run in the fifth by center fielder Jackson Chirello. Chicoine gave up just three hits and did not issue a walk. Sophomore RHP Eric Schroeder (Ridgewood, N.J.) got the win with four-scoreless innings of relief. Schroeder (2-0) struck out three and gave up three hits.
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Cimini finished the game 2-for-3 out of the eight-hole, while nine-hole hitting center fielder Barry Walsh (Sterling, Mass.) added a 3-for-4 game with a RBI.
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Righty Braden Osbolt turned in a six-inning start in the no-decision for the Owls. He struck out five without a walk, allowed one run on four hits, including Leary's first home run. Lefty Tyler Franks (0-1) took the loss with three runs charged to him in one-third of an inning.
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DETAILS
Score: Boston College 5, Kennesaw State 1
Records: Boston College 8-1, Kennesaw State 5-5
Stadium: Stillwell Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 539
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      Leary hit a solo home run in the second for the first run of the game.
·      The Eagles loaded the bases on three walks in the seventh and plated all three runs with a Cimini sac-fly and RBI-singles from Walsh and Mercado.
·      Leary hit his second home run of the game to right field in the top of the eighth.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC improved to 8-1 for the first time since 2016.
·      BC's eight-game win streak is the first since starting the 2016 season 8-0.
·      BC lifted its series lead to 4-1 over Kennesaw.
·      BC swept a series for the first time since taking all three games at Charleston Southern on opening weekend in 2021.
·      Cimini recorded his second multi-hit game of the season and eighth of his career.
·      Leary homered twice for the fourth time in his career. He moved his season total to four and career total to 22, which is tied for 10th all-time at BC with John Spatola (2007-10).
·      Leary stole his second base of the season and eighth of his career.
·      Mercado stole his team-leading fourth base of the season.
·      Walsh picked up his third multi-hit game of the season and 13th of his career; matching his career-high with three hits.
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UP NEXT
Boston College continues its eight-game, spring break road trip Tuesday, March 7 at Tennessee at 6 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Schroeder, Eric (2-0)
L: FRANKS, Tyler (0-1)
Batting:
HR: Leary, Cameron 2
RBI: Mercado, Cohl 1 ; Leary, Cameron 2 ; Cimini, Vince 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
SF: Cimini, Vince 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Leary, Cameron 3 ; Wang, Nick 1 ; Burns, Peter 1
SB: Mercado, Cohl 1 ; Leary, Cameron 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
CS: Roche, Patrick 1
HBP: Mercado, Cohl 1 ; Roche, Patrick 1
Batting:
HR: CHIRELLO, Jackson 1
RBI: CHIRELLO, Jackson 1
SH: RICHARDSON, Wade 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CHIRELLO, Jackson 1
SB: EIDSON, Brayden 1
HBP: CORBIN, Zac 1
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