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Boston College Knocks Off No. 2/3 Tennessee in Extras
March 07, 2023 | Baseball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) threw out the potential game-winning run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth and hit a go-ahead home run in the top of the 10th as Boston College baseball upset No. 2/3 Tennessee, 7-6 in 10 innings, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Tuesday night. The Eagles won their ninth in a row to improve to 9-1 and snapped the Volunteers 11-game win streak; moving UT to 11-3 on the year.
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BC score in seven of 10 turns at bat, but did not trail after the fifth inning. The Eagles held single-run leads three times between the sixth and ninth innings with UT answering on each occasion.
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In the bottom of the ninth, second baseman Christian Moore hit a leadoff-home run to tie the game, 6-6. First baseman Blake Burke followed with a triple that put the tying run at third with nobody out. The Eagles replaced an outfielder with a fifth infielder and moved the two remaining outfielders into the gaps. A groundball to a drawn in infield went down as out number one. Third baseman Zane Denton then lined a ball right at Leary in the left field gap. He made the catch, hit the cutoff man down the third base line and the relay made it home for the tag to end the inning with a double play.
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Sophomore lefty Matthew Nunan (Egg Harbor, N.J.) entered in the jam in the ninth and escaped without further damage. Nunan (1-0) stayed on for the 10th and set the Volunteers down in order as he was perfect in 1.2 innings of relief. Seth Halvorsen (1-1) took the loss in two innings for UT with two runs charged on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
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Boston College totaled four home runs, all solo shots, on the day. Senior center fielder Barry Walsh (Sterling, Mass.) hit the first of the night. Junior first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) was good for a pair of homers, including a go-ahead home run in the eighth.
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DETAILS
Score: Boston College 7, No. 2/3 Tennessee 6
Records: Boston College 9-1, Tennessee 11-3
Stadium: Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Attendance: 4,749
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      Walsh posted the first hit of the day for either side, after the first 14 batters of the game were retired, with a solo home run to left-center in the third.
·      Trailing 3-1, Vetrano immediately cut the deficit in half in the fourth with a solo home run on the first pitch of the inning.
·      With runners at the corners and one out in the fifth, Mercado laid down a squeeze-bunt down the first base line that brought in the tying run.
·      Vetrano hit a leadoff-double in the sixth and scored from third on a base hit to left by Leary to put BC ahead 4-3.
·      Vetrano hit his second home run in the eighth, a go-ahead solo shot to go in front 5-4.
·      Tied 5-5, Cimini singled in the ninth and scored from second on a bang-bang play at the plate.
·      With Nunan on the mound in the ninth, and the Eagles in a shift, BC escaped a runner at third, nobody out situation with a groundball at an infielder and a line out double play to Leary in left-center.
·      Leary hit a game-winning home run on a towering shot to start the top of the 10th.
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GAME NOTES
·      The game marked the first-ever match-up between BC and Tennessee.
·      BC has won four of its last five games against SEC opponents since 2019.
·      BC is 9-1 for the first time since 2016; the last time the Eagles made the NCAA Tournament.
·      BC has won nine games in a row for the first time since April 2010.
·      The win was the first in extra innings for BC since a 10-9 win at Auburn (3/7/21).
·      Leary hit his fifth home run of the season and 23rd of his career, which is tied for ninth all-time with Chris Shaw (2013-15).
·      Leary recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season and 21st of his career.
·      Vetrano homered twice in a game for the second time in his career as he pushed his season total to four and career total to 17.
·      Vetrano hit his second double of the season and 12th of his career.
·      Vetrano registered his third multi-hit game of the season and 22nd of his career.
·      Walsh hit his third home run of the season and eighth of his career.
·      Walsh recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season and 14th of his career.
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UP NEXT
Boston College is in action tomorrow at UNC Asheville for a 4 p.m. first pitch. Sophomore RHP Luke Delongchamp (Holden, Mass.) is slated to make his first start of the season.
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BC score in seven of 10 turns at bat, but did not trail after the fifth inning. The Eagles held single-run leads three times between the sixth and ninth innings with UT answering on each occasion.
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In the bottom of the ninth, second baseman Christian Moore hit a leadoff-home run to tie the game, 6-6. First baseman Blake Burke followed with a triple that put the tying run at third with nobody out. The Eagles replaced an outfielder with a fifth infielder and moved the two remaining outfielders into the gaps. A groundball to a drawn in infield went down as out number one. Third baseman Zane Denton then lined a ball right at Leary in the left field gap. He made the catch, hit the cutoff man down the third base line and the relay made it home for the tag to end the inning with a double play.
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Sophomore lefty Matthew Nunan (Egg Harbor, N.J.) entered in the jam in the ninth and escaped without further damage. Nunan (1-0) stayed on for the 10th and set the Volunteers down in order as he was perfect in 1.2 innings of relief. Seth Halvorsen (1-1) took the loss in two innings for UT with two runs charged on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
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Boston College totaled four home runs, all solo shots, on the day. Senior center fielder Barry Walsh (Sterling, Mass.) hit the first of the night. Junior first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) was good for a pair of homers, including a go-ahead home run in the eighth.
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DETAILS
Score: Boston College 7, No. 2/3 Tennessee 6
Records: Boston College 9-1, Tennessee 11-3
Stadium: Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Attendance: 4,749
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      Walsh posted the first hit of the day for either side, after the first 14 batters of the game were retired, with a solo home run to left-center in the third.
·      Trailing 3-1, Vetrano immediately cut the deficit in half in the fourth with a solo home run on the first pitch of the inning.
·      With runners at the corners and one out in the fifth, Mercado laid down a squeeze-bunt down the first base line that brought in the tying run.
·      Vetrano hit a leadoff-double in the sixth and scored from third on a base hit to left by Leary to put BC ahead 4-3.
·      Vetrano hit his second home run in the eighth, a go-ahead solo shot to go in front 5-4.
·      Tied 5-5, Cimini singled in the ninth and scored from second on a bang-bang play at the plate.
·      With Nunan on the mound in the ninth, and the Eagles in a shift, BC escaped a runner at third, nobody out situation with a groundball at an infielder and a line out double play to Leary in left-center.
·      Leary hit a game-winning home run on a towering shot to start the top of the 10th.
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GAME NOTES
·      The game marked the first-ever match-up between BC and Tennessee.
·      BC has won four of its last five games against SEC opponents since 2019.
·      BC is 9-1 for the first time since 2016; the last time the Eagles made the NCAA Tournament.
·      BC has won nine games in a row for the first time since April 2010.
·      The win was the first in extra innings for BC since a 10-9 win at Auburn (3/7/21).
·      Leary hit his fifth home run of the season and 23rd of his career, which is tied for ninth all-time with Chris Shaw (2013-15).
·      Leary recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season and 21st of his career.
·      Vetrano homered twice in a game for the second time in his career as he pushed his season total to four and career total to 17.
·      Vetrano hit his second double of the season and 12th of his career.
·      Vetrano registered his third multi-hit game of the season and 22nd of his career.
·      Walsh hit his third home run of the season and eighth of his career.
·      Walsh recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season and 14th of his career.
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UP NEXT
Boston College is in action tomorrow at UNC Asheville for a 4 p.m. first pitch. Sophomore RHP Luke Delongchamp (Holden, Mass.) is slated to make his first start of the season.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nunan, Matthew (1-0)
L: Seth Halvorsen (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Vetrano, Joe 1
HR: Vetrano, Joe 2 ; Leary, Cameron 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
RBI: Mercado, Cohl 1 ; Landwehr, Parker 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 2 ; Leary, Cameron 2 ; Walsh, Barry 1
SH: Mercado, Cohl 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vetrano, Joe 3 ; Leary, Cameron 1 ; Burns, Peter 1 ; Cimini, Vince 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
Batting:
3B: Blake Burke 1
HR: Christian Moore 1
RBI: Maui Ahuna 1 ; Christian Moore 3 ; Blake Burke 1 ; Griffin Merritt 1
SH: Cal Stark 1
SF: Blake Burke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Maui Ahuna 1 ; Christian Moore 1 ; Jared Dickey 1 ; Christian Scott 1 ; Charlie Taylor 1 ; Logan Chambers 1
SB: Christian Moore 1 ; Blake Burke 1 ; Griffin Merritt 1
HBP: Jared Dickey 1
Game Leaders
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