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Photo by: Joe Sullivan
Wang Homer Lifts BC to Beanpot Victory
April 11, 2023 | Baseball
Eagles claim 15th Beanpot Championship on walk-off home run.
BRIGHTON, Mass. – Sophomore third baseman Nick Wang (Newton, Mass.) hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to give No. 11 Boston College a 5-4 win over Harvard and claim the Beanpot Championship at the Harrington Athletics Village on Tuesday night. The win marked the 15th Beanpot title for the Eagles, who have won back-to-back championships for the sixth time in tournament history.
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Boston College (22-9) led 3-0 through three innings after junior first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) and junior second baseman Patrick Roche (Milton, Mass.) hit back-to-back home runs. The Crimson (11-17) answered in the fourth with four runs on three hits and four free passes, but the Eagles' bullpen limited the damage with an inning-ending double play that came with the bases loaded.
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In the sixth, graduate catcher Peter Burns (Reading, Mass.) walked and junior right fielder Travis Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) singled to set the table. The duo moved up on a wild pitch and Burns scored the game-tying run on a RBI-groundout hit to the right side by Roche.
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Harvard put together a two-out rally in the ninth as three straight batters reached to load the bases, but BC sophomore right-hander Julian Tonghini (New Canaan, Conn.) got his second strikeout of the inning to leave the bases full. Wang then led off the bottom half and drilled a 2-0 pitch over the fence in left-center.
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Tonghini (2-1) got the win in one inning of work. Crimson RHP Callan Fang (2-3) took the loss.
DETAILS
Score:Â No. 11 Boston College 5, Harvard 4
Records: Boston College 22-9, Harvard 11-17
Stadium:Â Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance:Â 631
BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      The Eagles built on a 1-0 lead with back-to-back homers in the third from Vetrano and Roche.
·      Burns and Honeyman set the table in the sixth to produce the game-tying run on a Roche RBI-groundout.
·      Wang led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk-off home run to left-center.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC claimed its 15th Beanpot Championship all-time and back-to-back title.
·      BC has won back-to-back Beanpots on six occasions; most recently three in a row from 2015-2017.
·      BC is 43-18-1 all-time in the Beanpot.
·      BC won its third game by walk-off this season.
·      Honeyman stole two bases to push his season total to nine and career total to 14.
·      Leary hit his fifth double of the season and 17th of his career.
·      Roche hit his third home run of the season.
·      Vetrano hit his ninth home run of the season and 22nd of his career.
·      Vetrano and Roche became the first Eagles to hit back-to-back home runs since Vetrano and Parker Landwehr against Pittsburgh (4/10/22).
·      Wang hit his sixth home run of the season; the first walk-off home run by an Eagle since Dante Baldelli against Virginia Tech (3/24/18).
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UP NEXT
Boston College visits Dartmouth on Wednesday for a 3 p.m. first pitch airing on ESPN+.
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Boston College (22-9) led 3-0 through three innings after junior first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) and junior second baseman Patrick Roche (Milton, Mass.) hit back-to-back home runs. The Crimson (11-17) answered in the fourth with four runs on three hits and four free passes, but the Eagles' bullpen limited the damage with an inning-ending double play that came with the bases loaded.
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In the sixth, graduate catcher Peter Burns (Reading, Mass.) walked and junior right fielder Travis Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) singled to set the table. The duo moved up on a wild pitch and Burns scored the game-tying run on a RBI-groundout hit to the right side by Roche.
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Harvard put together a two-out rally in the ninth as three straight batters reached to load the bases, but BC sophomore right-hander Julian Tonghini (New Canaan, Conn.) got his second strikeout of the inning to leave the bases full. Wang then led off the bottom half and drilled a 2-0 pitch over the fence in left-center.
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Tonghini (2-1) got the win in one inning of work. Crimson RHP Callan Fang (2-3) took the loss.
DETAILS
Score:Â No. 11 Boston College 5, Harvard 4
Records: Boston College 22-9, Harvard 11-17
Stadium:Â Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance:Â 631
BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      The Eagles built on a 1-0 lead with back-to-back homers in the third from Vetrano and Roche.
·      Burns and Honeyman set the table in the sixth to produce the game-tying run on a Roche RBI-groundout.
·      Wang led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk-off home run to left-center.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC claimed its 15th Beanpot Championship all-time and back-to-back title.
·      BC has won back-to-back Beanpots on six occasions; most recently three in a row from 2015-2017.
·      BC is 43-18-1 all-time in the Beanpot.
·      BC won its third game by walk-off this season.
·      Honeyman stole two bases to push his season total to nine and career total to 14.
·      Leary hit his fifth double of the season and 17th of his career.
·      Roche hit his third home run of the season.
·      Vetrano hit his ninth home run of the season and 22nd of his career.
·      Vetrano and Roche became the first Eagles to hit back-to-back home runs since Vetrano and Parker Landwehr against Pittsburgh (4/10/22).
·      Wang hit his sixth home run of the season; the first walk-off home run by an Eagle since Dante Baldelli against Virginia Tech (3/24/18).
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UP NEXT
Boston College visits Dartmouth on Wednesday for a 3 p.m. first pitch airing on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tonghini, Julian (2-1)
L: Fang, Callan (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Rounds, Ben 1 ; Colasante, Gio 1
RBI: Rounds, Ben 2 ; Berger, Jake 1 ; Kang, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Messervy, Peter 1 ; Rounds, Ben 1 ; Giberti, Matt 1 ; Baldwin, Hunter 1
HBP: Messervy, Peter 1 ; Rounds, Ben 1 ; Berger, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: Leary, Cameron 1
HR: Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Roche, Patrick 1 ; Wang, Nick 1
RBI: Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Roche, Patrick 2 ; Wang, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Burns, Peter 1 ; Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Roche, Patrick 1 ; Wang, Nick 1
SB: Honeyman, Travis 2
HBP: Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Roche, Patrick 1
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