Eagles Suffer First Home Series Loss

BRIGHTON, Mass. – No. 11 Boston College baseball dropped a home series to Duke with a 6-2 loss at the Harrington Athletics Village on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles fell to 25-11 overall and 9-9 in the ACC, while the Blue Devils improved to 23-12 and 9-8.

Duke led wire-to-wire, scoring off a leadoff-double in the first by shortstop Alex Mooney that was followed by a pair of productive outs to bring him in. The Blue Devils built a 3-0 lead before BC got on the board in the sixth. Junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) brought the Eagles within a run in the seventh with a leadoff-home run.

A one-run Duke lead was stretched to four in the top of the ninth when third baseman Andrew Fischer hit a towering, three-run home run in a left-on-left match-up.

In a spot start, right-hander Ryan Higgins (3-0) allowed just one baserunner on a leadoff-single in the third as he turned in five-shutout innings with three strikeouts on just 58 pitches. Junior RHP John West (Shrewsbury, Mass.) took the loss for BC in four innings of work. He allowed three runs on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

DETAILS
Score: Duke 6, No. 11 Boston College 2
Records: Duke 23-12, 9-8 ACC; Boston College 24-11, 9-9 ACC
Stadium: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 1,302

GAME NOTES
·       BC leads the all-time series with Duke, 22-17.
·       BC is 1-10 when trailing after six innings this season.
·       Cimini hit his first double of the season and 11^th of his career.
·       Leary hit his eighth home run of the season and 26^th of his career.
·       Roche's reached base-streak ended at 23 games.
·       Vetrano hit his sixth double of the season and 16^th of his career.

UP NEXT
Boston College hosts Connecticut for a re-match of its home-and-home series on Wednesday, April 19 at 5:30 p.m.

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Team Stats

Joe Vetrano

Cameron Leary

Nick Wang

Barry Walsh

Players Mentioned

Cameron Leary

John West

Players Mentioned

Cameron Leary

John West