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Eagles Win Wild One in Extras at UNC
April 21, 2023 | Baseball
No. 17 Boston College claims program's first win in Chapel Hill.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – In a wild, back-and-forth affair, No. 17 Boston College baseball pulled out a 9-8, 10-inning win over No. 16 North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium on Friday night. The win, the first for BC at UNC in 18 games, improved the Eagles to 25-12 overall and 10-9 in the ACC, while the Tar Heels dropped to 25-13 and 9-8.
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The top of the 10th started with an errant throw and a wild pitch to put graduate catcher Peter Burns (Reading, Mass.) in scoring position. After a fly ball moved Burns and an intentional-walk to junior first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.), who took second on an indifference, sophomore shortstop Sam McNulty (Cambridge, Mass.) delivered both to the plate with a single ripped through the left side.
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UNC battled back in the bottom of the 10th, scoring one run on two hits and a walk and getting the tying run to third and winning run to first. Sophomore right-hander Julian Tonghini (New Canaan, Conn.) pitched the extra frame; striking out three, including a called strike three to end the game and secure his second save of the season.
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Junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) put Boston College on top in the ninth on a solo home run to right-center. Graduate RHP Andrew Roman (Monson, Mass.) then returned to the mound for his second inning of relief, but saw the lead disappear two batters into the inning after a single, stolen base and a single. With the bases loaded and one out, the Eagles forced extras with an inning-ending, 4-6-3 double play.
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Roman (2-0) got the win in two innings of work with one run scored against on two hits and a walk. Graduate RHP Henry Leake (Burbank, Calif.) overcame a six-run bottom of the first to go 3.1 innings with the six runs scored on nine hits and no walks with two strikeouts.
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For Carolina, Max Carlson surrendered five runs, three earned, on three hits and four walks with two strikeouts in a 2.2-inning start. RHP Kevin Eaise (2-3) took the loss with three runs against, one earned, on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 1.2 innings of work.
DETAILS
Score: No. 17 Boston College 9, No. 16 North Carolina 8
Records: Boston College 25-12, 10-9 ACC; North Carolina 25-13, 9-8 ACC
Stadium:Â Boshamer Stadium
Attendance:Â 4,012
BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      Roche hit a two-out, RBI-double to start the scoring in the top of the first and scored on a passed ball.
·      Trailing 6-2 in the third, BC cut the deficit to one on back-to-back, two-out singles by Cimini and Mercado, who drove in two.
·      Schroeder relieved Leake with two on, one out in the fourth and left the bases loaded to keep the UNC lead at one.
·      The Eagles tied the game in the fifth on a two-out single by Cimini to score Wang, who doubled.
·      Leary hit a go-ahead, solo home run in the top of the ninth.
·      After surrendering the lead in the bottom of the ninth, Roman got an inning-ending, 4-6-3 double play with the bases loaded.
·      With two out and two runners in scoring position, McNulty put BC back on top in the 10th with a base hit through the left side.
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GAME NOTES
·      The win marked the first in 18 games for Boston College at North Carolina.
·      BC is 3-0 in extra-inning games this season.
·      BC is 6-2 in one-run games this season.
·      Cimini tallied his ninth multi-hit and third multi-RBI game of the season and 15th and fifth, respectively, of his career.
·      Honeyman posted his 13th multi-hit game of the season and 30th of his career.
·      Leary hit his ninth home run of the season and 27th of his career, which ties him for fifth all-time at BC with Brian Macchi (1999-02).
·      Mercado recorded his sixth multi-RBI game of the season.
·      Mercado stole his seventh base of the season.
·      Roche hit his 10th double of the season and 15th of his career.
·      Roche stole his third base of the season and fifth of his career.
·      Walsh extended his career-best reached base-streak to 15 games.
·      Wang hit his ninth double of the season.
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UP NEXT
Game two has been pushed back to a 6 p.m. first pitch on Saturday due to rain in the forecast. Graduate RHP Chris Flynn (Naugatuck, Conn.) gets the ball for BC.
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The top of the 10th started with an errant throw and a wild pitch to put graduate catcher Peter Burns (Reading, Mass.) in scoring position. After a fly ball moved Burns and an intentional-walk to junior first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.), who took second on an indifference, sophomore shortstop Sam McNulty (Cambridge, Mass.) delivered both to the plate with a single ripped through the left side.
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UNC battled back in the bottom of the 10th, scoring one run on two hits and a walk and getting the tying run to third and winning run to first. Sophomore right-hander Julian Tonghini (New Canaan, Conn.) pitched the extra frame; striking out three, including a called strike three to end the game and secure his second save of the season.
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Junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) put Boston College on top in the ninth on a solo home run to right-center. Graduate RHP Andrew Roman (Monson, Mass.) then returned to the mound for his second inning of relief, but saw the lead disappear two batters into the inning after a single, stolen base and a single. With the bases loaded and one out, the Eagles forced extras with an inning-ending, 4-6-3 double play.
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Roman (2-0) got the win in two innings of work with one run scored against on two hits and a walk. Graduate RHP Henry Leake (Burbank, Calif.) overcame a six-run bottom of the first to go 3.1 innings with the six runs scored on nine hits and no walks with two strikeouts.
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For Carolina, Max Carlson surrendered five runs, three earned, on three hits and four walks with two strikeouts in a 2.2-inning start. RHP Kevin Eaise (2-3) took the loss with three runs against, one earned, on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 1.2 innings of work.
DETAILS
Score: No. 17 Boston College 9, No. 16 North Carolina 8
Records: Boston College 25-12, 10-9 ACC; North Carolina 25-13, 9-8 ACC
Stadium:Â Boshamer Stadium
Attendance:Â 4,012
BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      Roche hit a two-out, RBI-double to start the scoring in the top of the first and scored on a passed ball.
·      Trailing 6-2 in the third, BC cut the deficit to one on back-to-back, two-out singles by Cimini and Mercado, who drove in two.
·      Schroeder relieved Leake with two on, one out in the fourth and left the bases loaded to keep the UNC lead at one.
·      The Eagles tied the game in the fifth on a two-out single by Cimini to score Wang, who doubled.
·      Leary hit a go-ahead, solo home run in the top of the ninth.
·      After surrendering the lead in the bottom of the ninth, Roman got an inning-ending, 4-6-3 double play with the bases loaded.
·      With two out and two runners in scoring position, McNulty put BC back on top in the 10th with a base hit through the left side.
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GAME NOTES
·      The win marked the first in 18 games for Boston College at North Carolina.
·      BC is 3-0 in extra-inning games this season.
·      BC is 6-2 in one-run games this season.
·      Cimini tallied his ninth multi-hit and third multi-RBI game of the season and 15th and fifth, respectively, of his career.
·      Honeyman posted his 13th multi-hit game of the season and 30th of his career.
·      Leary hit his ninth home run of the season and 27th of his career, which ties him for fifth all-time at BC with Brian Macchi (1999-02).
·      Mercado recorded his sixth multi-RBI game of the season.
·      Mercado stole his seventh base of the season.
·      Roche hit his 10th double of the season and 15th of his career.
·      Roche stole his third base of the season and fifth of his career.
·      Walsh extended his career-best reached base-streak to 15 games.
·      Wang hit his ninth double of the season.
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UP NEXT
Game two has been pushed back to a 6 p.m. first pitch on Saturday due to rain in the forecast. Graduate RHP Chris Flynn (Naugatuck, Conn.) gets the ball for BC.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Roman, Andrew (2-0)
L: Kevin Eaise (2-3)
S: Tonghini, Julian (2)
Batting:
2B: Roche, Patrick 1 ; Wang, Nick 1
HR: Leary, Cameron 1
RBI: Roche, Patrick 1 ; McNulty, Sam 2 ; Leary, Cameron 1 ; Cimini, Vince 2 ; Mercado, Cohl 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Burns, Peter 1 ; Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Roche, Patrick 2 ; Leary, Cameron 1 ; Wang, Nick 2 ; Cimini, Vince 1
SB: Roche, Patrick 1 ; Mercado, Cohl 1
HBP: Honeyman, Travis 1
Batting:
2B: Mac Horvath 2 ; Hunter Stokely 1
HR: Vance Honeycutt 1 ; Alberto Osuna 1
RBI: Jackson Van De Brake 3 ; Vance Honeycutt 3 ; Alberto Osuna 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Casey Cook 1 ; Mac Horvath 2 ; Jackson Van De Brake 1 ; Vance Honeycutt 1 ; Hunter Stokely 1 ; Alberto Osuna 1 ; Colby Wilkerson 1
SB: Mac Horvath 1
HBP: Vance Honeycutt 1
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