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Boston College Takes Clean Sweep at Carolina
April 23, 2023 | Baseball
Eagles earn first ACC series sweep since 2017.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – No. 17 Boston College baseball completed its first ACC-series sweep in six years with a come-from-behind, 6-2 win over No. 16 North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The win propelled the Eagles to 27-12 overall and 12-9 in the ACC, while the Tar Heels dropped to 25-15 and 9-10.
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For the second consecutive day, BC jumped on the UNC bullpen. Tied 2-2, the middle of the Eagle lineup loaded the bases on two hits and a walk with nobody out. Back-to-back singles through the left side by freshman catcher Adonys Guzman (Valley Cottage, N.Y.) and senior shortstop Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.) preceded a sacrifice-fly off the bat of freshman designated hitter Cohl Mercado (Ocean View, N.J.) to make it a 5-2 Boston College lead.
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Junior right fielder Travis Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) added to the Eagles' lead with a leadoff-home run to left in the top of the eighth.
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Carolina rallied in the ninth to bring the tying run to the plate with the bases loaded and one out, but BC turned a game-ending, 4-6-3 double play to clinch the series.
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Boston College scored in the first on a bases-loaded single by junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.). North Carolina remained off the board until plating a pair in the fourth to take a 2-1 lead on Eagle right-hander John West (Shrewsbury, Mass.), who scattered five hits and a walk with two strikeouts in a four-inning start. BC answered immediately in the fifth as junior first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) doubled, stole second and scored on a Leary sacrifice-fly.
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Sophomore RHP Eric Schroeder (Ridgewood, N.J.) turned in three-shutout innings of relief. Schroeder (5-2) got the win with one walk and one strikeout on his line. For the Tar Heels, Jake Knapp allowed two runs on five hits and four walks with four strikeouts in the start. Cameron Padgett (2-1) wound up on the short end with two runs against on a hit and a walk without recording an out.
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Vetrano finished the game 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Honeyman was 2-for-5 with two runs.
DETAILS
Score: No. 17 Boston College 6, No. 16 North Carolina 2
Records: Boston College 27-12, 12-9 ACC; North Carolina 25-15, 9-10 ACC
Stadium:Â Boshamer Stadium
Attendance:Â 3,595
BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      The Eagles loaded the bases with one out in the first and got the first run of the day on a Leary base hit through the right side.
·      Vetrano led off the top of the fifth with a double to the track in center, stole third and scored on a Leary sacrifice-fly.
·      Loading the bases with nobody out, the Eagles broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh with RBI singles from Guzman and Cimini plus a sacrifice-fly from Mercado.
·      Honeyman hit a leadoff-home run in the eighth.
·      In the bottom of the ninth, Walsh robbed a home run and the Eagles turned a 4-6-3 double play with the bases loaded to end the game.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC earned its first ACC-series sweep since taking all three games against Notre Dame in the final series played at Shea Field.
·      Entering the weekend, BC was 3-31 all-time against UNC and 0-17 in Chapel Hill.
·      BC last swept a road, ACC-series in 2010 at NC State.
·      Honeyman hit his 14th double of the season and 23rd of his career.
·      Honeyman hit his fifth double of the season and 11th of his career.
·      Honeyman tallied his 14th multi-hit game of the season and 31st of his career.
·      Leary posted his eighth multi-RBI game of the season and 22nd of his career.
·      Vetrano hit his seventh double of the season and 17th of his career.
·      Vetrano stole his third base of the season and sixth of his career.
·      Vetrano recorded back-to-back three-hit days with his second career two-double day, 13th multi-hit game of the season and 32nd of his career.
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UP NEXT
Boston College visits Rhode Island on Tuesday, April 25 before returning home for a four-game homestand.
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For the second consecutive day, BC jumped on the UNC bullpen. Tied 2-2, the middle of the Eagle lineup loaded the bases on two hits and a walk with nobody out. Back-to-back singles through the left side by freshman catcher Adonys Guzman (Valley Cottage, N.Y.) and senior shortstop Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.) preceded a sacrifice-fly off the bat of freshman designated hitter Cohl Mercado (Ocean View, N.J.) to make it a 5-2 Boston College lead.
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Junior right fielder Travis Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) added to the Eagles' lead with a leadoff-home run to left in the top of the eighth.
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Carolina rallied in the ninth to bring the tying run to the plate with the bases loaded and one out, but BC turned a game-ending, 4-6-3 double play to clinch the series.
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Boston College scored in the first on a bases-loaded single by junior left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.). North Carolina remained off the board until plating a pair in the fourth to take a 2-1 lead on Eagle right-hander John West (Shrewsbury, Mass.), who scattered five hits and a walk with two strikeouts in a four-inning start. BC answered immediately in the fifth as junior first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) doubled, stole second and scored on a Leary sacrifice-fly.
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Sophomore RHP Eric Schroeder (Ridgewood, N.J.) turned in three-shutout innings of relief. Schroeder (5-2) got the win with one walk and one strikeout on his line. For the Tar Heels, Jake Knapp allowed two runs on five hits and four walks with four strikeouts in the start. Cameron Padgett (2-1) wound up on the short end with two runs against on a hit and a walk without recording an out.
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Vetrano finished the game 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Honeyman was 2-for-5 with two runs.
DETAILS
Score: No. 17 Boston College 6, No. 16 North Carolina 2
Records: Boston College 27-12, 12-9 ACC; North Carolina 25-15, 9-10 ACC
Stadium:Â Boshamer Stadium
Attendance:Â 3,595
BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      The Eagles loaded the bases with one out in the first and got the first run of the day on a Leary base hit through the right side.
·      Vetrano led off the top of the fifth with a double to the track in center, stole third and scored on a Leary sacrifice-fly.
·      Loading the bases with nobody out, the Eagles broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh with RBI singles from Guzman and Cimini plus a sacrifice-fly from Mercado.
·      Honeyman hit a leadoff-home run in the eighth.
·      In the bottom of the ninth, Walsh robbed a home run and the Eagles turned a 4-6-3 double play with the bases loaded to end the game.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC earned its first ACC-series sweep since taking all three games against Notre Dame in the final series played at Shea Field.
·      Entering the weekend, BC was 3-31 all-time against UNC and 0-17 in Chapel Hill.
·      BC last swept a road, ACC-series in 2010 at NC State.
·      Honeyman hit his 14th double of the season and 23rd of his career.
·      Honeyman hit his fifth double of the season and 11th of his career.
·      Honeyman tallied his 14th multi-hit game of the season and 31st of his career.
·      Leary posted his eighth multi-RBI game of the season and 22nd of his career.
·      Vetrano hit his seventh double of the season and 17th of his career.
·      Vetrano stole his third base of the season and sixth of his career.
·      Vetrano recorded back-to-back three-hit days with his second career two-double day, 13th multi-hit game of the season and 32nd of his career.
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UP NEXT
Boston College visits Rhode Island on Tuesday, April 25 before returning home for a four-game homestand.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Schroeder, Eric (5-2)
L: Cameron Padgett (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 2
HR: Honeyman, Travis 1
RBI: Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Leary, Cameron 2 ; Guzman, Adonys 1 ; Cimini, Vince 1 ; Mercado, Cohl 1
SH: Walsh, Barry 1 ; McNulty, Sam 1
SF: Leary, Cameron 1 ; Mercado, Cohl 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Honeyman, Travis 2 ; Vetrano, Joe 2 ; Roche, Patrick 1 ; Leary, Cameron 1
SB: Vetrano, Joe 1
Batting:
2B: Tomas Frick 1
RBI: Hunter Stokely 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Vance Honeycutt 1 ; Tomas Frick 1
HBP: Tomas Frick 1
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