Baseball Rallies Late, Drops Game One

Thursday, April 6

Louisville, Ky.

6:00 PM

Boston College

21-7, 8-5

Louisville

22-7, 5-5

Boston College

Louisville

April 06, 2023 | Baseball

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No. 9 Boston College falls in series opener, 6-4

By: Athletic Communications

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 9 Boston College baseball team lost its series opener to No. 17 Louisville, 6-4, at Jim Patterson Stadium on Thursday night. The Eagles dropped to 21-7 overall and 8-5 in the ACC, while the Cardinals improved to 22-7 and 5-5.

The first 10 hits of the game were all singles for Louisville, which built a 5-1 lead through five innings; chasing BC graduate right-hander Henry Leake (Burbank, Calif.) in the fifth. The Eagles scored first in the first and Cardinals tied the game in the second. Leake limited Louisville to a single run in the second and third with a pair of inning-ending double plays, but the Cardinals broke the game open with a three-run fourth.

RHP Ryan Hawks (5-1) limited BC to one run on four hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in eight innings of work. Leake (3-3) allowed five runs on nine hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Three Cardinal batters collected a pair of hits, including center fielder Eddie King Jr., who went 2-for-4 with two RBI-singles. Junior first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) drove in the lone Eagle run of the night in a 3-for-4 performance, including a double.

DETAILS
Score: No. 17 Louisville 6, No. 9 Boston College 4
Records: Louisville 22-7, 5-5; Boston College 21-7, 8-5 ACC
Stadium: Jim Patterson Stadium
Attendance: 2,508

BC HIGHLIGHTS
·       Honeyman doubled in the top of the first and scored on a two-out base hit by Vetrano.
·       After Louisville tied the game in the second, Leake limited the damage with an inning-ending double play.
·       Leake started a 1-6-3 double play to escape a jam with runners at the corners in the third.

GAME NOTES
·       Honeyman hit his ninth double of the season and 18^th of his career.
·       Honeyman improved his reached-base streak to a career-best 14 games.
·       Roche extended his career-best reached-base streak to 17 games with a first-inning walk.
·       Roche singled in the ninth to move his career-best hit-streak to nine games.
·       Vetrano recorded his ninth multi-hit game of the season and 28^th of his career.
·       Vetrano hit his fifth double of the season and 15^th of his career.

UP NEXT
Game two of the series is set for 6 p.m. on ACCNX Friday night. Graduate RHP Chris Flynn (Naugatuck, Conn.) gets the ball for the Eagles.