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Photo by: Joe Sullivan
Boston College Sweeps Two-Game Set vs. Villanova
May 14, 2023 | Baseball
No. 17 Eagles take down old Big East foe.
BRIGHTON, Mass. – No. 17 Boston College baseball finished off a two-game sweep of Villanova with a 12-3 win at the Harrington Athletics Village on Sunday afternoon. The win moved the Eagles to 32-16 on the season.
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For the second day in a row, the Wildcats (13-34) scored in the top of the first to put BC in an immediate hole. Boston College responded by scoring in each inning between the second and fifth innings, scoring 10 unanswered runs until Villanova plated two in the sixth.
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Junior right-hander John West (Shrewsbury, Mass.) dominated the Wildcats after allowing a run in the first. West (4-3) struck out a career-high nine with no walks and just three hits allowed.
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Junior right fielder Patrick Roche (Milton, Mass.) powered the BC lineup with three RBI on a 3-for-4 effort, including a two-run double. Senior second baseman Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.) added a 3-for-5 game with a run scored. The Eagles' final run of the game came on a solo home run by senior center fielder Barry Walsh (Sterling, Mass.), who scored three times, walked twice and drove in two runs.
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Villanova first baseman Jack O'Reilly went 3-for-4 with two runs and three doubles.
DETAILS
Score: No. 17 Boston College 12, Villanova 3
Records: Boston College 32-16, Villanova 13-34
Stadium:Â Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance:Â 412
BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      Trailing 1-0, the Eagles went in front in the second on a two-run, two-out single through the right side from Mercado.
·      Leading 3-1 in the fourth, Roche doubled the Eagles' lead with a two-run double to right.
·      West struck out his ninth batter of the game to end his outing with the final out of the fifth.
·      Wang walked for the third time, after homering twice on Saturday, and scored on a Guzman double to the gap in right-center in the bottom of the fifth.
·      Walsh hit a two-out, solo home run in the eighth.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC has won 14 in a row against Villanova dating back to 2003.
·      BC is 10-12 when opponents score first and 11-9 when opponents score in the first inning.
·      Cimini recorded his 13th multi-hit game of the season and 19th of his career.
·      Guzman hit his third double of the season.
·      Roche hit his 11th double of the season and 16th of his career.
·      Roche posted his 12th multi-hit game of the season and 17th of his career.
·      Walsh hit his fifth home run of the season and 10th of his career.
·      Wang walked a career-high four times.
·      West struck out a career-high nine batters, besting his previous high of six vs. Clemson (4/28), in five innings of one-run ball.
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UP NEXT
Boston College plays its final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. against Maine.
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For the second day in a row, the Wildcats (13-34) scored in the top of the first to put BC in an immediate hole. Boston College responded by scoring in each inning between the second and fifth innings, scoring 10 unanswered runs until Villanova plated two in the sixth.
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Junior right-hander John West (Shrewsbury, Mass.) dominated the Wildcats after allowing a run in the first. West (4-3) struck out a career-high nine with no walks and just three hits allowed.
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Junior right fielder Patrick Roche (Milton, Mass.) powered the BC lineup with three RBI on a 3-for-4 effort, including a two-run double. Senior second baseman Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.) added a 3-for-5 game with a run scored. The Eagles' final run of the game came on a solo home run by senior center fielder Barry Walsh (Sterling, Mass.), who scored three times, walked twice and drove in two runs.
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Villanova first baseman Jack O'Reilly went 3-for-4 with two runs and three doubles.
DETAILS
Score: No. 17 Boston College 12, Villanova 3
Records: Boston College 32-16, Villanova 13-34
Stadium:Â Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance:Â 412
BC HIGHLIGHTS
·      Trailing 1-0, the Eagles went in front in the second on a two-run, two-out single through the right side from Mercado.
·      Leading 3-1 in the fourth, Roche doubled the Eagles' lead with a two-run double to right.
·      West struck out his ninth batter of the game to end his outing with the final out of the fifth.
·      Wang walked for the third time, after homering twice on Saturday, and scored on a Guzman double to the gap in right-center in the bottom of the fifth.
·      Walsh hit a two-out, solo home run in the eighth.
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GAME NOTES
·      BC has won 14 in a row against Villanova dating back to 2003.
·      BC is 10-12 when opponents score first and 11-9 when opponents score in the first inning.
·      Cimini recorded his 13th multi-hit game of the season and 19th of his career.
·      Guzman hit his third double of the season.
·      Roche hit his 11th double of the season and 16th of his career.
·      Roche posted his 12th multi-hit game of the season and 17th of his career.
·      Walsh hit his fifth home run of the season and 10th of his career.
·      Wang walked a career-high four times.
·      West struck out a career-high nine batters, besting his previous high of six vs. Clemson (4/28), in five innings of one-run ball.
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UP NEXT
Boston College plays its final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. against Maine.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: West, John (4-3)
L: DZIADOS, Luke (1-2)
Batting:
2B: O'REILLY, Jack 3 ; WHOOLEY, Michael 1
3B: LARSEN, Craig 1
RBI: LARSEN, Craig 2 ; WHOOLEY, John 1
SF: WHOOLEY, John 1
Base Running:
RUNS: O'REILLY, Jack 2 ; LARSEN, Craig 1
HBP: GROBER, Steve 1
Batting:
2B: Roche, Patrick 1 ; Guzman, Adonys 1
HR: Walsh, Barry 1
RBI: Walsh, Barry 2 ; Roche, Patrick 3 ; Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Wang, Nick 1 ; Guzman, Adonys 1 ; Mercado, Cohl 2
SF: Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Wang, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walsh, Barry 3 ; Burns, Peter 1 ; Roche, Patrick 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Cimini, Vince 1 ; Wang, Nick 2 ; Guzman, Adonys 1 ; McNulty, Sam 1 ; Baruch, Daniel 1
HBP: Walsh, Barry 1 ; Landwehr, Parker 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
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3
RBI
3
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
0
AB
3
R
3
H
1
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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