Sunday, June 4
Tusacloosa, Ala.
3:00 PM
Boston College
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Photo by: Joe Sullivan
Dominant Pitching Carries Eagles to Regional Final
June 04, 2023 | Baseball
Eagles to face Alabama tonight at 9 p.m. eastern
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The two-seed Boston College Eagles (37-19) eliminated Troy and advanced to the Tuscaloosa Regional Final against Alabama with a 4-1 win over the Trojans on Saturday afternoon.Â
Barry Walsh opened the scoring in the first at-bat of the game, hitting a lead-off solo shot to right field for his second home-run of the weekend.Â
John West got the start for the Eagles and delivered a strong outing after his Friday start was cut short due to a rain delay. West threw 4.1 scoreless innings, striking out five while allowing just four hits. Eric Schroeder took over, inheriting a one-out, bases-loaded situation in the fourth. The sophomore rose to the occasion, setting down the third and fourth hitters in the Trojans' order to escape the jam and preserve the lead.Â
Boston College added three in the eighth, started by consecutive walks issued to Daniel Baruch and Barry Walsh. Baruch scored on a throwing error from the pitcher. Peter Burns and Patrick Roche both reached via fielders-choice, and both came around to score via heads-up baserunning tactics, and a perfect slide from Patrick Roche at home.Â
Schroeder escaped another bases-loaded jam in the eighth, this time courtesy of a tailor-made double play spin from Vince Cimini to Sam McNulty.Â
Schroeder finished the game for the Eagles, ending with 4 strikeouts and just 4 hits, allowing just one run and picking up the win (6-4).Â
Complete recap to follow…Â
DETAILS
Score: No. 24 Boston College 4, Troy 1
Records: Boston College 37-19, Troy 40-22
Stadium: Sewell-Thomas Stadium
Attendance: TBA
BC HIGHLIGHTS
Barry Walsh opened the scoring in the first at-bat of the game, hitting a lead-off solo shot to right field for his second home-run of the weekend.Â
John West got the start for the Eagles and delivered a strong outing after his Friday start was cut short due to a rain delay. West threw 4.1 scoreless innings, striking out five while allowing just four hits. Eric Schroeder took over, inheriting a one-out, bases-loaded situation in the fourth. The sophomore rose to the occasion, setting down the third and fourth hitters in the Trojans' order to escape the jam and preserve the lead.Â
Boston College added three in the eighth, started by consecutive walks issued to Daniel Baruch and Barry Walsh. Baruch scored on a throwing error from the pitcher. Peter Burns and Patrick Roche both reached via fielders-choice, and both came around to score via heads-up baserunning tactics, and a perfect slide from Patrick Roche at home.Â
Schroeder escaped another bases-loaded jam in the eighth, this time courtesy of a tailor-made double play spin from Vince Cimini to Sam McNulty.Â
Schroeder finished the game for the Eagles, ending with 4 strikeouts and just 4 hits, allowing just one run and picking up the win (6-4).Â
Complete recap to follow…Â
DETAILS
Score: No. 24 Boston College 4, Troy 1
Records: Boston College 37-19, Troy 40-22
Stadium: Sewell-Thomas Stadium
Attendance: TBA
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Walsh led off the game with a home run to right field.
- Schroeder entered in the fifth with the bases loaded and one out and kept the Trojans off the board with a force out at home and a strikeout.
- West, who left with the bases loaded in the fifth, turned in 4.1-shutout innings on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts.
- BC manufactured a run in the eighth to double its lead as Baruch drew a leadoff-walk and scored from third on a Roche sacrifice-bunt with an errant throw coming home.
- Two batters later, BC again doubled its lead as Wang hit a slow-groundball to short that Roche beat out at second, allowing Burns to score, and Roche continued on to home after Wang rounded first.
- BC is 25-24 all-time in 12 NCAA Tournament appearances.
- BC won 36 games in a season for the first time since 2005 when the Eagles were a program-best 37-20.
- BC pitchers totaled 10Â strikeouts on the day to surpass 500 in a season for the first time in program history.
- Leary stole his 12th base of the season and 18th of his career.
- Walsh hit his second home run of the regional, eighth of the season and 13th of his career.
- Walsh's home run was the first by an Eagle to leadoff a game since Rafe Chaumette vs. Wake Forest (4/2/22).
- Walsh extended his career-best reached base streak to 18 games.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Schroeder, Eric (6-4)
L: Stewart, Grayson (9-3)
Batting:
HR: Walsh, Barry 1
RBI: Walsh, Barry 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walsh, Barry 1 ; Burns, Peter 1 ; Roche, Patrick 1 ; Baruch, Daniel 1
SB: Leary, Cameron 1 ; McNulty, Sam 1
Batting:
2B: Myers, Kole 1
HR: Stearns, Clay 1
RBI: Stearns, Clay 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stearns, Clay 1
HBP: Kavanagh, Ethan 1
Game Leaders
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