BC BASEBALL: Bats Come to Life VS Northeastern for 10-7 Win

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BC BASEBALL Bats Come Alive in Non-Conference Win
Nelson picks up first win of the season

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GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 10, Northeastern 7
Records: Boston College (7-11) at Northeastern (7-11)
Location: Friedman Diamond in Brookline, Mass.

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Sophomore right-handed starter Jack Nelson picked up his first win of the season, throwing four scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out two. He retired 11 of the 13 batters he faced.

Freshman Dante Baldelli led the way for BC at the plate, going 1-for-2 with two RBIs, two runs, a walk and his first career extra-base hit in the form of a double.

Sophomore Jake Alu also drove in two runs while three other Eagles also recorded an RBI.

Sophomore Gian Martellini doubled, scored two runs and drew a walk. He extended his hit streak to four games and has reached base in the last seven games

Junior RHP Donovan Casey recorded his second save of the season, getting the final two outs of the game.

KEY PLAYS

While the Eagles held a commanding, 10-0 lead in the eighth, the Huskies scored six in the bottom of the inning to get back in the game.

After Alu surrendered a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth to cut the lead to three, Casey came in and closed it out to give BC its seventh win of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Eagles jumped out to 4-0 lead in their first at bats of the game. They loaded the bases on a base hit by senior Johnny Adams and two walks. Junior Mitch Bigras drew a full-count walk to put BC on the board. With two down, Casey crossed the plate on a wild pitch before the Eagles reloaded the bases as freshman Jake Goodreau was hit by a pitch. Junior Anthony Masselli hit a towering fly ball to right, which right fielder Cam Walsh dropped, allowing two more runs to score before the end of the inning.

BC added three runs in the third to go up, 7-0. Martellini led off the inning with a double off the wall in left before senior Chris Balogh drew a walk to put two on. Freshman Brian Dempsey drove in Martellini with a base hit to left. After a walk, new pitcher RHP Tom Githens entered and Baldelli plated Balogh with a sac fly to right. Alu followed with a single to right to score Dempsey before a strikeout ended the inning.

BC added a run in the sixth as Baldelli led off with a walk, moved to second on a chopper and to third on a base hit up the middle by Adams. Casey brought him home on a sac fly to right, but the inning ended when Adams was out trying to tag up at second.

The Eagles scored two in the eighth to make it a 10-0 game. With one down, Maselli singled up the middle and sophomore Dominic Hardaway came in to pinch run at first. Baldelli plated Hardaway with a double to deep right center and moved to third on the throw home. Alu notched his second RBI with a groundout to first.

The Huskies scored six in the eighth to make it a four-run game. With senior RHP Luke Fernandes on the hill, Pat Madigan hit a lead-off home run over the left-field wall. With two down and runners on second and third after a walk and a double, Fernandes allowed a triple to Mason Koppens to clear the bases. Hanley plated Koppens with a single to right. Sophomore RHP Sean Hughes loaded the bases on two walks and issued two more to plate two NU runs, making it a 10-6 game. Alu came to the mound and got the next batter to fly out to get the Eagles out of the inning.

Pinch hitter Nick Fanneron led off the ninth with a solo shot to right to cut the lead to three. Charlie McConnell followed with a double and moved to third on a grounder to second. Casey came to the hill and got a line out and fly ball to end the game, giving BC the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Bigras has reached base in the last 10 games, the longest current streak on the team.

Sophomore John Witkowski and Hardaway made their first appearances after missing the first 17 games due to injuries. Hardaway scored as a pinch runner and Witkowski threw a 123 seventh, striking out one.

BC has won the last five games against NU. The two teams will face off in the first round of the Beanpot at Boston College on April 5.

The 10 runs scored are the most since the Eagles beat Villanova, 10-3, on Feb. 25.

The win ends a five-game losing streak.

The Eagles did not record an error for the seventh time in 2017.

UP NEXT
The Eagles host No. 6 Clemson at URI’s Bill Beckman Field for a three-game ACC series beginning on Friday, March 24 at 1 p.m.