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BC Baseball Storms Past Maine in Home Finale

BC Beat the Rain With a Two-Run Eighth to Defeat the Black Bears

BRIGHTON, Mass. – The fourth tie of the game was broken in the bottom of the eighth as Boston College picked up a 9-7 win over Maine at the Harrington Athletic Village on Tuesday afternoon. Tied 7-7, the Eagles loaded the bases with one out and went in front for the fourth time in the game as sophomore first baseman Jack Cunningham was hit by a pitch to force in the go-ahead run. The game entered a lightning delay at 5:04 p.m. and was ultimately called 23 minutes later; ending with BC on top and the bases full of Eagles with one gone in the bottom of the eighth.

Maine and BC each traded a single run in the first inning and later traded a pair of runs in the third. Boston College never led by more than a run until a wild pitch in the eighth made it 9-7 Eagles.

Sophomore second baseman Brian Dempsey led the BC lineup with a 4-for-4 day as he drove in two runs and added a walk in his fifth plate appearance. Junior catcher Gian Martellini was 1-for-3 with a two-run double and a sacrifice-fly.

Black Bear second baseman Danny Casals hit a pair of home runs. His two-run jack in the third gave Maine a 3-1 lead in the third. Casals later hit a solo home run to tie the game at 7-7 in the eighth.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 9, Maine 7
Records: Boston College (17-30), Maine (17-30)
Location: Harrington Athletics Village in Brighton, Mass.

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Senior shortstop Jake Palomaki drew his BC-record 150^th walk in the bottom of the first to tie Jason Delaney (2002-05) for the most times reach base in Eagles history at 371.
Junior RHP John Witkowski worked three innings of middle relief with just one unearned run against him. He worked around a leadoff-single in the fourth, allowed a leadoff-single to score on a two-out error in the fifth and then overcame a two-out error to leave two runners in scoring position in the sixth.
In the eighth, Dempsey matched his career-high with his fourth hit, all singles, of the day.

KEY PLAYS

Trailing 1-0 in the first, Palomaki stole second and reached third on an errant throw. Dempsey promptly drove him in with a two-out single over short.
Maine turned a one-run deficit into a one-run lead in the top of the seventh on a two-run home run by Ben Terwilliger.
In the bottom of the seventh, Dempsey singled and took second on a throw home that chased Cunningham back to third as BC had two in scoring position. Martellini then doubled in both to make it a one-run Eagles’ lead.
The Black Bears tied it once again an inning later on Danny Casals second home run of the day.
BC took the final lead of the day on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to Cunningham and added a run on a wild pitch before the game was called due to lightning.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Junior RHP Thomas Lane was the winning pitcher of record for the second game in a row. He is now 3-5 on the season.
Palomaki stole his 18^th base of the season and 59^th of his career.
Dempsey collected his 12^th multi-hit game of the season, while sophomore center fielder Dante Baldelli recorded his 13^th.
The Eagles used six pitchers and combined for nine strikeouts.
BC scored in six of eight innings, while Maine scored in five of eight.

NEXT UP
The Eagles wrap up their season with a three-game set at Miami beginning Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m. from Coral Gables, Fla. All three games will be streamed on the ACC Digital Network.