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Boston College Claims Road Series Win at No. 11 Duke, 5-2

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DURHAM, N.C. – Boston College baseball earned a series win over No. 11 Duke with a 5-2 victory behind six innings from junior right-hander Emmet Sheehan (Darien, Conn.) at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Sunday. The Eagles improved to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the ACC, while the Blue Devils fell to 3-4 and 1-2.

 

Sheehan (2-0) pitched through the sixth for the second start in a row and matched his career-high in strikeouts with nine for the second week in a row. He allowed two runs on six hits and just one walk. Sheehan retired six of the last seven batters he faced, including four strikeouts over the fifth and sixth innings.

 

Sophomore second baseman Luke Gold (Ballston, N.Y.) doubled and scored the first run of the game in the second and later broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run home run to left. He finished the day 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Graduate first baseman Jack Cunningham (South Riding, Va.) was 4-for-4, the first four-hit game of his career, with two doubles.

 

Following Gold’s homer, which gave BC a 3-1 lead, Duke cut into the deficit with a solo home run by left fielder RJ Schreck off of Sheehan. Prior to Sheehan’s exit, the Eagles added to its lead with a two-run home run pulled down the right-field line by junior center fielder Sal Frelick (Lexington, Mass.).

 

Graduate student right-hander Alex Stiegler (Dallas, Texas) pitched the rest of the way out of the bullpen, earning the save in three innings of shutout ball. He surrendered four hits, walked one and struck out five; totaling five stranded runners.

 

DETAILS

Score: Boston College 5, Duke 2

Records: Boston College 5-1 (2-1 ACC); Duke 3-4 (1-2 ACC)

Location: Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.)

Attendance: 0

 

BC Highlights

·       Gold started the scoring by doubling off the scoreboard and scoring from third on a Burns’ RBI-fielder’s choice force out.

·       Gold broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run home run onto the restaurant patio beyond left field.

·       Sheehan struck out two batters in the third, fifth, and sixth innings.

·       Frelick boosted the BC lead to 5-2 with a two-run home run to right in the seventh.

 

Game Notes

·       BC leads the all-time series vs. Duke, 21-15.

·       BC claimed its first series win over a ranked opponent since winning two of three at No. 19 FSU in 2019.

·       Baldelli hit his 14th career double and registered his 28th multi-hit game.

·       Cunningham notched his third multi-hit game of the weekend to push his career total to 38.

·       Cunningham tallied his first career four-hit game as an Eagle; finishing the weekend with eight hits.

·       Cunningham recorded his second career two-double game to push his career total to 26.

·       Frelick hit his first home run of the season and seventh of his career.

·       Gold hit his team-leading fourth double of the season and eighth of his career in just 21 games.

·       Gold hit his second career home run and recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season, eighth of his career.

·       Sheehan matched his career-high in strikeouts at nine.

 

UP NEXT

Boston College returns to North Carolina next weekend for an ACC series at Wake Forest beginning Friday, March 5.

 

Boston College 5, Duke 2 (Feb 28, 2021, at Durham, N.C.)
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Boston College…… 010 200 200  –  5  9  0      (5-1, 2-1)
Duke……………. 010 100 000  –  2 10  0      (3-4, 1-2)
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Pitchers: Boston College – Sheehan, Emmet; Stiegler, Alex(7) and Burns, Peter. Duke – J Carey; J Allen(4); R Brereton(5); M Dockman(6); N Conte(8); B Seidl(9) and Rothenberg.
Win-Sheehan, Emmet(2-0)  Save-Stiegler, Alex(1)  Loss-J Allen(0-1)

T-3:01  A-0
HR BC – Frelick, Sal (1); Gold, Luke (1). HR DU – R Schreck (2).

Weather: Mid 60s and sunny

M Dockman faced 1 batter in the 8th.

 

 

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