Boston College Eagles Dominate Middle Innings in Midweek Win

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BRIGHTON, Mass. – The No. 21 Boston College baseball team erased a one-run deficit after the third with 12 runs scored between the fourth and sixth innings on the way to an 18-12 win over Holy Cross at the Harrington Athletics Village on Wednesday. The Eagles improved to 10-5 with the win, while the Crusaders dropped their season opener.

Trailing 3-2 and with the bases loaded with two gone in the fourth, BC tied the game on a catcher’s interference and went in front on an infield-single by graduate shortstop Brian Dempsey (Potomac, Md.). The Eagles pulled away with a five-run fifth; capped by a bases-loaded triple to right off the bat of Dempsey, who finished the day 3-for-4 with four RBI and two walks out of the leadoff spot.

Sophomore second baseman Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.) contributed a 4-for-4 day with two doubles, two walks, and three runs scored. Freshman left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) added a 2-for-4 game with four RBI and two runs.

Freshman right-hander Joey Ryan (Norwell, Mass.) was the first reliever of the day for Boston College. He tossed two scoreless innings in relief of graduate RHP Alex Stiegler (Dallas, Texas). Ryan (3-0) scattered two hits and a walk to go with an inning-ending double play in the third.

DETAILS
Score: No. 21 Boston College 18, Holy Cross 11
Records: Boston College 10-5; Holy Cross 0-1
Location: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 0

BC Highlights

Frelick lined a one-out single and Gold followed with a two-run home run to left-center.
Trailing 3-2 in the fourth, BC tied the game on a bases-loaded catcher’s interference with Galland at the plate. Dempsey then legged out an infield single to the short that plated the go-ahead run.
In the fifth, Leary drove in two runs with a single to right-center to extend the lead to 6-3.
BC added three more runs in the fifth on a bases-loaded triple to right by Dempsey.

Game Notes

BC scored 15 or more runs for the first time since a 20-run game vs. Fairfield (3/1/20).
Cimini recorded his second multi-hit game of the season.
Cunningham tallied the 40^th multi-hit game of his career.
Dempsey notched the 51^st multi-hit game of his career and matched his career-high with the sixth four-RBI game of his career.
Gold hit his sixth home run of the season and seventh of his career.
Leary collected his third multi-hit and multi-RBI games of the season.

UP NEXT
Boston College’s eight-game homestand continues when it welcomes North Carolina for a three-game set beginning Friday at 4 p.m. on ACC Network.