BC on Wrong End of Slugfest Weather Forces Saturday Doubleheader

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BRIGHTON, Mass. – Offense was on display on Friday night at the Harrington Athletics Village and it was Clemson that came out on top, 16-12, against BC. The loss dropped the Eagles to 12-8 overall and 3-7 in the ACC, while the Tigers improved to 10-9 and 4-6.

Despite giving up six runs in the top of the second, BC held an 8-6 lead after the home half. The Eagles plated three runs in the first; beginning with a leadoff home run from graduate shortstop Brian Dempsey (Potomac, Md.). Down 6-3 in the second, BC rallied for five runs on six hits.

Clemson scored a season-high 16 runs as the Eagles’ staff gave up 16 hits, walked eight, hit three batters, and threw three wild pitches. BC scored its 12 runs on 15 hits; aided by five Tiger errors.

Junior right-hander Mason Pelio (San Diego, Calif.) went five innings in the start despite allowing six earned runs, all in the second. He locked in after that for three straight shutout innings and totaled five strikeouts in the game. Graduate lefty Joey Walsh (Plymouth, Mass.) was the first reliever out of the BC bullpen. Walsh (1-1), who entered with a four-run lead took the loss with nine runs charged to him in 1.2 innings.

Down 10-6, the Clemson comeback started with back-to-back two-out RBI singles in the sixth. Again, in the seventh, Walsh struggled to get the last out after three free passes loaded the bases and the Tigers scored seven runs with two gone in the frame.

For Clemson, shortstop James Parker led the way with a seven-RBI night. He went 4-for-6 with a double and a triple. Boston College junior center fielder Sal Frelick (Lexington, Mass.) was 4-for-6 with two doubles and represented the tying run at the plate in BC’s best shot at a comeback in the eighth with the bases loaded, but lefty Geoffrey Gilbert came on for the strikeout and went the rest of the way for his second save of the season.

DETAILS
Score: Clemson 16, Boston College 12
Records: Clemson 10-9, 4-6 ACC; Boston College 12-8, 3-7 ACC
Location: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 150

BC Highlights

Dempsey led off the bottom of the first with a no-doubt home run to left.
Trailing by three, Frelick hit an RBI-double and Morissette added an RBI-single to cut the deficit to one.
Leary tied the game with a single to first and the go-ahead run came in on an error on the play in the second.
Pelio needed just six pitches to get through the third and followed up by striking out the side in the fourth.
BC added to its lead with a two-run single up the middle against a drawn-in infield by Morissette in the fifth.

Game Notes

Clemson leads the all-time series, 37-10.
Dempsey hit the first leadoff-home run to start a game by an Eagle since Frelick vs. Fairfield (2/29/20).
Dempsey’s home run was his first of the season and fifth of his career as well as the 200^th hit of his career. He became just the 12^th player in BC history to record 200 hits.

UP NEXT
Due to rain in Sunday’s forecast, BC and Clemson will play a Saturday doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.