Boston College Baseball: Eagles and Mancini Pick Up Win at Northeastern

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BROOKLINE, Mass. – The Boston College baseball team earned a 5-3 win over Northeastern at Friedman Diamond on Tuesday afternoon. The win moved the Eagles to 14-13 on the season, while the Huskies fell to 10-6.

Junior right-hander Joe Mancini (Fairfield, Conn.) made his second start in as many weeks and got through the sixth inning for the first time since late in his freshman campaign. He allowed two runs on a pair of home runs to start the sixth inning, but finished the frame and stranded the potential tying run at second. Mancini (1-0) struck out four, walked just one, and gave up five hits.

BC staked Mancini to a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Sophomore designated hitter Luke Gold (Ballston, N.Y.) led off with an infield single and he was brought home by a double off the bat of sophomore third baseman Vince Cimini (Scranton, Pa.). Following a walk and a double steal, Cimini scored on a RBI groundout.

The Eagles never trailed, but Northeastern twice cut the BC lead to one. In the sixth, the Huskies got home runs from second baseman Scott Holzwasser and right fielder Jared Dupere. Trailing 4-2, the Huskies got a run against the Eagle bullpen in the bottom of the eighth.

Each time NU got within a run, Boston College responded with a single run in the following frame. Freshman left fielder Cameron Leary (Bethpage, N.Y.) led off the seventh with a walk and the ninth with a triple; coming around to score on both occasions.

Freshman lefty Charlie Coon (Duxbury, Mass.) pitched a scoreless ninth to collect his first career save. He struck out three and left the potential game-tying runs on base.

DETAILS
Score: Boston College 5, Northeastern 3
Records: Boston College 14-13; Northeastern 10-6
Location: Friedman Diamond
Attendance: 213

BC Highlights

Gold reached on an infield single in the second and scored the game’s first run on a double to right-center by Cimini.
Cimini and Leary completed a double steal to set up a second run in the second on a ground ball to short.
Morissette tripled to lead off the sixth and scored on a Cunningham sacrifice fly.
Leary hit a leadoff triple in the ninth and scored on a Burns sacrifice fly.

Game Notes

BC leads the all-time series with Northeastern 98-64-2.
Cimini hit his seventh double of the season.
Mancini’s six innings pitched marked the second-longest outing of his career. He earned his first win since beating Quinnipiac (4/10/19).
Morissette hit his first triple of the season and third of his career.

UP NEXT
Boston College is back home this weekend to host NC State beginning Friday at 3 p.m. on ACC Network for its annual ALS Game.