Eagles Topped by Panthers Friday Night

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BRIGHTON, Mass. – The Boston College baseball team suffered a 13-3 loss to Pittsburgh at the Harrington Athletics Village on Friday night. The Eagles (13-16, 2-11 ACC) led early with a run in the first, but the Panthers rattled off 10 runs between the second and sixth before BC pushed across another run.

Pitt right-hander Matt Gilbertson (5-2) surrendered three singles with one out in the bottom of the first as his team trailed early. He limited the damage to a single run with an inning-ending double play. The Eagles got the leadoff man aboard in each of the first three innings, but the Panthers turned a double play in all three frames.

Gilbertson got through seven innings with just three runs against despite 10 hits, and nine singles, but did not issue a walk and struck out four. For Boston College, senior RHP Joe Mancini (Fairfield, Conn.) pitched 5.1 innings. He was tagged for nine runs, all earned, on 10 hits, seven of which were extra-base hits, and one walk with four strikeouts.

Left fielder Ron Washington Jr. powered the Panther lineup with a 3-for-4 night, including a two-run home run and a double. Right fielder CJ Funk homered and finished 2-for-3.

DETAILS
Scores: Pittsburgh 13, Boston College 3
Records: Pittsburgh 17-11, 6-6, Boston College 13-17, 2-11
Stadium: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 313

GAME NOTES
·       BC trails the all-time series with Pitt, 26-31.
·       BC is 8-5 when scoring in the first inning and 7-7 when scoring first.
·       Chaumette recorded his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
·       Gold hit his ACC-leading 16^th double of the season and 35^th of his career.
·       Gold matched his career-best hit streak at 10 games and extended his reached base streak to 16.
·       Gold tallied his team-leading 14^th multi-hit game of the season and 34^th of his career.
·       Landwehr extended his career-best hit and reached base streaks to 12 games.
·       Leary notched his ninth multi-hit game of the season and 13^th of his career.
·       Vetrano posted his team-leading 11^th multi-RBI game of the season.
·       Walsh registered his seventh multi-hit game of the season.