Boston College Gameday: ACC Championship Game Two

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Match-Up: Boston College (35-17) vs. Clemson (40-17)
Rank (Coaches Poll, D1Baseball): BC (20, 22), CU (8, 6)
Dates: May 26 Times: 11 a.m.
Location: Durham, N.C. Stadium: Durham Bulls Athletic Park
TV/Stream: ACC Network/WatchESPN

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Friday, 11 am: RHP-Chris Flynn (7-2) vs. RHP-Austin Gordon (1-4)
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ABOUT THE EAGLES

Boston College is 35-17 overall, 17-14 against ACC foes and earned the six seed in this week’s ACC Championship; the highest ever in program history. The Eagles entered the final weekend of play tied for seventh with Notre Dame and overcame a game-one defeat to the Irish last week to claim the series and secure six place and a spot in Pool C. BC faces Clemson for a spot in Saturday’s semifinal. Junior first baseman Joe Vetrano leads the club with a .312 batting average, .638 slugging percentage and 1.040 OPS. Senior center fielder Barry Walsh is second on the team in hitting at .309 with a team-high 13 stolen bases to go with six home runs. Graduate right-hander and All-ACC Second team pick Chris Flynn gets the ball against the Tigers. He is 7-2 with a 3.82 earned run average in 70.2 innings pitched. Flynn has 80 strikeouts, which 10th most in a single season in Boston College history. The BC pitching staff has combined to strikeout a program-record 467 batters; breaking the previous mark of 465, which was set in 2005, during Tuesday’s win over Virginia Tech.

RÉSUMÉ NOTES

• The Eagles entered the postseason with the No. 14 RPI in the nation and No. 30 strength of schedule.
• BC’s 22 road/neutral wins are the most in the Power 5. Eight of the Eagles’ road/neutral wins have come against Q1 opponents; the most in the country.
• BC is the only program in the country with 12-plus Q1 wins (13) and 12-plus road wins (18).
• The Eagles first 18 games were played away from home as they amassed a 14-4 record over that stretch.
• A Northeast school last hosted a NCAA Regional on campus in 1991 when three-seed Maine hosted the Northeast Regional.

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Since April 22 at UNC, Joe Vetrano is hitting .424 (25-for-59) and slugging .966. He has hit nine home runs and driven in 27 RBI over that 15-game stretch. Vetrano, who was a two-way player as a freshman in 2021 and made his ACC debut on the mound at the DBAP, has hit .385 with a .974 slugging percentage, seven home runs and 20 RBI over the last 10 games with outfielders Travis Honeyman and Cameron Leary out of the lineup due to injury. Vetrano was named Perfect Game’s National Player of the Week (5/22).