![]() ![]() With two untimely hit batsmen helping Boston College load the bases during the top of the seventh inning, Honeyman effectively put the game away against Kiernan Higgins by knocking his grand slam off the right field foul pole, charging the Eagles out to the 6-1 advantage. Vetrano and Patrick Roche both skied fly balls that made Jack Hurley retreat in center field, neither offering the All-American outfielder a chance to nab the go-ahead runners at the plate. ![]() Inheriting a tough situation, Jonah Hurney induced the two sacrifice flies that set Tech behind for the first time. After Walsh had singled for the second time off him, Arguelles surrendered the double to Travis Honeyman during the next at-bat that left the Hokies facing a pair of runners in scoring position with no outs. There, with Tech unable to figure out reliever Eric Schroeder – who subbed for injured starter Bobby Chicoine at the start of the third inning – Arguelles introduced the two base runners who would ultimately do him in for defeat. Arguelles scattered a pair of singles to Joe Vetrano and Barry Walsh, striking out three batters while pitching into the sixth inning for the first time this season. ![]() Spotted a 1-0 lead, Anthony Arguelles shaped his best start of the 2023 season, retiring 15 of the first 17 batters he faced. Two batters after Carson DeMartini had reached on his one-out walk, Jack Hurley muscled an RBI double down the left field line, bringing DeMartini home with ease. 11 Virginia Tech 3Īs it had done during game one, Virginia Tech struck first during the bottom of the first inning. Gallery: (3-11-2023) BSB: Boston College Game 2 Cimini waved the decisive blow for the Eagles during the ninth inning, hitting his two-RBI single off Tyler Dean that cushioned the BC lead at 8-5. Chris Cannizzaro doubled DeMartini over to third base, two batters before Eisert connected on the RBI single that trimmed the visitors' lead down to 6-5.ĭespite having pulled within a run, Tech continued to have difficulty limiting base runners late, succumbing to six bullpen walks in total from the seventh inning onward. ![]() Clay Grady doubled off Flynn to move Eddie Eisert into scoring position before both runners soon came home for the Hokies – Eisert via a wild pitch and Grady via David Bryant's RBI single to left field.Īlthough four free passes led to another Boston College run during the top of the seventh inning, BC nearly coughed its 6-3 lead up during the inning's bottom half. Tech finally broke Flynn's season-opening streak of 22 and two-thirds innings pitched without surrendering an earned run during the bottom of the sixth inning. Jack Hurley dropped a bunt single down during the fourth inning that livened the Tech dugout, though the Hokies could do neither with it nor back-to-back leadoff singles by Gehrig Ebel and David Bryant during the fifth inning. Virginia Tech was stymied by Flynn, who denied the Hokies run support through the end of the fifth inning. Two batters after Joe Vetrano had earned the Eagles' second walk off Hackenberg, Cameron Leary drove a three-run home run to right center, rushing BC out to its largest lead of the doubleheader opener. Travis Honeyman helped Boston College assert itself during the third inning, stroking a first-pitch single into right field. With the inning left open, BC capitalized as Vince Cimini worked a six-pitch walk off Hackenberg, preluding a pair of RBI singles by Adonys Guzman and Barry Walsh that put the Eagles on top, 2-1. 11 Virginia Tech 5Įrrors on both sides of the diamond resulted in three combined unearned runs that set starting pitchers Drue Hackenberg (Virginia Tech) and Chris Flynn (Boston College) behind early.Īfter Christian Martin had reached, rounded and scored without a Tech hit during the first inning, Carson DeMartini missed a long throw to first base that could have closed the door on Hackenberg's second clean inning. ![]()
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