@BCBIRDBALL 2018 BASEBALL Contact: Zanna Ollove | [email protected] | www.bceagles.com 2018 Schedule Inside the series Overall 2-1 Home 0-0 BOSTON COLLEGE Record vs. Red Sox .................... 0-26 Under Gambino ..........2011 (6-0, RS) First Meeting ...............1916 (9-1, RS) ..........................................2012 (6-3, RS) ACC 0-0 Road 2-1 Eagles Last Meeting .............. 2016 (6-0, RS) ..........................................2013 (11-1, RS) Streak W1 Neutral 0-0 One-Run Games ..........1997 (4-3, RS) ..........................................2014 (5-2, RS) 2-1 0-0 2-1 ..........................................1999 (4-3, RS) ...........................................2015 (1-0, RS) FEBRUARY OVERALL ACC AWAY ..........................................2002 (2-1, RS) ......................................... 2016 (6-0, RS) Fri 16 at Santa Clara W, 5-1 ...........................................2015 (1-0, RS) Sat 17 at Santa Clara L, 20-9 Sun 18 at Santa Clara W, 3-1 Thu 22 at Red Sox ! 3 p.m. BOSTON BC PITCHERS Fri 23 vs. Minnesota @ 2 p.m. Sat 24 vs. Indiana @ Noon Red Sox RHP Jack Nelson | Junior | Sparta, N.J. Sun 25 vs. Rutgers @ 11 a.m. LHP Will Hesslink | Freshman | Shelburne, Vt. 8-time World Series MARCH RHP Jack Hodgson | Freshman | Guilford, Conn. Fri 2 vs. Niagara # 2:30 p.m. Champions RHP Michael Marzonie | Redshirt Freshman | Greenwich, Conn. Sat 3 vs. Bryant # Noon RHP Matt Gill | Sophomore | Simsbury, Conn. Sun 4 vs. Army # 11:30 a.m. Tue 6 at UNC Asheville 3:30 p.m. WEEKEND ROTATION: Wed 7 vs. Wofford % Noon stadium information Friday vs. Minnesota: Junior RHP Jacob Stevens (1-0, 0.00 ERA) Fri 9 at NC State * 3 p.m. JetBlue Park Fenway South • 2,500 Saturday vs. Indiana: Junior LHP Dan Metzdorf (0-0, 27.00 ERA) Sat 10 at NC State * 2 p.m. Natural Grass Sunday vs. Rutgers: Senior RHP Brian Rapp (1-0, 0.00 ERA) Sun 11 at NC State * 1 p.m. LF – 310 | LC - 379 | CF – 420 | RC - 380 | RF – 302 Tue 13 Holy Cross 3 p.m. Fri 16 at Virginia * 4 p.m. storylines Sat 17 at Virginia * 1 p.m. Sun 18 at Virginia * 1 p.m. EAGLES TAKE ON THE RED SOX Tue 20 Northeastern 3 p.m. BC TAKES TWO OF THREE ON THE WEST COAST Wed 21 Siena 3 p.m. • The Boston College baseball team started the season 2-1, • This is the 27th exhibition game between the Red Sox and Fri 23 Virginia Tech * 4 p.m. taking two of three at Santa Clara opening weekend. Boston College. The two teams played in 1916 and 1933 Sat 24 Virginia Tech * 2 p.m. • The Eagles won the opener on Friday night, 5-1, as junior before starting an annual series in 1993. Sun 25 Virginia Tech * Noon RHP Jacob Stevens threw five scoreless innings, striking • The Sox and Eagles have played every year since, except Tue 27 Connecticut 3 p.m. out eight. in 2017 when a scheduling conflict prohibited the matchup. Thu 29 at Clemson * 6:30 p.m. • After a loss on Saturday in which BC allowed 11 walks, 10 hit • BC and Northeastern opened JetBlue Park in 2012. Fri 30 at Clemson * 6:30 p.m. batters and four home runs, the Eagles rallied behind senior • This is not the first time new Red Sox manager Alex Cora Sat 31 at Clemson * 2 p.m. RHP Brian Rapp for a 3-1 victory on Sunday. will watch the Eagles. He was the color analyst for ESPN APRIL • Rapp recorded a six-inning, hitless start with a career-high when BC took on Miami in Coral Gables, Fla., in the 2016 Tue 3 at Harvard $ 3 p.m. 10 strikeouts. After walking the first batter of the game, he Super Regional. Wed 4 Massachusetts 4 p.m. retired 13 straight and allowed just one other base runner • Eighth-year head coach Mike Gambino has played and Fri 6 Pittsburgh * 2 p.m. in his outing. For his outstanding effort, Rapp collected ACC coached for both sides in this game. He is a BC graduate Sat 7 Pittsburgh * 1 p.m. Pitcher of the Week honors, the first of his career. and played in the Red Sox minor league system. He also Sun 8 Pittsburgh * 1 p.m. • Sophomore OF Dante Baldelli started his year on a hot Tue 10 Beanpot $ TBA streak. He leads the team with a .462 batting clip, recorded served on the Lowell Spinners coaching staff, allowing Wed 11 Quinnipiac 4 p.m. six hits and four RBIs starting all three games in centerfield. him to coach on the Sox side. Fri 13 Wake Forest * 6 p.m. Sat 14 Wake Forest * 4 p.m. • Senior INF Jake Palomaki picked up right where he left off • Sophomore Dante Baldelli also has a connection to the Sun 15 Wake Forest * 1 p.m. for the Eagles. Hitting lead-off, he was 6-for-14 with four Red Sox: his older brother Rocco. The former center fielder Tue 17 Rhode Island 5:30 p.m. runs, two doubles, a triple, a homer, six RBIs and a walk. played for the Sox 2009 and is now the first base coach for Wed 18 Dartmouth 4 p.m. • Junior RHP Thomas Lane picked up his first career save, the Tampa Bay Rays. The youngest Baldelli is following in Fri 20 Florida State * 6 p.m. throwing the final 1.2 innings on Sunday. He struck out his brother’s footsteps, roaming centerfield for the Eagles. Sat 21 Florida State *^ 3 p.m. three and allowed just one walk in two appearances on the • The Eagles have a relationship with the Red Sox back in Sun 22 Florida State * 1 p.m. weekend. Lane got the Eagles out of a bases-loaded jam Boston as well. Every year, BC’s annual fundraiser, Baseball Tue 24 at UMass Lowell 4 p.m. in the eighth inning in a two-run ball game in the rubber Night in Boston, is held at the State Street Pavilion at Wed 25 Bryant 4 p.m. Fri 27 at Notre Dame * 6:05 p.m. match. Fenway Park. In 2017 and now in 2018, the Eagles will battle Sat 28 at Notre Dame * 2:05 p.m. Sun 29 at Notre Dame * 1:05 p.m. probable starters MAY Pos. No. Name Year AB Avg. SLG OBP R H HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT E FLD Streak Wed 2 at Brown 3:30 p.m. C 2 Gian Martellini Jr. 12 .167 .167 .286 1 2 0 1 2 4 0-0 1 .969 - Fri 4 Louisville * 6 p.m. 1B 4 Mitch Bigras Sr. 11 .182 .182 .308 1 2 0 0 2 1 1-1 1 .958 2 Sat 5 Louisville * 4 p.m. 2B 6 Brian Dempsey So. 10 .300 .300 .417 4 3 0 0 2 3 0-0 0 1.000 3 Sun 6 Louisville * Noon Tue 15 Maine 5:30 p.m. 3B 15 Anthony Maselli Sr. 6 .000 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-0 1 .833 - Thu 17 at Miami * 7 p.m. SS 11 Jake Palomaki Sr. 14 .429 .928 .467 4 6 1 6 1 2 0-0 1 .900 - Fri 18 at Miami * 7 p.m. LF 1 Jake Alu Jr. 10 .200 .500 .308 3 2 1 3 2 0 2-2 0 1.000 - Sat 19 at Miami * 1 p.m. CF 26 Dante Baldelli So. 13 .462 .538 .533 2 6 0 4 1 4 1-1 0 1.000 2 T-S 22 - ACC Tournament & TBA 27 RF 9 Jack Cunningham So. 12 .333 .333 .385 1 4 0 1 1 1 2-3 0 1.000 - DH 12 Scott Braren R-Jr. 7 .286 .286 .375 1 2 0 0 1 1 0-1 1 1.000 - All times Eastern Standard Homes games in bold SUBS * Atlantic Coast Conference games Pos. No. Name Year AB Avg. SLG OBP R H HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT E FLD Streak @ Snowbird Classic (Port Charlotte, Fla.) OF 19 Jacob Yish So. 3 .000 .000 .200 0 0 0 1 1 2 0-0 0 .000 - ! Exhibition Game (JetBlue Park Fenway South) # at USA Baseball Complex (Cary, N.C.) C 28 Aaron Soucy So. 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 .000 - % at Drive Stadium (Greenville, S.C.) OF 17 Chris Galland Fr. 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1.000 1 $ Beanpot (Second Round at NEBC in Northborough, Mass.) ^ 7th Annual ALS Awareness Game at Fenway Park 1B 33 Reyce Curnane Fr. & Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.) #Birdball roster No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown/Last School 1 Jake Alu Jr. UT/RHP 5-10 175 L/R Hamilton, N.J./Princeton Day School 2 Gian Martellini Jr. C 6-1 210 R/R Johnston, R.I./Bishop Hendricken 4 Mitch Bigras Sr. 1B/LHP 6-6 215 L/L Sarnia, Ont./St. Clair Secondary 6 Brian Dempsey So. INF 6-0 180 R/R Potomac, Md./Georgetown Prep 8 Carmen Giampetruzzi Sr. LHP 6-3 230 R/L Manchester, N.H./Trinity 9 Jack Cunningham So. UT/RHP 6-2 190 L/R South Riding, Va./Paul VI Catholic 10 Nick Couhig Fr. RHP 6-1 180 R/R Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth 11 Jake Palomaki Sr. INF 5-10 175 S/R Kennesaw, Ga./Mount Paran Christian 12 Scott Braren R-Jr. OF 6-0 225 L/L Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand 15 Anthony Maselli Sr.