2019 BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2019 Schedule Games 35-37 n Georgia Tech n Brighton, Mass. n Harrington Athletics Village (1,000) Feb. 15 at Jackson State W, 7-3 Boston College Eagles Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Feb. 16 at Jackson State (DH) W, 11-2 at Jackson State W, 9-5 Overall: 17-17 Overall: 22-11 Feb. 17 at Jackson State CANCELLED ACC: 6-9 ACC: 9-6 Feb. 22 at Bethune-Cookman L, 4-8 Head Coach: Mike Gambino Head Coach: Danny Hall Career Record/Years: 194-265/9 Career Record/Years: 1,211-624-1 Feb. 23 at Bethune-Cookman L, 7-8 D1B BA/CBN USA N Feb. 24 at Bethune-Cookman W, 14-5 Rank: NR RPI: 73 Rank: 17 /18 /22 /24 RPI: 12 March 1 vs. Evansville^ L, 0-4 All-Time vs. GT: 12-18 Last Meeting: GT 6, BC 0 (5/24/16) at Eastern Kentucky W, 6-4 Series Information First Pitch... March 2 vs. Evansville^ L, 3-4 Watch: N/A The Boston College baseball team wraps up a 10-game home- at Eastern Kentucky W, 13-2 Listen: WZBCsports.com stand with an ACC series against No. 17 Georgia Tech. Play March 6 at Kentucky [SECN+] W, 12-3 begins Friday, April 12 under the lights from the Harrington Daniel Coates, Daniel Mery, Ashley Sachdeva #8 March 8 at Louisville* [ACCNE] L, 0-4 Twitter: @BCBirdball Athletics Village at 6 p.m. The Eagles host their annual “Mili- #8 March 9 at Louisville* [ACCNE] L, 4-11 Live Stats: BCEagles.com tary Appreciation Day” Saturday at 2 p.m. and “Back the Blue” March 10 at #8Louisville* [ACCNE] W, 6-4 first responder game Sunday at 1 p.m. March 12 Holy Cross W, 11-4 March 15 at Wake Forest* [ACCNE] W, 5-3 Series HIstory About the Eagles... Marhc 16 at Wake Forest* [ACCNE] L, 9-22 vs. Georgia Tech Last 16 Meetings Boston College enters the weekend on its third three-game March 17 at Wake Forest* [ACCNE] L, 3-13 All-Time ............................12-18 Year Result H/A win streak of the season. The Eagles are 17-17 overall and March 19 at Northeastern L, 2-4 In ACC ...............................12-16 2011 L, 0-2 A 6-9 in the ACC. Senior third baseman Jake Alu has scored a March 20 Siena [ACCNE] W, 7-5 Home.....................................8-7 L, 1-8 A team-high 29 runs, while batting in eight of nine spots this March 22 #20Clemson* [ACCNE] L, 1-8 Road ....................................3-10 L, 8-10 A season with a .346 batting average. He has hit a team-high 11 March 23 #20Clemson* [ACCNE] L, 5-9 Neutral .................................0-2 2012 W, 15-7 H doubles to go with three home runs and 23 RBI. Junior short- March 24 #20Clemson* [ACCNE] W, 3-2 Streak .....................................L1 W, 4-3 H stop Brian Dempsey is hitting .313 with a team-leading 27 March 27 at Connecticut L, 1-3 L, 1-2 H RBI. Junior first baseman Jack Cunningham has slugged a March 29 at #19Florida State* [ACCNE] W, 10-7 2013 L, 5-12 A team-best five home runs and is hitting .310 with a .909 OPS. March 30 at #19Florida State* [ACCNE] L, 3-4 L, 3-11 A Senior left-handed pitcher Dan Metzdorf occupies the Friday March 31 at #19Florida State* [ACCNE] W, 8-0 L, 1-9 A night role in the BC rotation. He is 3-2 with a 3.68 earned run April 2 Massachusetts (Beanpot) L, 2-6 2015 W, 1-0 H average. Freshman righty Mason Pelio is 4-1 with a 1.64 ERA April 3 Hartford L, 4-7 W, 6-1 H in the Sunday starter spot. He has picked up three wins vs. April 5 #1North Carolina State* L, 5-6 W, 4-0 H ranked opponents and the Eagles have won all four of his April 6 #1North Carolina State* L, 4-16 2016 L, 3-6 A starts against top-25 teams. April 7 #1North Carolina State* W, 3-1 W, 8-3 A April 9 Rhode Island W, 4-0 W, 7-6 A Scouting the Yellow Jackets... April 10 Quinnipiac W, 11-5 L, 0-6 N* Georgia Tech, which peaks in the polls at No. 17 by D1Base- April 12 Georgia Tech* 6:00 PM *-ACC Tournament (Durham, N.C.) ball.com, is 22-11 on the season after a 12-2 loss at No. 2 Geor- April 13 Georgia Tech* 2:00 PM #StrikeoutALS gia on Tuesday night. The Yellow Jackets are 9-6 in the ACC April 14 Georgia Tech* 1:00 PM The BC game hat features a “Strike Out ALS” patch on the following a series rubber-match win over No. 9 North Carolina April 17 vs. Northeastern# (Beanpot) 2:00 PM side, honoring former captain Pete Frates, who was diag- on Sunday. Designated hitter Michael Guldberg is hitting an April 19 at North Carolina* [ACCNE] 6:00 PM nosed with ALS in 2012 at the age of 27. Since his ACC-leading .426 with 29 runs scored. Catcher Kyle McCann April 20 at North Carolina* [ACCNE] 3:00 PM diagnosis, Frates has been an avid fundraiser and is tied for the ACC lead in home runs at 14, while hitting .342 April 21 at North Carolina* [ACCNE] 1:00 PM advocate for a cure by spreading aware- with a league-best .767 slugging percentage. First baseman April 23 UMass Lowell 5:30 PM ness, including his involvement with the Tristin English is second in the ACC in slugging at .658 to go April 24 at Bryant 3:00 PM Ice Bucket Challenge. with a .317 batting average, 10 doubles and nine home runs. April 26 Duke* [ACCNE] 6:00 PM April 27 Duke* [ACCNE] 2:00 PM * Left-Handed Hitter April 28 Duke* [ACCNE] 1:00 PM Projected Starters April 30 at Rhode Island 3:30 PM Lineup BA R HR RBI SB Notes May 1 Harvard [ACCNE] 5:30 PM LF-Chris Galland .248 25 0 12 13 Tied for seventh all-time at BC with 41 career steals. May 4 at Virginia Tech* [ACCNE] 6:00 PM SS-Brian Dempsey .313 19 1 27 8 8-for-12, five-RBI weekend at FSU (3/29-31). May 5 at Virginia Tech* [ACCNE] 4:00 PM 3B-Jake Alu* .346 29 3 23 7 Hit in every spot of the lineup except sixth. May 6 at Virginia Tech* [ESPNU] 7:00 PM 1B-Jack Cunningham* .310 18 5 20 3 Hitting .379 with 1.094 OPS in ACC play. May 14 Maine 5:30 PM C-Gian Martellini .237 9 2 18 1 Hit 13th career home run at FSU (3/29). May 16 Notre Dame* [ACCNE] 7:00 PM 2B-Cody Morrisette* .293 18 2 19 5 Second on the team with 10 doubles. May 17 Notre Dame* [ACCNE] 7:00 PM RF-Joe Suozzi .266 17 1 4 4 Started last 10 games; hitting .314 (11-for-35). May 18 Notre Dame* [ACCNE] 1:00 PM DH-Ramon Jimenez .310 4 1 3 0 Started each of the last six games at 1B or DH. May 21-26 ACC Championship TBA CF-Dante Baldelli .203 16 1 10 8 Stole two bases vs. Quinnipiac (4/10). May 31-June 2 NCAA Regional TBA Rotation ERA W-L GS IP SO Notes June 7-9 NCAA Super Regional TBA LHP-Dan Metzdorf 3.68 3-2 6 36.2 33 Drafted in the 38th round by the New York Yankees. June 15-26 College World Series TBA TBA BOLD indicates home game RHP-Mason Pelio 1.64 4-1 7 44.0 38 Ranked the No. 364 draft prospect by Baseball America. * - ACC game // (DH) - doubleheader Key Relievers ERA W-L SV IP SO Notes ^ - neutral site at EKU // # - Fenway Park RHP-Thomas Lane 3.38 2-1 0 24.0 32 Opponents hitting .242 this season, hit .158 in 2018. LHP-Joey Walsh 7.09 1-3 2 26.2 24 Struck out 18 in 19.1 innings on the Cape. RHP-Travis Lane 3.97 0-0 1 22.2 15 Six of 12 relief appearances have been five-plus outs. Contact: Brendan Flynn, Associate Director of Athletics Communications E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (203) 415-5381 Twitter: @BFlynn35 Website: BCEagles.com 2019 All-Time vs. Georgia Tech... Boston College Head Coach Mike Gambino The Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series with the Eagles, Location ......................................................Chestnut Hill, Mass. 18-12. The series began when Boston College joined the ACC Founded ..................................................................................1863 for the 2006 baseball season. Georgia Tech holds a 16-12 ad- Enrollment ...........................................................................14,100 vantage in regular season play and has won each of the two Nickname ............................................................................Eagles ACC tournament contests in 2009 and 2016. BC is 7-9 in the Colors ...............................................................Maroon and Gold series under ninth-year head coach Mike Gambino and has Conference ...........................................................Atlantic Coast won five of the last seven match-ups. President ......................................... Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. Athletics Director ............................................Martin Jarmond NCAA Faculty Representative ......................Robert Murphy Last Time They Met... Following a series win for BC at Georgia Tech to close out the regular season, the two sides met three days later at the ACC Boston College Baseball Mike Gambino, a 1999 Boston College graduate, was Championship on May 24, 2016. The Yellow Jackets won, 6-0, Head Coach ..................Mike Gambino (Boston College ’99) named head baseball coach on July 19, 2010.