@BCBIRDBALL 2018 BASEBALL Contact: Zanna Ollove | [email protected] | www.bceagles.com 2018 Schedule Inside the series BOSTON COLLEGE Overall 9-13 Home 2-3 Eagles Record vs. Clemson ................... 8-28 First Meeting ACC 4-5 Road 5-5 Streak vs. Clemson .........................L7 .................................... at Boston College Home vs. Clemson ...................... 3-15 April 21, 2006 (L, 6-3) Streak L2 Neutral 2-5 9-13 4-5 4-5 Away vs. Clemson ....................... 5-13 Last Meeting OVERALL ACC AWAY Neutral vs. Clemson .....................0-0 .........at Boston College (Kingston, R.I.) FEBRUARY Gambino vs. Clemson ....................3-21 March 26, 2017 (L, 2-0) Fri 16 at Santa Clara W, 5-1 Sat 17 at Santa Clara L, 20-9 No. 12 Sun 18 at Santa Clara W, 3-1 probable PITCHERS Thu 22 at Red Sox ! L, 4-2 CLEMSON Fri 23 vs. Minnesota @ L, 14-1 THURSDAY Sat 24 vs. No. 20 Indiana @ L, 4-0 BC: RHP Jacob Stevens (3-2, 3.21 ERA) | CU: LHP Jacob Hennessy (2-1, 2.27 ERA) Sun 25 vs. Rutgers @ W, 11-6 tigers FRIDAY MARCH 19-6 5-4 14-3 BC: LHP Dan Metzdorf (0-3, 5.81 ERA) | CU: RHP Brooks Crawford (1-1, 3.08 ERA) Fri 2 vs. Niagara # W, 11-3 OVERALL ACC HOME SATURDAY Sat 3 vs. Bryant # L, 9-8 BC: RHP Brian Rapp (2-2, 3.97 ERA) | CU: LHP Jake Higginbotham (3-1, 3.94 ERA) Sun 4 vs. Army # L, 11-1 Tue 6 at UNC Asheville W, 8-0 Wed 7 vs. Wofford % L, 12-10 weather stadium information Fri 9 at No. 22 NC State * L, 2-1 THURSDAY: Partly Cloudy; 73°F (40°F); 20% chance of rain; W 14 mph Doug Kingsmore Stadium • 6,272 Sat 10 at No. 22 NC State * L, 13-7 FRIDAY: Sunny; 66°F (46°F) 10% chance of rain; SSW 6 mph Natural Grass Sat 10 at No. 22 NC State * W, 11-3 SATURDAY: Mostly Cloudy; 73°F (51°F); 10% chance of rain; WSW 9 mph LF - 310 | LC - 360 | CF - 390 | RC - 365 | RF - 320 Fri 16 at No. 21 Virginia * W, 6-2 Sat 17 at No. 21 Virginia * L, 7-3 storylines Sun 18 at No. 21 Virginia * L, 10-9 (10) Tue 20 Northeastern L, 7-4 (18) EAGLES TRAVEL TO CLEMSON Wed 21 Siena PPD BC EARNS FIRST ACC SERIES WIN Fri 23 Virginia Tech * W, 7-4 • The Boston College baseball team took two of three from • The Eagles travel to 12th-ranked Clemson for a three-game Sat 24 Virginia Tech * W, 6-2 Virginia Tech to collect its first ACC series win. set before hosting ACC team for three straight series. Sat 23 Virginia Tech * L, 5-2 • It was also the first weekend at the newly-constructed • The Tigers have a 28-8 advantage in the all-time series Tue 27 Connecticut L, 4-0 Brighton Baseball Field, the Eagles' new home. and have won the last seven games. Thu 29 at No. 12 Clemson * 4 p.m. • BC dropped a midweek contest to New England rival • The two teams did not meet before 2006 when Boston Fri 30 at No. 12 Clemson * 6:30 p.m. Connecticut, 4-0, on Tuesday. College joined the Atlantic Coast Conference. Sat 31 at No. 12 Clemson * 2 p.m. • On Friday, junior RHP Jacob Stevens struck out seven over • BC's last win against CU came in 2015 in an 8-7 victory APRIL a 6.1-inning start. He walked one in a no-decision. in game two. The Eagles dropped the rubber match, 6-3. Tue 3 at Harvard $ 3 p.m. • Junior RHP Thomas Lane picked up his second save on • In 2008, the Eagles earned their only series win over the Wed 4 Massachusetts 4 p.m. Friday, walking one with one K in the final 1.1 innings. Tigers, winning the first two games before dropping the Fri 6 Pittsburgh * 2 p.m. • Sophomore OF Jack Cunningham recorded a career-high series finale. Sat 7 Pittsburgh * 1 p.m. four RBIs in the game-one win and plated the go-ahead • The Tigers have swept the Eagles five times. Sun 8 Pittsburgh * 1 p.m. run in the seventh. • BC collected six wins in the first five series between the Tue 10 Beanpot $ TBA • Junior LHP Dan Metzdorf struck out a career-high 13 two squads but just two since: in 2014 and 2015. Wed 11 Quinnipiac 4 p.m. over eight innings on Saturday, which tied a career high. • Last year, the two teams met at the University of Rhode Fri 13 Wake Forest * 6 p.m. Island in Kingston, R.I., as a late-season snowstorm Sat 14 Wake Forest * 4 p.m. He allowed just two hits and one run and did not walk a Sun 15 Wake Forest * 1 p.m. batter in the no decision. The strikeouts were the most for rendered Shea Field unplayable. Tue 17 Rhode Island 5:30 p.m. a BC pitcher since 2007. • Current senior RHP Brian Rapp struck out eight over a Wed 18 Dartmouth 4 p.m. • Sophomore OF Dante Baldelli was the hero in game two, seven-inning start last year, retiring 21 of the 23 batters Fri 20 Florida State * 6 p.m. launching a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth. he faced. He did not allow a walk or run and gave up just Sat 21 Florida State *^ 3 p.m. • Senior 1B Mitch Bigras hit the first-ever home run at two singles in a no decision. Sun 22 Florida State * 1 p.m. Brighton Baseball Field with a solo shot in the third inning • In six career games against Clemson, senior INF Jake Tue 24 at UMass Lowell 4 p.m. of game two against the Hokies. Classmate INF Jake Palomaki is batting .320 with eight hits, three RBIs and Wed 25 Bryant 4 p.m. 11 total bases against the Tigers. He did not play in last Fri 27 at Notre Dame * 6:05 p.m. Palomaki followed with a homer of his own. Sat 28 at Notre Dame * 2:05 p.m. • Palomaki has reached base safely in the last 17 straight. year's series due to injury. Sun 29 at Notre Dame * 1:05 p.m. probable starters MAY Tue 1 Holy Cross 5:30 p.m. 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. 85 .200 .341 .300 6 14 3 18 11 25 0-0 1 .995 3 Fri 4 Louisville * 6 p.m. Sat 5 Louisville * 4 p.m. 1B 4 Mitch Bigras Sr. 51 .137 .216 ,279 8 7 1 5 8 18 1-1 2 .987 - Sun 6 Louisville * Noon 2B 6 Brian Dempsey So. 75 .360 .400 .443 11 27 0 10 11 10 1-5 2 .980 - Tue 15 Maine 5:30 p.m. 3B 1 Jake Alu Jr. 88 .239 .352 .292 13 21 2 11 6 15 3-4 1 .981 - Thu 17 at Miami * 7 p.m. SS 11 Jake Palomaki Sr. 94 .415 .606 .491 21 39 39 2 12 6 10-11 7 .922 1 Fri 18 at Miami * 7 p.m. Sat 19 at Miami * 1 p.m. LF 17 Chris Galland Fr. 70 .357 .486 .416 19 25 0 11 5 15 13-13 0 1.000 - T-S 22 - ACC Tournament & TBA CF 26 Dante Baldelli So. 87 .299 .370 .410 15 26 1 14 13 24 10-11 0 1.000 - 27 RF 9 Jack Cunningham So. 84 .286 .357 .375 14 24 0 12 9 19 3-5 2 .973 - All times Eastern Standard DH 12 Scott Braren R-Jr. 67 .209 .254 .312 6 14 0 5 8 18 0-1 0 1.000 - 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.) ! Exhibition Game (JetBlue Park Fenway South) C 32 Jake Goodreau So. 3 .333 .333 .333 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 1.000 1 # at USA Baseball Complex (Cary, N.C.) OF 19 Jacob Yish So. 37 .135 .216 .195 2 5 0 4 3 12 0-0 2 .913 - % at Fluor Field (Greenville, S.C.) $ Beanpot (Second Round at NEBC in Northborough, Mass.) INF 15 Anthony Maselli Sr. 31 .065 .097 .167 3 2 0 1 2 11 1-1 1 .970 - ^ 7th Annual ALS Awareness Game at Fenway Park & 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.