Live Blog: Boston College Baseball at UMass Lowell (Game 1)
The Boston College Eagles baseball team starts a two-game set with the UMass Lowell River Hawks at LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Mass., on Saturday afternoon.
Boston College (23-26, 10-17 ACC) is looking to build some momentum prior to the team’s regular season finale at Cal and the ACC Tournament after suffering two straight series losses to Miami and Stanford.
Last weekend, the Eagles dropped their opening game to Stanford 2-0, then forced a rubber match after taking the middle game 6-2. The team lost the finale 11-7 to hand the Cardinal the series.
UMass Lowell (17-30, 8-13 AE) is looking to get back in the win column and snap a four-game losing streak.
The skid for the River Hawks started by getting swept to UAlbany 6-1, 12-9, and 7-2 in a series from May 2-4. Their woes continued into midweek play with their contest against UMass which was slated for Tuesday being canceled and suffering a defeat to Northeastern 9-3 on Wednesday.
This will be the third time the two teams have met this year. Boston College leads the season series 2-0 with a 3-1 win on April 8 and 5-4 win on April 23, both at Harrington Athletics Village in Brighton, Mass.
The game will be streamed on America East TV.
Starting Lineups
Boston College’s Starting Lineup: | UMass Lowell’s Starting Lineup: |
|---|---|
CF Josiah Ragsdale | 3B Brandon Fish |
3B Patrick Roche | 1B Conor Kelly |
RF Jack Toomey | CF Alex Luccini |
DH Kyle Wolff | RF Carlos Martinez |
C Beck Milner | DH Scott Donahue |
2B Adam Magpoc | 2B Rowan Masse |
1B Vince Cimini | C Jake Fitzgibbons |
C Colin Larson | LF Spencer Aubin |
SS Sam McNulty | SS Brayden Cali |
P AJ Colarusso | P Alfred Mucciarone |
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Bottom 9
- UMass Lowell goes down in order on a foul out and two strikeouts to end the game. Boston College 8, UMass Lowell 3.
Top 9
- Joey Ryan is coming into the game to close things out for the Eagles.
- Boston College goes down in order in the ninth and UMass Lowell needs five runs with three outs to work with to extend this game. Gonna be a challenging feat. Boston College 8, UMass Lowell 3.
Bottom 8
- Similar to how the rest of the game has gone, UMass Lowell gets just one runner on a base on a two-out walk by Scott Donahue. He gets stranded at first. Boston College 8, UMass Lowell 3.
Top 8
- The Eagles almost get another run across the plate, but Colin Larson is thrown out at the plate. Patrick Roche grounds out to end the top half of the inning. Boston College 8, UMass Lowell 3.
- Vince Cimini adds to Boston College’s lead with a solo home run to right field. Boston College 8, UMass Lowell 3.
Bottom 7
- The River Hawks continue to stay ice cold and go down in order to end the inning. Boston College 7, UMass Lowell 3.
Top 7
- UMass Lowell gets out of it with do damage. Adam Magpoc flies out and Kyle Wolff is thrown out at the plate to end the top half of the inning. Boston College 7, UMass Lowell 3.
- Boston College’s offense looks to be heating up again. Kyle Wolff and Beck Milner both notch singles and the Eagles have two on with one out.
Bottom 6
- Jake Fitzgibbons gets on base with a single, but a strikeout ends the inning. Boston College 7, UMass Lowell 3.
- Scott Donahue and Rowan Masse are both out to start the bottom half of the inning and JD Ogden has only thrown two pitches in the inning.
Top 6
- Larson advances to second on a sacrifice groundout by Sam NcNulty but gets stranded there. Boston College 7, UMass Lowell 3.
- Colin Larson draws a leadoff walk and the Eagles are looking to run away with this game.
Bottom 5
- Kelly gets stranded on a strike out and a foul out to end the inning. Other than the third, UMass Lowell’s offense has been very quiet today. Boston College 7, UMass Lowell 3.
- Conor Kelly draws a one-out walk for the River Hawks to try and get some offense going for them.
Top 5
- The two-run blast is all the Eagles can get in the fifth as three straight outs end the top half of the inning. JD Ogden is entering the game for AJ Colarusso. Boston College 7, UMass Lowell 3.
- Boston College adds to its lead to open the fifth with a two-run home run by Jack Toomey. Patrick Roche drew a leadoff walk in the prior at-bat. Boston College 7, UMass Lowell 3.
Bottom 4
- After getting the leadoff batter on base, the River Hawks strand him at first with three straight outs, two fly outs and a groundout. Boston College 5, UMass Lowell 3.
- UMass Lowell’s Rowan Masse hits a leadoff single and the game-tying run comes to the plate.
Top 4
- Brian Foley, who enters the game out of the bullpen, gets the third out on a controversial groundout. Josiah Ragsdale looked to have beat out the tag, but the umpire calls him out and with no review avaliable, it ends the top half of the inning. Eagles fans in attendance are boo’ing the call. Boston College 5, UMass Lowell 3.
- After another run crosses home plate for the Eagles on an RBI single by Sam McNulty, UMass Lowell makes a pitching change. Alfred Mucciarone is done after 3.2 innings of work. Boston College 5, UMass Lowell 3.
- Kyle Wolff puts Boston College in front with a massive grand slam to left-center field. Boston College 4, UMass Lowell 3.
- And just like that, Boston College has the bases loaded with no outs. Patrick Roche hits a single and Jack Toomey draws a walk. The Eagles have a chance to get back in the ballgame.
- Leadoff batter Josiah Ragsdale gets aboard for the Eagles with a single, their first hit of the day.
Bottom 3
- Things go from bad to worse for Boston College and Colarusso. The junior allows an RBI triple by Carlos Martinez and the Eagles are in a deeper hole. UMass Lowell 3, Boston College 0.
- After a sacrifice fly to move both runners into scoring position, UMass Lowell strikes on a bases clearing single by Alex Luccini. He also steals second to put himself in scoring position. UMass Lowell 2, Boston College 0.
- AJ Colarusso has found himself in a small jam after allowing a single to leadoff batter Brandon Fish. The River Hawks have two on and one out.
- UMass Lowell gets its second base runner of the day with a one-out walk by Brayden Cali. The top of the order is due up for the River Hawks.
Top 3
- Another swift inning is in the books. Boston College goes down in order on seven pitches and has yet to record a hit. Boston College 0, UMass Lowell 0.
- Vince Cimini grounds out to start the inning. Colin Larson follows that up with a fly out on his first pitch, and Sam McNulty grounds out to put the Eagles back in the field.
Bottom 2
- Jake Fitzgibbons fouls out on the first pitch he sees and that’ll end the inning with the contest still scoreless. Both pitchers have a chance to have long outings at this rate. Boston College 0, UMass Lowell 0.
- UMass Lowell’s offense is performing similarly to Boston College’s. Scott Donahue strikes out swinging and Rowan Masse strikes out looking for a quick two outs.
Top 2
- Boston College’s offense is struggling to get going early as the team goes down in order in the top half of the inning after a strikeout by Adam Magpoc. Boston College 0, UMass Lowell 0.
- Beck Milner lines out on just the second pitch he sees which helps Mucciarone‘s pitch count.
- Kyle Wolff flies out to start the second on what looked to be a promising at-bat. Wolff was ahead in the count 3-1.
Bottom 1
- The inning comes to a close on a foul out and a fielder’s choice which strands a runner on base. Boston College 0, UMass Lowell 0.
- Conor Kelly hits a one-out single and the River Hawks have their first base runner of the day.
- AJ Colarusso picks up a fast out as UMass Lowell’s Brandon Fish flies out on the second pitch.
Top 1
- Jack Toomey grounds out to end the top half of the inning. Although UMass Lowell allowed a base runner, Mucciarone faces the minimum in the inning. Boston College 0, UMass Lowell 0.
- After getting the leadoff man on base, Boston College has gotten two fast outs. Patrick Roche struck out swinging and Josiah Ragsdale was caught attempting to steal second.
- Eagles leadoff batter Josiah Ragsdale gets hit by a pitch to start things off this afternoon. Ragsdale becomes the first base runner of the day for either team.
Pregame
- UMass Lowell is celebrating Senior Day.
- First pitch is set for 5 p.m. ET
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