Live Blog: No. 14 Boston College Baseball vs No. 6 Virginia in ACC Tournament

The Eagles are looking to advance to the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.

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The No. 14-seeded Boston College Eagles (27-28, 11-19 ACC) baseball team continues its run in Durham with a second round matchup against the No. 6 Virginia Cavaliers in the ACC Tournament on Wednesday night.

The Eagles played into the early morning hours of the day in the first round, beating No. 11 Notre Dame 5-4 in ten innings, a contest that finished shortly before 2 a.m. ET.

The Cavaliers, on the other hand, start their run in the tournament after earning a bye week with their seed.

The winner will take on No. 3 UNC on Friday night in the quarterfinals at 7 p.m.

Starting Lineups

Boston College’s Starting Lineup:	Virginia's Starting Lineup:
CF Josiah Ragsdale	CF Aidan Teel
3B Patrick Roche	SS Eric Becker
RF Jack Toomey	RF Henry Ford
C Gunnar Johnson	1B Chris Arroyo
1B Esteban Garcia	2B Henry Godbout
2B Vince Cimini	C Jacob Ference
LF Adam Magpoc	DH Chone James
DH Kyle Wolff	LF James Nunnallee
SS Sam McNulty	3B Luke Hanson
P Brady Miller	P Jay Woolfolk

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Bottom 9

• Virginia goes down in order to end the game. Boston College moves on to the quarterfinals to face UNC on Friday night at 7 p.m. ET. Boston College 12, Virginia 8.

Top 9

• Boston College goes down in order. Virginia is down its final three outs. Boston College 12, Virginia 8.

Bottom 8

• Eric Becker and Henry Ford both hit two-out singles but gets stranded. To the ninth we go. Boston College 12, Virginia 8.

Top 8

• A fly out ends the top half of the inning. Boston College 12, Virginia 8.

• Josiah Ragsdale scores on a wild pitch. Boston College 12, Virginia 8.

• Virginia makes a pitching change.

• Josiah Ragsdale adds some insurance for the Eagles on a two-RBI double. He advances to third on the throw in. Boston College 11, Virginia 8.

• Sam McNulty drops a single and Colin Larson makes it to third. Runners on the corners with no outs.

• Leadoff batter Kyle Wolff gets hit by a pitch. Colin Larson comes in to pinch run.

Bottom 7

• Virginia gets the game-tying run to third base but a deep fly out ends the inning and strands the runner 90-feet-away. Boston College 9, Virginia 8.

• Cesar Gonzalez comes into the game for the Eagles.

Top 7

• Boston College goes down in order and all the momentum has shifted to Virginia. Boston College 9, Virginia 8.

Bottom 6

• A groundout ends the inning and the Eagles still barely lead. Boston College 9, Virginia 8.

• Henry Ford crushes a three-run home run and the Cavaliers are within one. Boston College 9, Virginia 8.

• Eric Becker drives in a run on an RBI fielder’s choice. Boston College 9, Virginia 5.

• Virginia loads the bases with a walk and Boston College is making a pitching change. John Kwiatkowski is entering for the Eagles.

• Boston College takes a mound visit but Kyle Kipp is staying in the game for now. Cesar Gonzalez and John Kwiatkowski are warming up.

• Virginia is threatening early in the inning. The Cavaliers have two on base after an error by Patrick Roche and a single by James Nunnallee.

Top 6

• Two straight strikeouts end the top half of the inning and Patrick Roche gets stranded at first. Boston College 9, Virginia 4.

• Patrick Roche gets hit by a pitch. He is on base with one out.

Bottom 5

• Virginia goes down in order to end the inning. Eagles pitcher Kyle Kipp is dealing. He has allowed just one hit in 2.2 innings of work. Boston College 9, Virginia 4.

Top 5

• Adam Magpoc hits a leadoff single but is caught stealing later in the inning. A strikeout and a fly out gets the Eagles back into the field. Boston College 9, Virginia 4.

Bottom 4

• Virginia’s Eric Becker drops a one-out single but Kyle Kipp still faces the minimum as a double play ends the inning. Boston College 9, Virginia 4.

Top 4

• A groundout by Vince Cimini ends the top half of the inning. Boston College 9, Virginia 4.

• Esteban Garcia extends the Eagles’ lead with an RBI single. Virginia makes another pitching change. Boston College 9, Virginia 4.

• Virginia makes a pitching change. Matthew Buchanan enters out of the bullpen. BC has two on with one out.

• Patrick Roche scores on a fielder’s choice error by Virginia’s Eric Becker. Boston College 8, Virginia 4.

• Patrick Roche gets back to second on a pickoff attempt and is a little shaken up. He stays in the game and steals third in the next at-bat.

• Patrick Roche is on base with an one-out double.

Bottom 3

• A strikeout ends the inning. Boston College 7, Virginia 4.

• Eagles catcher Gunnar Johnson got hit on the side of his head with the bat. He is looked at for a moment, walks it off, and stays in the game.

• Brady Miller is being taken out of the game. Something has been bothering him all inning and it seems to be his eye. Had a mound visit earlier in the inning but chose to stay in the game. As expected, Kyle Kipp enters from the pen.

Top 3

• Boston College puts up its first scoreless inning which was primarily from a double play at third base. Vince Cimini tried to tag from second on a shallow fly out and was thrown out. Boston College 7, Virginia 4.

Bottom 2

• The Cavaliers strand the bases loaded with a pop up. Boston College 7, Virginia 4.

• Virginia loads up the bases with two outs. Kyle Kipp is throwing in the pen and will more than likely be the next man up.

• The Cavaliers are slowly battling back. They score another on an RBI single by Henry Ford. Boston College 7, Virginia 4.

• Cesar Gonzalez raced down to the bullpen and a couple of Eagles are starting to get warm in the pen. No one throwing yet.

• Eric Becker knocks in another run on an RBI single. Boston College 7, Virginia 3.

Top 2

• Esteban Garcia nearly hits one out of the park but stays in for a fly out to end the top half of the inning. Boston College 7, Virginia 2.

• Boston College tacks on two more runs on a wild pitch and an error by Virginia’s catcher. Boston College 7, Virginia 2.

• Virginia makes a pitching change. Bryson Moore enters the game in relief of starter Jay Woolfolk.

• The Eagles are threatening again. Sam McNulty notched a leadoff single and advanced to second on a balk. Patrick Roche gets hit by a pitch.

Bottom 1

• A groundout and a strikeout end the inning. The Cavaliers strand a runner on base. Boston College 5, Virginia 2.

• Virginia gets on the board in the home half of the inning on a two-run blast by Eric Becker. Leadoff man Aidan Teel drew a walk to reach. Boston College 5, Virginia 2.

Top 1

• After a 21 minute top of the first, it comes to a close as Adam Magpoc is thrown out at the plate trying to steal home. Brady Miller, who had to start warming up again in the inning, is about to take the mound. Boston College 5, Virginia 0.

• Adam Magpoc drills one into the left field corner to drive in an additional two runs. Boston College 5, Virginia 0.

• Virginia’s struggles continue. The Eagles add another run on a fielding error by Cavaliers first baseman Chris Arroyo. Boston College 3, Virginia 0.

• Gunnar Johnson reaches on a single that took a strange bounce off of Henry Godbout. Virginia has a quick mound visit with runners on the corners and still no outs.

• Jack Toomey puts Boston College on the board with a two-RBI double. Boston College 2, Virginia 0.

• The Eagles are threatening early. Patrick Roche draws a walk and both runners steal to get into scoring position. Still no outs.

• Josiah Ragsdale reaches on the first pitch of the game. During his swing, the umps called catcher’s interference. BC has the leadoff man on early.

Pregame

• 9:19 ET | Duke beats Pitt 4-3. First pitch for Boston College and Virginia will be at 10:20 p.m.

• 8:44 p.m. ET | Boston College-Virginia will not start on time. Pitt and Duke are going in the eighth inning with Pitt leading 3-2.

• First pitch is set for 9 p.m. ET.

How to Watch

Who: Boston College Eagles and Virginia Cavaliers

When: Wednesday, May 21 at 9 p.m. ET 

Where: Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, N.C. 

TV: ACC Network

Last Outing, Virginia: The Cavaliers earned a series win over the Virginia Tech Hokies over the weekend. Virginia took the first game 12-2 and finale 3-1. The team dropped the middle game 5-4. 

Last Outing, Boston College: The Eagles defeated Notre Dame 5-4 in extra innings in the first round of the ACC Tournament early Wednesday morning. 

Last Meeting: The last time these two teams met was for a series during the regular season this year from March 7-9. Boston College won the series, taking the opener 7-4 and the rubber match 6-3. It lost the middle game 22-16. 

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