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 Freshman Ryan Lever was 1-for-3 with a run scored on Wednesday at Boston College. Photo is courtesy of UMass. | |
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - University of Massachusetts baseball out-hit Boston College, 7-6, but it was BC who came out on top, 2-1, in a Beanpot first round matchup at Shea Field on Wednesday afternoon. The loss leaves the Minutemen at 7-14 on the season, while the Eagles improve to 18-11 and advance to next week’s Beanpot Championship game vs. Northeastern.
Boston College took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third. After opening the inning with back-to-back singles and a walk, Michael Strem plated Mitch Bigras with a sacrifice fly to put the Eagles on the board.
UMass pushed across the tying run in the top of the seventh. Freshman Ryan Lever poked a one-out single through the right side of the infield and moved to third on a base hit to right by junior Jon Avallone. Lever then came home a bunt single by senior Vinny Scifo.
The Eagles regained the lead, 2-1, with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Strem knocked a single through the left side, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch before scoring on a single to right by Joe Cronin.
Junior Mike Geannelis took the loss (0-2) on the mound for the Minutemen, allowing one run on two hits over two innings of relief with no walks and two strikeouts. John Witkowski collected the win (1-0) and Jesse Adams earned a save for BC, both tossing hitless innings out of the bullpen with one strikeout apiece.
The Minutemen will be back in action this Fri., Apr. 15, when the squad will open its first home Atlantic 10 series of the season vs. Saint Joseph’s at 3 p.m. on Earl Lorden Field
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