Nicklas collects third win in four relief appearance of the season
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 9, Central Michigan 3
Records: Boston College (10-2) vs. Central Michigan (1-10)
Location: Port Charlotte, Fla.
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Senior Joe Cronin led the way for the Eagles at the plate with a 3-for-5 day and notched a career-high four RBIs. He blasted his first home run of the season and added a double and two runs scored, extending his on-base streak to 12 games.
- Senior John Nicklas collected his third win in four appearances, coming on in relief and throwing 2.1 scoreless innings to hold the Chippewas. The right-hander allowed just one hit and struck out two without walking a batter.
- Junior Michael Strem extended his hit streak to seven games as he knocked two doubles, scored one run and drove in one more.
- Junior Johnny Adams extended his on-base streak to a team-long 17 games on a 1-for-3 day with two runs and a walk.
- Freshman Gian Martellini was 2-for-2 with a walk, double and run.
KEY PLAYS
- With the game knotted at three in the fourth, the Eagles scored four runs as senior Gabriel Hernandez started it off with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly.
- Nicklas, along with relievers freshmen LHP Dan Metzdorf, RHP Sean Hughes and sophomore LHP Kevin Connor and RHP Donovan Casey, held Central Michigan scoreless for the reminder of the game, allowing just two hits and no walks while striking out five.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- It didn't take long for the Eagles to get on the board as sophomore Jake Palomaki led off the first with a walk and Cronin belted his first home run of the season over the left-field fence to give BC a 2-0 lead. Strem followed with a double and moved to third on a groundout. Junior Nick Sciortino plated him with a grounder to second to make it a 3-0 Eagles lead.
- The Chippewas got two in the second to cut the lead to one. After freshman starter Zach Stromberg got a strikeout to start the inning, he put two on with a walk and hit batter. They moved into scoring position on a passed ball before the lefty came back with another K. Morgan Oliver doubled to the wall in left to drive in two runs, but Stromberg retired the side with his third strikeout of the inning.
- CMU tied the game the following inning as Stromberg got two quick out but loaded the bases on two walks and a hit by pitch. Jason Sullivan singled to left to bring in a run. Nicklas entered the game and got a strikeout looking to get the Eagles out of the jam.
- BC regained the lead in the fourth, scoring four runs to take a 7-3 lead. They loaded them up on two hit by pitches and a walk and Hernandez broke the tie with a sac fly to left. Palomaki followed with a single up the middle to score another run and he stole second to move into scoring position. Cronin hit a hard chopper to third, which Oliver mishandled, allowing Palomaki and Adams, who was on third, to cross the plate before a double play ended the inning.
- The Eagles added two more in the sixth with two outs in the inning. Adams led off with a base hit and after two fly balls, Cronin plated him with a double down the third-base line. Cronin moved up to third on the throw home and scored on Strem's double to center, a fly ball that neither the centerfielder nor the right fielder made a catch on, as it dropped in front of both of them.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Cronin recorded the only BC home run during the eight games at the Snowbird Classic. The BC pitching staff has yet to surrender a homer.
- He also notched at least one hit in all five games of the Eagles' first-half spring break swing, tallying nine hits, four runs and seven RBIs.
- Freshman LHP Zach Stromberg made his first career start against the Chippewas. He went 2.2 innings, allowed three hits, three runs – two earned – three walks and struck out three.
UP NEXT
The Eagles travel to Raleigh, N.C., to open Atlantic Coast Conference play at No. 13 NC State beginning on Friday, April 11 at 3 p.m.
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