Blue Devils Fall to No. 11 Boston College, 9-6

Saturday, April 15

Chestnut Hill, MA

2 PM

Duke University

22-12, 8-8

Boston College

24-10, 9-8

Duke

Boston College

Blue Devils Fall to No. 11 Boston College, 9-6

4/15/2023 7:16:00 PM | Baseball

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BRIGHTON, Mass. – No. 11 Boston College (24-10, 9-8 ACC) scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Duke Baseball (22-12, 8-8 ACC), 9-6, on Saturday at the Harrington Athletics Village. Freshman Aidan Weaver was charged with the loss, falling to 3-2 on the season.

The 2023 Blue Devils moved into a tie for seventh all-time for home runs in a season, after Luke Storm hit his eighth home run of the season. The 57 long balls draw even with the 2018 squad and are the fourth most under head coach Chris Pollard.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Boston College opened the scoring on a balk in the bottom of the third inning, 1-0.
Junior Luke Storm doubled down the line in right to score Cole Hebble and Alex Stone in the top of the fourth inning, 2-1. Senior Damon Lux singled through the left side to score Storm from second, 3-1. Lux scored from third on an error on the throw down trying to steal second, 4-1. Sophomore Alex Mooney doubled down the line in left to add to the lead, 5-1.
Storm hit a solo home run to right field in the top of the sixth, pushing Duke's lead to 6-1.
Boston College took the lead in the bottom of the sixth, 8-6.
In the bottom of the seventh, BC tacked on a run, to reach the final score of 9-6.

NOTES

Junior Luke Storm hit his eighth home run of the season, a solo shot to right field.
Storm's home run ties the seventh most single season total for home runs in a season at 57. The mark draws even with the 2018 Blue Devils and are the fourth most under head coach Chris Pollard.
Along with Storm, Cole Hebble and Giovanni DiGiacomo also collected multi-hit contests on Saturday.
Graduate transfer Alex Gow worked five innings for the Blue Devils on Saturday, walking three batters and striking out six. Gow did not factor into the decision.

QUOTES

"I told our guys, outside of two innings this weekend, we have dominated the series. Both times that they have had big innings, it is because we sustained those innings with free offense. When we don't give them free offense, they have a really tough time scoring against our arms. Alex Gow pitched great, good enough to win the ballgame today." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the big inning Boston College had today.
"I thought we were really good against Flynn today who was their best starter. We struggled to get to him early and were able to figure him out. We had two big innings back-to-back and were able to force him out of the ballgame. They ran their best guys in there and they are both unique in what they do. We took some good swings against those guys, but we didn't string together hits. They made some great defensive plays out there, but I think we had a good offensive approach, and we will carry that into tomorrow." – On the offensive approach today.

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