Baseball Drops 10-4 Decision to Boston College

Boston College vs Connecticut (Apr 02, 2008)

STORRS, Conn. (April 2, 2008) — A six-run fourth inning by the Eagles led Boston College over the University of Connecticut baseball team 10-4 on Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action at J.O. Christian Field.

With the loss, the Huskies drop to 14-12 overall this season while Boston College improves to 13-14.

Boston College wasted no time as they put the first run on the board in the third as three straight hits put the Eagles up 1-0. But UConn answered back in the bottom of the inning, taking a 4-1 lead. Senior Gordon Stevens (Vista, Calif.) led off the inning with a double that hit the centerfield wall. Sophomore Harold Brantley, Jr. (Silver Spring, Md.) followed with an infield hit, keeping Stevens at second but both runners advanced as freshman Pierre LePage (Wolcott, Conn.) earned a walk from Boston College's John Leonard. With the bases loaded, Elliot Glynn (Los Alamitos, Calif.) hit a line drive up the middle hitting off Leonard's leg, as Stevens came home to score the Huskies' first run of the game.

Senior Pat Mahoney (Des Moines, Iowa), who is on a nine-game hitting streak, sent a double into right field to pick up two RBIs as both Brantley and LePage scored. Freshman Mike Olt (Branford, Conn.) followed with a ground out to third base but was able to get Glynn home to pick up the Huskies' fourth run of the inning.

In the fourth inning, Boston College pounded the UConn pitching staff, as they recorded six runs and four hit. Barry Butera picked up his sixth homerun of the season as he blasted a shot over the right field fence to add to the Boston College lead.

The Eagles added three more runs in the top of the seventh inning, as they forced three straight walks from relief pitcher junior David Erickson (Stratford, Conn.). Erickson pitched one inning and allowed one hit, three walks and three runs.

UConn starting pitcher, Dusty Odenbach (Rochester, N.Y.) picked up the loss as he drops to 2-2 on the year. He went 3.2 innings on the mound while allowing six hits, six earned runs and four walks.

Boston College's Leonard improves to 2-0 with the win after going seven innings for the Eagles. He gave up eight hits and four runs.

LePage, Glynn and Brantley finished the day with two hits each while Mahoney recorded two RBIs. With his two hits, LePage extends his current hitting streak to 13 games.

The Huskies will host a non-conference game against Fairfield on Thursday at J.O. Christian Field. The first pitch will be thrown at 3:00 p.m.

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