Boston College Walked Off by Austin Peay in Extras
February 19, 2022 | Baseball
Eagles squander 8-0 lead, fall 10-9 in 10 innings.
Austin Peay strung together three straight two-out singles in the ninth to tie the game. In the 10th, the Governors loaded the bases with one out and got the win with a walk to right fielder Gino Avros.
The Eagles ran up an 8-0 lead through the middle of the fifth; scoring in four of five innings and five of six when ahead 9-4. The Governors trimmed the BC lead to a run with four-run innings in both the fifth and sixth innings.
Freshman right-hander Sean Hard (Mahwah, N.J.) was brilliant through four-scoreless innings with seven strikeouts, but ran into trouble in the fifth. Hard finished with a final line of four runs against on three hits, three hit batsmen and a walk. For Austin Peay, righty Drew McIllwain lasted just three innings, while surrendering five runs on four hits and three walks.
BC failed to register a hit after the sixth inning. Sophomore first baseman Joe Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y.) drove in two runs, including one on a double in the sixth; the final Eagle hit of the day. Vetrano was called to the mound with the bases loaded in the 10th and issued the game-deciding walk.
Sebastian Martinez (1-0) through four-hitless innings from the Austin Peay bullpen with four strikeouts and one walk. Junior RHP Max Gieg (0-1) took the loss with one run against on a hit and two walks in one-third of an inning pitched.
DETAILS
Score: Austin Peay 10, Boston College 9,
Records: Boston College 1-1; Austin Peay 1-1
Stadium: Raymond C. Hand Park
Attendance: 292
BC HIGHLIGHTS
· Hard struck out the first two batters he faced in a 1-2-3 bottom of the first.
· Lucas Stalman led off the fourth with a single and BC plated two runs on doubles by Peter Burns and Travis Honeyman.
· The Eagles scored three times in the fifth, beginning with a Landwehr pinch-hit single. He came around for the third run of the inning on a wild pitch.
GAME NOTES
· Honeyman recorded his first career multi-hit game.
· Division III graduate transfers Rafe Chaumette (Trinity University) and Henry Leake (Babson College) made their BC debuts.
UP NEXT
The series rubber-match is Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. Sophomore right-handed pitcher John West (Shrewsbury, Mass.) will make his first career start.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: MARTINEZ, Sebastian (1-0)
L: Gieg, Max (0-1)

Batting:
2B: Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Burns, Peter 1
RBI: Honeyman, Travis 1 ; Gold, Luke 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Cimini, Vince 2 ; Landwehr, Parker 1 ; Burns, Peter 2
SH: Cimini, Vince 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
SF: Gold, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Honeyman, Travis 2 ; Leary, Cameron 2 ; Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Cimini, Vince 1 ; Landwehr, Parker 1 ; Stalman, Lucas 1 ; Burns, Peter 1
SB: Leary, Cameron 1 ; Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Burns, Peter 1 ; Walsh, Barry 1
CS: Cimini, Vince 1
HBP: Vetrano, Joe 1 ; Burns, Peter 1

Batting:
2B: BROWN, Harrison 1 ; McDONALD, John 1 ; BOLTON, John 1
RBI: LUNA, Skyler 1 ; FOREMAN, TJ 1 ; BEAMON, Jonah 2 ; McDONALD, John 2 ; AVROS, Gino 1 ; ROBINSON, Michael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LUNA, Skyler 2 ; FOREMAN, TJ 1 ; BROWN, Harrison 1 ; AVROS, Gino 1 ; GUTHRIE, Knaje 1 ; ROBINSON, Michael 2 ; BOLTON, John 2
SB: AVROS, Gino 1
HBP: LUNA, Skyler 1 ; FOREMAN, TJ 1 ; AVROS, Gino 1 ; DeLANCEY, Ty 1