No. 13 Miami Drops Series Finale at Boston College, 13-3
May 3, 2009
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The 13th-ranked University of Miami baseball dropped its series finale at Boston College, 13-3, Sunday afternoon at Shea Field, a day after clinching its sixth Atlantic Coast Conference series win of the season.
Miami (31-16, 15-12 ACC) fell behind early on to Boston College (29-19, 12-13 ACC) as the Eagles scored four in the second and three more in the fourth before eventually pulling away for the 10-run win.
Boston College starter Pat Dean (5-3) earned the win. Dean tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and a walk while striking out seven before Mike Belfiore allowed three unearned runs over the final two innings.
UM starter Iden Nazario (5-3) suffered the loss, allowing three earned runs on five hits and four walks in 2 2/3 innings before Jason Santana came on in relief and allowed four runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings. From there, Travis Miller held the Eagles hitless over the next two innings, redshirt freshman D.J. Swatscheno allowed five runs in first career appearance and Rene Guerra tossed a scoreless frame.
Chris Herrmann had four of UM’s nine hits on the day, going a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI.
Barry Butera went 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored for BC, while Belfiore finished 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored and Mickey Wiswall went 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored.
BC got on the board first for the third time in the series, scoring four runs in the bottom of the second to go up 4-0. Back-to-back singles by Anthony Melchionda and Robbie Anston scored Butera and Brad Zepenas for the first two runs before the next two came across on a grounder to second misplayed by Scott Lawson.
Two doubles, two singles and a sacrifice fly accounted for three more Boston College runs in the fourth, pushing the Eagles’ lead to 7-0 after four complete.
A walk, a wild pitch and a single to right-center by Wiswall in the sixth put the Eagles up eight.
Miami finally got on the board in the eighth with three runs, cutting BC’s lead to 8-3. With runners on the corners, Vickash Ramjit doubled to right to score Nathan Melendres for the first run before Herrmann’s fourth single of the day scored Ryan Jackson and Ramjit.
The Eagles added five more runs in the eighth to close the scoring at 13-3.
The `Canes will return home next weekend and step out of ACC play to host their final regular season series against Bethune Cookman, May 8-10, at Alex Rodriguez Park.
Game Notes
– David Villasuso made just his second career start, serving as the team’s designated hitter in the No. 8 spot in the lineup.
– Miami is now 7-1 all-time against Boston College.
– Chris Herrmann’s four-hit game was hit 10th multi-hit game of the season and his first four-hit game of his career.
– Redshirt freshman D.J. Swatscheno made his first career appearance on the mound at UM.
