Boston College at Notre Dame
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (Interstat) — Kyle Wolff drove in five runs with two home runs and Boston College pounded out 21 hits Saturday in a 16-1 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Notre Dame at Frank Eck Stadium.
The game, completed in eight innings, gave Boston College a split of the weekend series after the Fighting Irish won 12-2 in seven innings Friday. The Eagles improved to 32-14 overall and dropped Notre Dame to 19-19.
Wolff, the designated hitter, went 2 for 5, launching a two-run homer in the fifth inning and a three-run blast in the eighth. He entered the game hitless in his previous four at-bats over two contests.
Julio Solier also homered and finished 4 for 5 with three RBIs. Nick Wang collected three hits and three RBIs, and Luke Gallo drove in three runs on two hits.
Boston College starter Brady Miller pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run, no hits and striking out six. Cesar Gonzalez worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, and Chase Hartsell struck out one in a perfect eighth.
Notre Dame’s only run came in the sixth inning when Passo grounded out to drive in Coy. The Fighting Irish managed six hits.
The top of the eighth inning proved decisive. After Boston College carried a 5-1 lead into the frame, the Eagles erupted for 11 runs.
Solier opened the scoring in the inning with a three-run homer to right field that also scored Williams and Larson. Solier was ejected after the home run. Wang followed with an RBI double and later scored on Mainolfi’s single. Gallo doubled home another run, and Wolff capped the outburst with a three-run homer to right, scoring Johnson and Gallo. Wang added a two-run single later in the inning that brought home Williams and pinch-hitter Surowiec.
Boston College had taken control early. Wang’s RBI single in the third inning put the Eagles ahead 1-0, and Solier had singled in the first. A four-run third inning, highlighted by Gallo’s two-run double, extended the lead to 4-0. Wolff’s two-run homer in the fifth made it 6-0.
Notre Dame starter Caden Crowell pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief, allowing two hits and two earned runs while striking out six. Radek Birkholz, Evan Clark and others also appeared for the Fighting Irish.
Boston College scored in all but one inning, plating at least one run in the first, third, fifth, seventh and eighth. The Eagles stranded 10 runners.
The game was played under cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid-60s. Attendance was not announced.
Boston College will conclude the three-game series Sunday at Notre Dame. The Eagles then host Massachusetts-Lowell on Tuesday before traveling to Clemson next weekend. Notre Dame will host Central Michigan on Tuesday.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Boston College 8, Notre Dame 3, while Interstat’s ELO system gave the Fighting Irish a 58.40 percent probability to win.