March 18, 2011
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Maryland scored just once after a three-run first inning and Boston College came up with six unanswered runs on its way to a 7-4 victory over the Terrapins on Friday night.
The Eagles (7-8, 1-3 ACC) used seven pitchers and held Maryland (9-9, 0-4 ACC) to one hit - a home run by second baseman Ryan Holland in the eighth - over the final eight innings. Boston College starter Andrew Lawrence lasted only an inning, but reliever Hunter Gordon (1-0) followed with two perfect innings and three others kept Maryland hitless until Holland's home run.
Boston College's Mike Sudol went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and homered to right field in the top of the fourth to tie it at 3-3. First baseman Garret Smith followed with a double to the gap in right center and Matt Hamlet's single up the middle knocked in Smith to give BC a lead it wouldn't relinquish.
Sander Beck (0-3) struck out five but gave up four runs on six hits and took the loss after going 3 1/3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. Freshman Brady Kirkpatrick entered with one out, a man on third and a 1-2 count on Tom Bourdon and got back-to-back strikeouts to get out of the inning. Kirkpatrick also struck out five and allowed two runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Maryland had jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first after right fielder Charlie White and Holland led off with a pair of singles. Two batters later Tomo Delp drew a walk to load the bases and White scored when Alfredo Rodriguez reached on a fielder's choice that put out Delp at second. After Rodriguez got into scoring position by stealing second, center fielder Korey Wacker slapped a single the opposite way between shortstop and third to bring in two runs.
But Boston College rallied to take the lead in the fourth and added single runs in the fifth, eighth and ninth innings to secure the win.
The Terps and Eagles continue the three-game series Saturday at 3 p.m. RHP David Carroll (3-1, 3.28) takes the hill for Maryland against LHP Nate Bayuk (2-1, 4.58) of Boston College.
