April 11, 2009

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Boston College scored four runs in the top of the eighth, capped by Mike Belfiore's game-winning RBI double, as the Eagles rallied for a 4-2 win over Wake Forest to complete a doubleheader sweep on Saturday at Wake Forest Baseball Park.

The Demon Deacons fall to 18-15 and 5-12 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, while the Eagles improve to 22-11 and 9-6 in league play.

Trailing 2-0 entering the eighth inning, Boston College scored four runs in the inning to take the lead. Robbie Anston led off the inning with a walk. Matt Hamlet hit a ground ball to third, but Carlos Lopez's throw to first was low and got past the first baseman, allowing Anston to score and sending Hamlet all the way to third. Tony Sanchez followed with a game-tying RBI double and moved to third when Mickey Wiswall flew out to center field for the first out of the inning. Belfiore drove in Sanchez with a double into left-center field to give BC its first lead of the game at 3-2. Barry Butera gave the Eagles an insurance run with a double down the left-field line to make the score 4-2.

After getting the game-winning hit, Belfiore came in to pitch and retired all six Wake Forest batters he faced, including three strikeouts, to earn his seventh save of the season.

The late rally spoiled a great outing by Wake Forest starter Garrett Bullock. The senior from Greenville, N.C., allowed one run on three hits in seven innings pitched. Bullock struck out three and walked four.

Freshman Michael Dimock suffered the loss for the Demon Deacons to drop to 3-3 on the year. Dimock gave up two runs, only one earned, on a hit and did not retire a batter in his outing.

Kevin Moran earned the victory for Boston College in relief to improve to 3-1. Morgan threw two scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.

Steven Brooks led Wake Forest at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Dustin Hood and Mike Murray each drove in a run.

Belfiore and Sanchez each had two hits for Boston College and drove in a run.

The Demon Deacons struck first with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Brooks led off the stanza with a single to center and moved to second on a stolen base. Brooks advanced to third when Hood grounded out to second for the second out of the inning. Murray singled to center field to score Brooks for Wake's first run of the game. Weldon Woodall followed with a bloop single into right field to move Murray to second. Tyler Smith hit a blast to deep center field but BC center fielder Robbie Anston made a great catch against the wall to end the inning.

Wake Forest added a run in the bottom of the third. Brooks led off the inning with a single and moved to second on his second stolen base of the game. A groundout to second by Shane Kroker moved Brooks to third. Hood hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Brooks to give the Demon Deacons a 2-0 lead.

The Eagles had good scoring chances in the third, fourth and fifth innings. Boston College was able to get two runners on base in each inning, but couldn't plate any runs as Bullock was able to work out of trouble.

Wake Forest had a chance to break the game open in the bottom of the seventh. The Deacs loaded the bases with no outs, but could not push across a run. Evan Ocheltree led off the inning with a single and moved to second when Stadler walked. Brooks reached on an infield single to load the bases. Kroker grounded into a 5-2-3 double play to put runners at second and third with two outs. Hood grounded out to short to end the inning and keep the lead at 2-0.

Wake Forest and Boston College conclude the three-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m. The starting pitchers for both teams have yet to be announced.