PISCATAWAY, NJ – Junior Johnny Defendis (Staten Island, NY) went 4-for-5 and Jon Gossard (Harrington Park, NJ) drove in three two-out runs to lead Rutgers (19-14, 7-5 BE) past Boston College, 11-8, this afternoon in the series finale at the Class of '53 Baseball Complex. RU, which collected 17 hits, jumped out to a 5-0 lead to back starter Steve Holt (Toms River, NJ), who improved to 3-0 with six strong innings, while Tim Woodhull (Princeton Jct., NJ) pitched the final 1.2 innings to pick up his second save. BC is now 23-11, 9-4 BE.
After building a 5-0 lead through four innings, BC broke through with a two-run home run from Ryne Reynoso in the top of the sixth off Holt, who cruised through the first five innings, allowing just three hits along the way. Rutgers, however, scored two of its own in the bottom of the inning to take a 7-2 lead, when Gossard banged a two-out single through the left side, scoring Defendis (bunt single) and Cory Rodriguez (Bridgewater, NJ), who reached on a fielder’s choice.
BC then fought back with two more in the top of the seventh to cut the deficit to 7-4 on a throwing error by RU reliever Chris Lillis (Fair Haven, NJ) and a single from Jared McGuire. Leading 7-4, RU added four more runs in the bottom of the inning.
Todd Frazier (Toms River, NJ) reached on an error to get things rolling in the seventh, while an intentional walk to Colin Gaynor (Toms River, NJ) put runners at the corners with one out. Defendis then singled through the right side, scoring Frazier, as Gaynor moved to second. Rodriguez walked to load the bases and Ryan Hill (Hillsdale, NJ) also worked a walk, forcing in another run. A fielder’s choice off the bat of pinch-hitter Tim Querns (Cherry Hill, NJ) pushed across the third run and Gossard delivered another two-out single, plating Rodriguez.
BC kept the RU bullpen busy, sending 10 men to the plate in the eighth, scoring four runs to cut the lead to 11-8. They had the bases loaded with one out, threatening for more, but Woodhull came in and struck out Shawn McGill and induced a groundout from Mike Flynn to keep the lead intact. He allowed a leadoff single in the ninth, but induced a double play before a foul popup ended the game.
RU built its early lead on an RBI single from Rodriguez and Hill’s RBI double in the first and then added three more in the fourth on a two-run single from Frazier up the middle and Gaynor’s RBI single to right.
Holt (6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER) picked up the win, improving to 3-0 this season, while Woodhull (1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 K) earned his second save. Eight of RU’s nine starters hit safely in the game, as Jeff Grose (Iselin, NJ), Gaynor, Rodriguez and Hill collected two apiece, while Defendis (4) and Gossard (3) led the way.
The Automated ScoreBook
Boston College at Rutgers
Apr 17, 2005 at Piscataway, NJ (Class of 53 Complex)
Boston College 8 (23-11,7-5 BIG EAST)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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PREZIOSI, Dave 1b........ 3 2 0 1 1 0 6 2 0
LOCKE, Drew cf........... 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
McGUIRE, Jared 3b........ 5 0 3 3 0 1 3 4 1
DELANEY, Jason lf........ 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
McGILL, Shawn c.......... 4 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 3
FLYNN, Mike rf........... 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3
REYNOSO, Ryne dh......... 5 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
WEISS, Jonny ss.......... 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 1
AYERS, Johnny 2b......... 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
FRATES, Pete ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JEANES, Nate p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DOYLE, Terry p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOGGAN, Kevin p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RATLIFF, Ted p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NAPOLITANO, Nick p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ASSELIN, Nick p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 37 8 12 7 3 4 24 13 10
Rutgers 11 (19-14,9-3 BIG EAST)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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FRAZIER, Todd ss......... 5 1 1 2 1 2 5 4 0
GROSE, Jeff lf........... 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
GAYNOR, Colin 1b......... 4 1 2 1 2 0 9 0 1
DEFENDIS, Johnny cf...... 5 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
RODRIGUEZ, Cory 2b....... 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 4 4
HILL, Ryan rf............ 3 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0
MEADE, Frank dh.......... 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
QUERNS, Tim ph.......... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CEGLES, Vic pr.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GOSSARD, Jon c........... 5 1 3 3 0 1 5 0 3
GROVER, Jason 3b......... 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
HOLT, Steve p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
LILLIS, Chris p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PUSTAY, Matt p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SPICER, Sean p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WOODHULL, Tim p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 40 11 17 11 8 5 27 10 15
Score by Innings R H E
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Boston College...... 000 002 240 - 8 12 2
Rutgers............. 200 302 40X - 11 17 1
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E - Preziosi; McGuire; C. Lillis. DP - BC 1; Rutgers 1. LOB - BC 10; Rutgers
15. 2B - Locke; Reynoso; R. Hill. HR - Reynoso. HBP - Preziosi; Delaney;
McGill; Weiss; F. Meade. SH - Locke; J. Grose. SB - McGuire.
Boston College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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JEANES, Nate........ 4.0 11 5 4 1 1 22 24
DOYLE, Terry........ 1.1 2 2 2 3 1 6 9
BOGGAN, Kevin....... 1.2 3 4 1 3 2 8 12
RATLIFF, Ted........ 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
NAPOLITANO, Nick.... 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 2 3
ASSELIN, Nick....... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rutgers IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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HOLT, Steve......... 6.0 5 4 3 3 2 22 28
LILLIS, Chris....... 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 5 5
PUSTAY, Matt........ 0.1 1 3 3 0 1 2 4
SPICER, Sean........ 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
WOODHULL, Tim....... 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 5 5
Win - S. Holt (3-0). Loss - Jeanes (2-3). Save - T. Woodhull (2).
WP - Doyle. HBP - by S. Holt (Delaney); by Jeanes (F. Meade); by S. Holt
(McGill); by M. Pustay (Weiss); by M. Pustay (Preziosi). PB - J. Gossard.
Umpires -
Start: 12:00 pm Time: 3:14 Attendance: 250
Game notes:
ID-311606
BC C Shawn McGill ejected in top of 8th inning for arguing 3rd strike
Jeanes faced 1 batter in the 5th.
S. Holt faced 2 batters in the 7th.
C. Lillis faced 1 batter in the 8th.
S. Spicer faced 3 batters in the 8th.
Game: BC-3
