Virginia evens series vs. Boston College after loss at Fenway – The Virginian-Pilot

No. 14 Virginia edged Boston College 4-3 Friday at Harrington Village in Brighton, Massachusetts, leveling their series at a victory apiece.

Eric Becker drove in two runs for the Cavaliers (32-12, 13-10 Atlantic Coast Conference), who lost Thursday night to the Eagles at Fenway Park. UVA left fielder Adam Teel made a brilliant diving catch when BC (21-20, 8-15) had the bases loaded in the eighth, keeping the score tied at 3.

Bobby Whalen singled home the tying run in the sixth. He also scored the go-ahead run in the ninth, sliding for a run despite the second baseman’s throw home on Griff O’Ferrall’s slow ground ball. The Eagles retired another runner at the plate on the play to end the inning, but Chase Hungate (6-0) retired BC’s first three batters of the ninth to end the game. That capped five innings of shutout relief that also included Ryan Osinski’s two innings and Jay Woolfolk’s 1 1/3.

Sacred Heart 9, Norfolk State 5: The Spartans (11-30, 6-16 Northeast Conference) led 4-0 entering the bottom of the fifth in the opener of a three-game series in Fairfield, Connecticut, but the Pioneers (21-19, 16-6) pulled even in that inning and went ahead 9-4 with a four-run sixth.

Collin Curry was 2 for 4 and scored twice for NSU. Kydese Queen was 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI, and Brendan Burke hit a two-run double in the second. Starter Dalton Barham took the loss, pitching six innings.

Gavin Donohue catalyzed Sacred Heart by going 3 for 3 with two runs and an RBI.

NSU, ​​which is 11th in the 12-team NEC, must go on a major surge to qualify for the six-team conference tournament.