Boston College Baseball

Let's try this again! The Birds will host Harvard tonight at 6 pm for a chance to play Northeastern in the Beanpot Championship.

Game vs. UMass is postponed to make room for this important matchup, which determines next week's championship.

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— BC Baseball (@BCBirdBall) April 4, 2018

Citing the importance of playing the first round game of the 2018 Baseball Beanpot, the decision has been made to postpone today's scheduled match-up with UMass and, instead, host Harvard this evening at 6pm at the new Brighton Stadium to determine who will face Northeastern in the Beanpot Championship game next Tuesday. A make up date for the game against the Minutemen has not be announced at this time. The Eagles will try for their fourth consecutive Beanpot title this season, after taking home the Pot since 2015.

Blake Butera has been named the @HVRenegades manager for the 2018 season. He was a 35th-round pick out of BC in 2015. He's only 25. https://t.co/ymLLZ7F86Q

— Sam Dykstra (@SamDykstraMiLB) March 28, 2018

On Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Rays announced a slew of managerial changes within their minor league system, including the promotion of former Boston College baseball player Blake Butera to the position of Manager for their Class A Short-Season affiliate Hudson Valley Renegades. This is a tremendous honor, as Butera, only 25 years old, will now be among the youngest managers in professional baseball, having ascended to the position rapidly, as it only took him a year to reach the top spot with Hudson Valley after hanging up his cleats in March of 2017. Butera was a four year starter at Boston College, appearing in 207 games from 2012-2015. He accumulated a career .265 batting average and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 35th round of the 2015 draft. Congratulations, Blake!

Junior Dan Metzdorf took home weekly honors from the ACC after throwing a gem in Saturday's win over Virginia Tech. The lefty struck out 13 batters and allowed just one run and two hits in eight innings of work in BC's series clinching win over the Hokies. Metzdorf became the first BC pitcher since 2007 to record 13 strikeouts. He is also the second BC pitcher to win this weekly honor, joining senior Brian Rapp. Congrats to Dan on a great performance and here's hoping for more!

The Birds collected their first-ever win in Charlottesville behind the arm of Jacob Stevens and another offensive outpouring, tallying double-digit hits for the fifth time in the last six games.

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— BC Baseball (@BCBirdBall) March 17, 2018

Jacob Stevens spun another gem, Jake Palomaki had a 4-5 day at the plate, and Boston College won their first ever road game against the Virginia Cavaliers 6-2. Stevens threw six strong innings while allowing just one run while Palomaki drove in two runs. Gian Martellini hit his second home run of the season and drove in three runs of his own to lift the Eagles to victory and bring them to 2-2 in ACC play on the season.