North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Baseball Cuts Down Boston College, 24-4
3/30/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
NC State won for the ninth time in its last 11 games and improved to 20-8 overall and 6-4 in the ACC. Boston College dropped to 8-12-1 overall and 4-6 in the ACC.
Surkamp (3-1) started and went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits. He struck out five and walked four, which is a departure from his recent pattern. Surkamp came into the game having walked five in his last four starts combined. Cutler worked the final three innings and was charged with two runs on two hits to earn his second save of the year. He walked one and fanned two. BC starter Kevin Boggan (2-3) pitched well for four innings, but ran out of gas and did not get out of the fifth. He worked 4 2/3 innings and was roughed up for 10 runs on 12 hits. He walked five and struck out eight. Five Eagles pitchers combined to issue 16 walks.
Roskopf was went 4-for-6, homered twice and set a team-high for the season with six RBIs. Ramon Corona went 3-for-6 and drove in four runs and Joe Florio went 2-for-7 with three RBIs. Eric Campbell went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs to lead the Boston College offense.
Boggan and Surkamp controlled the first three innings. Boggan allowed just two hits and two walks through three, while Surkamp walked three in the second inning but did not allow a hit. The Wolfpack broke the ice and scored a pair of runs in the top of the fourth. Pat Ferguson led off with a walk and Caleb Mangum doubled off the wall in right-center to put runners on second and third with none out. Roskopf got one run home with a single through the right side of the infield, and Dallas Poulk made it 2-0 with a foul sacrifice fly to left.
The Eagles came right back in the bottom half of the inning. Jared McGuire led off with a single to shallow center field, and Tony Sanchez and Campbell followed with back-to-back one-hop doubles off the wall in right-center, the latter driving in McGuire and Campbell to tie the score at 2-2.
The roof caved in on Boggan in the top of the fifth. Jeremy Synan led off with a single through the right side, and Ryan Pond doubled into the gap in right-center to put runners on second and third with none out. A one-out walk to Mangum loaded the bases for Roskopf, who cleared them with a grand-slam homer to straightaway center field to make it 6-2. Poulk hit the next pitch through the right side for a single, got picked off but advanced all the way to third when Sanchez’s throw was wide for an error. Drew Martin singled to left-center to drive in Poulk, and Florio made it 9-2 with a two-run homer to right. Corona reached on an infield single and Pond drew a two-out walk to finally send Boggan to the showers. Dan Houston came in for Boggan and gave up an RBI-single to right to Ferguson to give tbe Wolfpack a 10-2 lead.
The sixth inning was just as productive for the Wolfpack. Roskopf led off and belted a tape-measure homer to right field. Poulk reached when his line drive went right through the glove of second baseman Joseph Ayers for an error. Martin doubled to right-center to put runners on second and third. With one down, Corona hit a grounder to third that Campbell kicked for an error. Poulk scored on the play, and Synan followed with a single to right field to drive in Martin and send Corona to third. Synan took second on the throw to the plate. The defensive problems continued for BC when Pond hit a grounder to shortstop that Ryan Hutchinson booted for an error, driving in Corona to make it 14-2.
Steven Cadoret came in for Houston, and Ferguson welcomed him to the game with a single to left-center, scoring Synan and sending Pond to third. Ferguson took second on the throw to the plate, and Mangum’s single to right drove in Pond to make it 16-2 and leave runners on first and third. Roskopf walked to load the bases, and Poulk drove in the final run of the inning with a groundout.
BC scored twice in the bottom of the seventh. Brandon Zieman reached on a force play and Barry Butera singled to left. Mike Augustine pinch-hit and hit a fly ball to right field that Matt Payne lost in the sun. The ball fell in for a two-run double.
The Wolfpack got those runs back and one to spare in the top of the eighth. Tomy Foschi reached on a one-out infield single, Florio walked, and Corona hit a three-run homer to left to make it 20-4.
Roskopf got the ninth started with a one-out single through the right side. Poulk and Foschi walked to load the bases. Florio singled to center to drive in a run, and Wade Moore and Marcus Jones both walked to force in a pair of runs. The final run scored on a passed ball, giving NC State a 20-run win at 24-4.
NC State and Boston College will play the second game of this weekend’s series on Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on WKNC, 88.1 FM, and will be available on-line on gopack.com through Pack Pass.
