As the MIAA State Tournament creeps up on the horizon, BC High’s pitching employees is rounding into kind.
Ryan Kane and Gavin Donohue mixed for a one-hit shutout whereas Adam Regan had two key RBI hits as BC High edged out Chelmsford, 2-0, on Monday afternoon at Ayotte Field.
It’s the second consecutive shutout for the Eagles who additionally blanked Xaverian 4-0 on Friday.
Defensively, the Eagles have been flawless together with turning a 6-4-3 double play within the first inning.
“You want to be peaking at the right time and our staff is,” BC High Steve Healy mentioned. “Make the hitters beat you is our philosophy and our arms are doing that.”
After Adam Lizine singled with one out within the third, Kane and Donohue mixed to retire 13 of the ultimate 15 batters they confronted.
In the underside of the seventh, the Lions put two aboard in opposition to Donohue through hit batter and a stroll however the right-hander induced a fly ball to shut out a 2-0 win.
“Our defense was terrific,” Kane mentioned. “As a pitcher, I just focused on pounding the zone and throwing strikes because I know I’ve got seven guys behind me who will make plays.”
Chelmsford freshman Matthew Stuart turned in a stable efficiency of his personal, throwing six innings of two-run ball permitting 4 hits whereas hanging out three.
BC High (13-6) grabbed single runs within the fourth and sixth.
In the highest of the fourth, Donohue walked, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, after which scored when Regan lined an RBI single to middle.
After Stuart blanked the Eagles within the fifth, the guests grabbed some insurance coverage within the sixth. Again Donohue reached this time through single, scampered to second on a wild pitch, after which got here round on Regan’s second RBI base hit of the sport.
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