University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Baseball Falls to Boston College
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 9, 1998
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Senior left fielder Chang Choe hit two home runs, including a seventh-inning grand slam, to lift Boston College to a 12-9 BIG EAST win over Pittsburgh at Eddie Pellagrini Diamond. Choe, whose other home run was a three-run shot in the fifth inning, finished the game with seven RBI.
BC's junior first baseman Sean McGowan hit a two-run homer in the third inning, raising his season home run total to 16.
Sophomore pitcher Steve Langone allowed just three earned runs in seven innings of work to gain his fourth victory of the season for the Eagles. He fanned eight batters.
Trailing 4-3, Boston College (17-23-1) scored five runs on three hits in the bottom of the fifth inning to take the lead for good. Junior catcher Jeff Waldron's RBI double tied the game at 4-4, before Langone's single scored Waldron with the go-ahead run. Choe then hit a three-run blast to finish the inning's scoring.
Pittsburgh (12-27-1) trimmed its deficit to 8-6 with two runs in the seventh inning, but BC answered with four runs in the bottom half of the same frame to take a 12-6 advantage. Choe's grand slam accounted for all the Eagles' runs, scoring senior center fielder Brendan Levesque (double), McGowan (intentional walk) and Langone (single).
The visiting Panthers closed the scoring in the ninth inning. Sophomore catcher David Hoopes hit a three-run homer, his third round-tripper of the season.
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 - 9 13 2 Boston College 1 0 2 0 5 0 4 0 x - 12 9 4
UP: Jory Coughenour, Kevin Lazeski (7) and David Hoopes. BC: Steve Langone, Andy Sullivan (8) and Jeff Waldron.
WP: Langone (4-5). LP: Coughenour (2-2).
HR - UP: Hoopes (3); BC: Sean McGowan (16), Chang Choe 2 (7).
TEAM RECORDS: Pittsburgh 12-27-1; Boston College 17-23-1.
