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Weekly Recap: Boston College Baseball Goes 1-3, Gets Swept by #14 NC State
Boston College baseball had a full slate of games this past week, with a midweek matchup against UNC Wilmington before their first ACC series of the year against No. 14 NC State over the weekend. Birdball went 1-3 on its road trip and fell to 7-6 (0-3) on the season. BC’s offense scored 35 times in four games, but the pitching staff struggled mightily, surrendering 39 runs. At this point in the year, there is still plenty of time for the Eagles’ pitchers to turn things around, but the staff is certainly the weakness of this team. It may be up to the Birdball bats to win games for this team as the year continues.
Offensive fireworks are becoming a theme with this year’s Birdball team and they lit up the scoreboard again on Tuesday against the UNC Wilmington Seahawks. In this matchup of bird mascots, the Eagles tallied 14 hits and took the game by a score of 14-7. Sean Hard started the game for BC, pitching one inning and giving up a two-run homer, but the Eagles took the lead in the second and didn’t give it back.
Birdball scored three runs in the second and five in the third to take an 8-2 lead in the ballgame. In the top of the second inning, Sam McNulty came to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs and worked a walk. Patrick Roche smacked a two-run single to left field to give BC a 3-2 lead.
In the third, BC scored five runs on just one hit and one error. Nick Wang led off the frame with a single and Vince Cimini and Wolff walked to load the bases. Wang scored on a sac fly from Parker Landwehr and another walk loaded the bases again, this time for Magpoc. He beat out a throw to first and a throwing error by the Seahawks allowed all three Eagles to score, giving BC a 7-2 lead. Magpoc moved to third on a wild pitch and McNulty walked. McNulty attempted to steal second and got himself caught in a rundown, allowing Magpoc to steal home and extend the Eagles’ lead to 8-2.
BC pitching allowed two runs in the third and fifth and one more in the seventh, but UNC Wilmington was never really back in the game thanks to BC’s offense. After their five-run third inning, Birdball scored again in every inning except for the fifth. Cameron Leary mashed two solo homers, his third and fourth of the year, and Cimini, Roche, and Wolff all collected RBI.
Five BC batters finished with multiple hits and six finished with at least one RBI. Brian McMonagle earned his first win of the year after pitching two innings and giving up two runs on three hits and three strikeouts. Jordan Fisse and Gavin Hasche both pitched scoreless innings and BC pitching collected 18 strikeouts in the game as Birdball notched its seventh win of 2024.
Due to bad weather conditions that were forecasted for Saturday, the Eagles kicked off ACC play with a doubleheader on Friday against No. 14 NC State, dropping both games. The Eagles lost the first game 5-4 in 11 innings, despite two strong pitching outings.
John West made his fourth start of the year and went 6.1 innings, giving up four runs and striking out five batters. Tyler Mudd finished the game for BC, throwing 4.1 innings and punching out six. But he was also tagged with the loss after he gave up a walk-off bloop single to the Wolfpack.
The Eagles trailed 4-0 in the sixth inning before RBI singles by Landwehr and Roche brought BC within one. They tied the game in the eighth on another RBI single from Roche, but ultimately lost in the 11th inning.
In the second game of the day, Birdball matched the Wolfpack step for step until the bullpen faltered in the sixth. A.J. Colarusso started for the Eagles and pitched five innings of one-run ball on two hits and five strikeouts. Wang tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning with a solo shot, his third homer of the year.
But with Michael Farinelli on in relief, NC State scored seven runs in the sixth inning on six hits, two walks, and one error, putting the game comfortably out of reach. The Eagles only managed four hits in the game, although their offense would turn around in the final game of the series.
In Sunday’s matinee, BC and NC State scored 34 combined runs in a game where pitching was a total afterthought. The Eagles trailed 7-1 entering the fourth inning before Wolff hit a solo home run in the fourth and Wang, Leary, and Wolff hit three solo shots in the fifth.
The Wolfpack answered back by scoring four runs in the bottom of the frame and another in the sixth to take a 12-6 lead. BC scored once in the seventh, but NC State scored four more times in the same inning. The Eagle offense put up a valiant effort by scoring five runs in the eighth off of homers by Caraher and Wang and a single by Wolff.
NC State was ahead, 18-12, entering the ninth inning when BC took its last at-bats. The Eagles loaded the bases for Roche, who hammered a pitch to left field for a grand slam, but that would end the scoring for the game and BC lost 18-16. Wang collected three hits and six RBI, Roche had two hits and four RBI, and Wolf had four hits and three RBI.
The weekend might not have gone well, but there are plenty of games left on the schedule. Birdball will have a chance to end its three-game losing streak on Tuesday in a home game against Merrimack.
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The boy was stabilized and flown to a Boston hospital, police said.
A 13-year-old boy was flown to a Boston hospital after he was found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a home in Beverly on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Police and firefighters were called to a home on Parramatta Road after bystanders pulled the boy from the pool, the Beverly Police Department wrote in a press release.
Bystanders administered CPR until first responders arrived, according to police. First responders continued CPR and other “life saving measures,” police said.
An ambulance took the boy to Beverly Hospital where he was stabilized. He was then taken by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital, police said.
The incident is currently being investigated by Beverly police, the department said.
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Federal judge in Boston bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote – The Boston Globe
A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper in Boston effectively converts a preliminary injunction she issued a year ago, in which she temporarily blocked many of Trump’s efforts to overhaul elections, into a permanent ban.
Casper rejected the administration’s argument that the lawsuit to block the changes brought by Democratic state attorneys general was premature because the rules had yet to be implemented. Instead, she agreed that the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to regulate elections, and that Trump’s requirements violated the separation of powers.
The Constitution “does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” she wrote.
Among other proposed changes, Trump’s order would have required people to provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote, prevented mail ballots from being counted if they arrive after Election Day, even if they were postmarked by then, and punished states that failed to comply by withholding certain federal money.
It was the latest in a string of rulings against the elections executive order Trump signed just months after taking office for his second term. He has since signed another executive order on elections, seeking to create a national voter list and limit mail balloting. That directive also faces multiple legal challenges.
Last fall, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., overseeing a separate challenge to the first election executive order by civil rights and Democratic Party-aligned groups blocked the government from taking steps to include the proof-of-citizenship requirement on the federal voter registration form. That judge later barred the Secretary of Defense from requiring documentary proof of citizenship when military personnel register to vote or request ballots.
In an apparent nod to the difficulty of implementing a proof-of-citizen requirement by executive order, Trump is pushing legislation in the Republican-controlled Congress to create such a mandate. The SAVE America Act has passed the House but has stalled in the Senate, leading Trump to advocate for eliminating the filibuster that is blocking the legislation.
On Wednesday, he abruptly cancelled the expected signing of a bipartisan housing bill, saying he won’t sign legislation until Congress passes his proof of citizenship requirement for voting.
Three days after an alleged carjacker hit and killed a woman in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, members of the community came together to honor her life.
A candlelight vigil was held Tuesday evening for 32-year-old Mabinty Janneh of Dorchester. She died after being hit Saturday afternoon on Blue Hill Avenue.
Ibraim Matos, 37, of Hyde Park, is charged with murder in the crash. He allegedly stole a vehicle and drove it onto the sidewalk, fatally hitting Janneh.
Ibraim Matos of Hyde Park has been charged with murder in the deadly crash.
Heartbroken family, friends and community members gathered near the site of the crash to remember Janneh Tuesday.
“We need justice for Mabinty,” said her aunt, Mbalu Tarawally.
“I just felt like I needed to be present,” said Rev. Dr. Barbara Simmons. “If the family lost a person, the least I can do is come here and show my face.”
“She was young, vibrant. Hard worker. Wants to do everything,” said Ahmad Thorley, a family member of Janneh.
The suspect in a deadly carjacking and crash in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood appeared in court to face charges including murder.
Witnesses said Matos dragged Janneh several hundred feet after hitting her.
The stolen Toyota RAV4 crashed into an MBTA bus, and people at the pulled Matos out of the car and holding him there until police arrived.
Matos pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of leaving the scene of personal injury and death and motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, along with murder and carjacking. His defense attorney spoke briefly on Monday, saying they will evaluate “where we stand” in a few weeks after the mental health evaluation.
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