BASEBALL Boston College Takes Two From Georgetown Eagles Keep Hoya Streak Going By John-Paul Hezel Hoya Staff Writer

Ruthie Braunstein/The Hoya The Georgetown baseball team has now lost 14 games in a row. They look to end that streak today at 3 p.m. against George Washington.

Good starting pitching, bad relief pitching, it didn’t matter – the Georgetown baseball team dropped both games of Sunday’s double-header at Boston College. The Hoyas could not capitalize on a complete game by senior Eric Sutton, dropping the opener 4-3, and the bullpen again exposed the team’s lack of depth in game two, a 9-2 loss.

Sutton (4-6) failed to reach the .500 mark for the season despite striking out six and walking only one in six innings. He scattered 10 hits and allowed all four Eagle runs, falling behind early after a base hit, a stolen base and a ground ball up the middle. The ball careened off Sutton’s knee and bounded into short left field for an RBI double.

“He normally makes that play,” Head Coach Peter Wilk said. “He’s a good athlete. He just caught a bad break.”

Two ground outs later BC had its second run.

The Hoyas tied the game in the fourth on sophomore catcher ichael Lombardi’s fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot to center that scored him and sophomore Carlos Gazitua, who had reached on a single.

Gazitua gave Georgetown the lead an inning later with an RBI groundout that scored sophomore Ron Cano who started the mini rally with an infield single to the second baseman. Cano reached third on a base hit by freshman James Supple before scoring on the fielder’s choice. Unfortunately for the Hoyas, their lead was short lived. The Eagles notched three hits and a stolen base that resulted in two runs in the bottom of the sixth and that gave them the win.

It was the 11th one-run loss for the inexperienced Georgetown squad this season.

“The thing that stood out in my mind, and continues to stand out, is that I’m looking at one junior on the field. The rest are freshmen and sophomores,” Wilk said. “We’re competing with underclassmen, which to me is promising.”

As has been the story as of late, game two was close until Wilk handed it over to the bullpen. Sophomore Kevin Galvin allowed three runs, two earned, in five innings before freshman Michael Halloran, senior Paul Perillo and freshman Patrick Harrigan gave up two runs apiece in 2 2/3 innings.

“Galvin and Halloran threw very well, and then just `kaboom,'” Wilk said.

Georgetown scored its two runs in the top of the eighth. Gazitua started the rally with his second hit of the game and advanced to second on a ground out by Lee. Freshman Bill Quinn tripled in Gazitua, and scored two batters later on a double by sophomore Brett McLeod who recently returned from injury he suffered at St. ary’s over spring break.

“McLeod provides us with some energy, a spark in the lineup,” Wilk said.

With McLeod and freshman shortstop Matt Johnson back from an ankle injury, the last thing the Hoyas needed was another man to get hurt. But that’s exactly what happened when Lombardi either broke his lower leg or suffered a high ankle sprain when awkwardly blocking a pitch in the dirt. Wilk said it looks as if Lombardi will miss the remainder of the season, putting the catching duting in the hands of freshman James Supple. Regular backup senior catcher Phil Pierorazio is also out with a nerve injury in his neck.

“Lombardi is a big loss,” Wilk said.

But the story continues to be the difference between the starters and the bullpen. In the four games over the weekend, the starters’ ERA was 4.28 (12 earned runs over 24 1/3 innings) while that of the relievers was 14.54 (14 earned runs over 8 2/3 innings).

“It’s the story of a young team that doesn’t have that much depth,” Wilk said. “To me, that [BC] is the best offensive team in the league, and between Sutton and Galvin, we shoved it to them. The bullpen just took petrol to the mound.”

Georgetown plays this afternoon at cross-town rival George Washington at 3 p.m.