Boston College baseball kicked off the 2025 season with a series in Spartanburg, North Carolina against South Carolina Upstate. The Spartans took game one, 10-7. Saturday’s game was canceled due to weather, and then BC came from behind to win the final game of the series, 11-9.
On Friday night, Jack Toomey, in his first start as an Eagle, gave BC a 1-0 lead with a sacrifice bunt. Three innings later, he smashed a two-run homer to left field and put his squad up 3-0. Eric Schroeder started on the mound and threw three scoreless innings. Kyle Kipp relieved him and carried the shutout until the sixth inning, when the Spartans tied the contest at three runs apiece.
While the Eagles did manage to retake the lead in the top of the seventh, BC pitching surrendered four runs in the bottom of the inning and three more in the eighth. USC Upstate hit three homers in the seventh and another in the eighth and came away with a 10-7 victory.
After game two was canceled, the two teams met again on Sunday afternoon. BC got on the board first, courtesy of a leadoff double by Patrick Roche and an RBI single by Nick Wang. Birdball added runs in the second and third on RBI hits by Sam McNulty and Vince Cimini. However, the Spartans matched those with runs of their own, and the score was 3-2 after three innings.
The Eagle offense struck again in the fourth. With Toomey and Beck Milner on base, Roche drove them in with a single up the middle. A few batters later, Kyle Wolff belted his first home run of the season, a two-run shot, and put BC ahead 7-2. After BC scored once more in the sixth, the Spartan offense found its own spark. They hit three-run dingers in the sixth and the seventh and added another run on a single to take a 9-8 lead into the top of the eighth.
But Kyle Wolff launched another two-run home run over the fence, this time to straightaway center, and gave BC the lead back, 10-9. In the next inning, Wang hit a solo shot and the Eagles held on for an 11-9 lead.
This opening series didn’t do much to assuage any fears about the pitching staff, but Eric Schroeder pitched well on Friday and Joey Ryan looked good on Sunday, throwing two scoreless innings, striking out three, and recording the save. On the hitting side, Jack Toomey hit .571 over the two-game series with four hits, one homer, and 3 RBI. Wolff hit .500 with four hits, two homers, and 4 RBI; Wang also had four hits and two RBI.
The Eagles (1-1) will play a series at the New Orleans Privateers (1-2) this weekend and those games will be available on ESPN+.