Boston College Baseball's Initial Availability Report Released For Series at Miami

Coral Gables, Fla. — Boston College baseball will open Atlantic Coast Conference play this weekend with a three-game set at No. 24 Miami, and the Eagles will do so without seven key contributors. The ACC’s newly-mandated Initial Availability Report, released Thursday night, lists catcher Easton Masse, right-handers Zach Fronio, Logan Berenson, Joe Gold, Sean Budis, and Aidan Gelbsman, and outfielder Carter Hendrickson as out for the series. Infielder Sean Martinez is questionable.

The conference introduced availability reporting this academic year for football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball, making the Thursday release the first of its kind for league competition on the diamond.

Boston College enters the weekend 7-5 after a 12-game non-conference slate that included two wins apiece over Cornell and FIU, and single victories over Seton Hall, Washington, and FGCU. The Eagles’ setbacks came against Houston, Northwestern (twice), and FGCU (twice). A scheduled home opener versus Merrimack on Feb. 24 was postponed because of winter weather; no makeup date has been set.

Miami, meanwhile, carries an 11-2 record into ACC play. The Hurricanes swept Lehigh and Lafayette in weekend series and added mid-week triumphs over UCF, Indiana State, FAU, and Bethune-Cookman. Their only defeats came in a two-game stretch against No. 9 Florida on Feb. 27-28; the finale of that rivalry set was canceled due to inclement weather.

First pitch for Friday’s opener is set for 7 p.m. ET at Alex Rodriguez Park, with Saturday’s contest slated for 6 p.m. and Sunday’s finale at 1 p.m. All three games will stream on ACCNX.