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College  | Story  | 4/24/2016

Eagles take game two, series

Jheremy Brown      Patrick Ebert     
Photo: Jim Pierce/BC Athletics
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Boston College 2, No. 7 Louisville 1

It’s becoming clear that the Boston College Eagles are a team that won’t be intimated by national ranked opponents as Saturday’s 2-1 victory over the No. 7 Louisville Cardinals gave Coach Mike Gambino’s club their second straight series win at home. Junior righthander Justin Dunn has continued to throw the ball well since jumping into the rotation and the offense came up big when they were needed the most. With the win the Eagles improve to 21-17 heading into Sunday’s contest while the now 30-9 Cardinals look to salvage a game in the series.

Saturday marked the third start of 2016 for righthander Justin Dunn and with a crowded backstop which was filled with scouting directors, cross checkers, and special assistants alike, the power armed junior continued to shine in his new role. Always known for having a big fastball, Dunn’s continued ability to prove he’s capable of starting has done wonders for his draft stock as he now looks like he’s heading towards a potential first round selection come June.




Dunn is the type of arm you can just look at as he walks by and quickly surmise that he’s capable of lighting up the radar guns. And after the first warm up pitch in the top of the first inning it immediately becomes clear that he can indeed pump his fastball with the best of them. Just as he did two weeks back in his debut as a starter against the University of Virginia, Dunn did an excellent job of not only filling up the strike zone, but carrying his high octane stuff well into his outing while keeping another potent offense at bay.

With an easy and loose arm action that shows plenty of quickness and comes through the backside cleanly, Dunn opened the game sitting in the 93-96 mph range, bumping a 97 all the while exerting the type of effort that’s usually required when playing catch. His delivery works well in a starting role as he’s able to repeats his mechanics with regularity while consistently getting on top of the ball and generating extension out front. And even more impressive than the pure fastball velocity was the hard and consistent running life to his arm side on both his two and four-seam fastball.


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