Flynn, BC Shut Out Waves to Even Series

MALIBU, Calif. – The Boston College baseball team shut out Pepperdine, 3-0, to earn its first win of the season at Eddy D. Field Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Behind six innings of shutout ball from graduate right-hander Chris Flynn (Naugatuck, Conn.), the Eagles evened their record at 1-1.

Flynn, a transfer from Division III Roger Williams, was staked to a 3-0 lead before he stepped on the mound. With a run in, junior second baseman Patrick Roche (Milton, Mass.) blasted a two-run home run to left field. Flynn then struck out three of four batters faced in the bottom half, while stranding a runner in scoring position.

In his BC debut, Flynn (1-0) struck out seven batters to just one walk and…