Weekend sweep extends skid to 6

Pitching roughed up in three losses to Boston College.

At the start of each week throughout the regular season, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will take a closer look at the Georgia Tech baseball team. Here’s a breakdown of the Yellow Jackets going into the seventh week of the campaign:

Record: 16-10, 3-6 ACC.

Streak: Lost 6.

RPI: 79.

Last week (0-3): Tuesday, at Kennesaw State, postponed; Thursday, lost 10-3 to Boston College; Friday, lost 5-3 (10 innings) to Boston College; Sunday, lost 16-7 to Boston College.

This week: Today vs. Presbyterian, 6 p.m.; Friday at Pitt, 3 p.m.; Saturday at Pitt, 3 p.m.; Sunday at Pitt, 2 p.m.

Week in review: It was a brutal weekend in Midtown for Tech. The Jackets saw their losing streak extend to six after Boston College swept them at Russ Chandler

Stadium. The Eagles put up 31 runs, winning Thursday’s game by seven and Saturday’s finale by nine.

In Friday’s defeat, BC scored three in the 10th, then Tech had the bases loaded with nobody out in the bottom of the inning and could muster only one run before hitting into a game-ending double play. Tech pitching was touched up for 28 earned runs in the series.

Week ahead: Tech’s week starts with a home game against Presbyterian at 6 p.m. today at Russ Chandler Stadium. The Blue Hose (1315) took two of three at Gardner-Webb over the weekend and have somewhat recovered from a six-game losing streak in March. The Jackets then go back on the road to resume conference play with a trip to Pittsburgh.

The Panthers (12-13, 2-10 ACC) started the year 8-1 but are just 4-12 since. Pitt dropped a series at Virginia Tech over the weekend and travels to Youngstown State today before hosting Tech. Tech and Pitt go into the week as the bottom two teams in the ACC’s Coastal Division.