CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College baseball team will play the Seventh Annual ALS Awareness Game at Fenway Park, the team and the Boston Red Sox announced on Wednesday. The Eagles' game, played in honor of former captain Pete Frates who was diagnosed with ALS in March 2012, will feature an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup against Florida State on Saturday, April 21 at 3 p.m. in America's oldest ballpark.
Ticket proceeds will benefit the Pete Frates Home Health Initiative, which is a pilot program of the ALS Association, working with its Massachusetts Chapter, to provide in-home caregiving assistance for individuals living with ALS in Massachusetts who cannot otherwise pay for services.