Baseball: Cooke walks it off in first game of doubleheader
Pitt and Boston College indulged in 22 innings of baseball on Friday as the Panthers split their doubleheader with the Eagles. The Panthers mustered late-inning comebacks in each of Friday's games.
Down 8-7 in the eighth inning of game one, JacksonCooke hit a game-winning, pinch-hit, two-run home run. All three of his pinch-hits this year have been extra bases -- 2 HR, 2B -- and four of his five hits have been home runs. It was Pitt's sixth win this year when they trailed in the fifth inning or later as they took game one, 9-8.
Caden Dulin went 4 for 4 with three singles, a double and an RBI in game one. Pitt's bullpen of Kyle Demi, Daniel McAuliff and Ethan Firoved combined for 5 1/3 scoreless innings.
Pitt fought back in game two and scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game and send it to extra innings but would fall in the 13th inning, 6-5. It's the second time this year that Pitt went to extra innings after trailing in the ninth.
Game two starter, Ryan Reed, struck out 10 batters as Pitt's pitching staff combined for 16 strikeouts in game two. It was their second-most in a game this season. The Panthers struck out 17 batters at UNC Greensboro a month ago, a game that Reed also started.
Firoved made an appearance in each game this afternoon. He struck out five batters over four scoreless innings on Friday and earned the save in game one.
The series finale is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. Drew Lafferty will make his seventh start of the year.
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2:46 am - 03.29.2025Brighton, Mass.Baseball: Cooke walks it off in first game of doubleheader
Pitt and Boston College indulged in 22 innings of baseball on Friday as the Panthers split their doubleheader with the Eagles. The Panthers mustered late-inning comebacks in each of Friday's games.
Down 8-7 in the eighth inning of game one, Jackson Cooke hit a game-winning, pinch-hit, two-run home run. All three of his pinch-hits this year have been extra bases -- 2 HR, 2B -- and four of his five hits have been home runs. It was Pitt's sixth win this year when they trailed in the fifth inning or later as they took game one, 9-8.
Caden Dulin went 4 for 4 with three singles, a double and an RBI in game one. Pitt's bullpen of Kyle Demi, Daniel McAuliff and Ethan Firoved combined for 5 1/3 scoreless innings.
Pitt fought back in game two and scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game and send it to extra innings but would fall in the 13th inning, 6-5. It's the second time this year that Pitt went to extra innings after trailing in the ninth.
Game two starter, Ryan Reed, struck out 10 batters as Pitt's pitching staff combined for 16 strikeouts in game two. It was their second-most in a game this season. The Panthers struck out 17 batters at UNC Greensboro a month ago, a game that Reed also started.
Firoved made an appearance in each game this afternoon. He struck out five batters over four scoreless innings on Friday and earned the save in game one.
The series finale is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. Drew Lafferty will make his seventh start of the year.
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