The Wildcats, first, hosted a top-25 clash with the Eagles at home on Friday where they claimed a 3-2 win in the opener before falling 4-3 in extras in game two. After the Ravens took the first game of Saturday's doubleheader in Atchison, Kan., BU salvaged the split in a nine-inning nightcap, 6-3.
BU 3, CMU 2
Game one between the two top-25 teams featured a couple of tough pitching performances from each club's starter. Wildcats hurler Kira Baker grinded out her 15th victory of the season, relying on her defense and five punchouts to help squelch the Eagles lineup.
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Savannah Bray belted a three-run home run in the bottom of the first to give her starter Baker some breathing room to start the outing. Follwing Bray's first-inning bomb, CMU starter Jordyn Ball settled in and kept BU off the board for the rest of the game, retiring the Wildcats in order in four of the last five innings.
A one-out walk from Kerstyn Finch kickstarted the action in the opening frame, while Rylee Seymour followed with a base knock through the left side. With two outs, Bray squared a pitch and lifted it over the left field fence for her second home run of league play.
CMU 4, BU 3 (8 inn.)
The Wildcats climbed back twice to even things up in the second game of the doubleheader, only to have its comeback bid fall short in extra-innings where an Eagles solo shot in the top of the eighth served as the game-winner.
Bray homered for the second straight game and Mary Grace Hess connected on a couple of RBI hits to pace a Wildcats lineup that scattered eight total hits in the contest. In the circle, Skylar Gorrell kept the Wildcats within striking distance by working out of a few tough spots and tallying eight strikeouts on the day.
After the Eagles scratched a run across in the fifth, the Wildcats came right back in the bottom of the sixth to deadlock things at 3-3 on another timely hit off the bat of Hess. With runners at first and second, Hess snuck a ball through the same spot on the left side as her first game-tying hit to score Bray from second.
BC 5, BU 4
Traveling to Atchison for the road portion of their Easter weekend, the Wildcats had a seventh-inning rally come up a run shy as Benedictine won Saturday's opener, 5-4 to mark the first time all season Baker has suffered back-to-back losses.
Following Bray's suit from Friday, Finch smashed her fifth homer of 2023 with a two-run rocket in the top of the third to give BU an early lead. The advantage didn't last long though as the Ravens capitalized on a Wildcats miscue to tie the game in the home half of the third before taking the lead in the fourth.
After Benedictine added a much-needed insurance run in the fifth, Baker mounted its comeback in the seventh with back-to-back singles, the latter one coming from Sydney Goss on an RBI knock to right field. Later in the frame, pinch-runner Riley Phillips raced home on a double steal to draw BU within one, but the Ravens were able to retire the final two hitters and escape with the rivalry win.
BU 6, BC 3 (9 inn.)
A three-run ninth inning and a big-time outing from veteran pitcher Makayla Akin led Baker to take the weekend finale, 6-3 and earn a Saturday split with Benedictine.
Goss broke a 3-3 deadlock in the top of the ninth before Hess garnished the extra-inning victory with a two-run shot for her first home run of the season. Seymour collected two RBI in the game as well, putting Baker on top in the eighth inning with a two-out single before the Ravens went on to extend the game in the bottom half of the inning on a two-out hit of their own.
April 20, 2008Box ScorePITTSBURGH - The Pitt baseball team (12-23, 4-11 Big East) was unable to capitalize on a few opportunities down the stretch as they fell in a hard-fought 11-8 loss to St. John's Sunday afternoon at Trees Field.Pitt junior Chris Warner (West Seneca, N.Y./South Carolina) hit 2 for 3, including a homerun and a double, and added three runs, two RBI and had two walks on the afternoon. Lead off hitter Danny Lopez (Queens, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy) was 3 for 6 on the day with a run scored and an RBI.St. John's got on the board early with a two-run homer by Gil Zayas in the first. The Panthers, however, responded in the bottom of the inning. Morgan Kielty (Burlington, Ont./Burlington Central) grounded out to second base, but picked up an RBI, driving in John Schultz (West Lawn, Pa./Wilson West Lawn), who scored from second.The Red Storm drove in a run in the second to take the two-run lead, but Warner hit his fifth homerun of the season with a leadoff solo shot, bringing the Panthers to within one at 3-2.The fourth inning saw six runs come home between the two teams. St. John's appeared to pull away as four runs crossed the plate, but Pitt countered with two of its own. Warner opened up scoring for the Panthers, scoring on a throwing error by the pitcher. Schultz then grounded out to second late in the inning, but brought home Matt Litzinger (Pittsburgh, Pa./Serra Catholic), who scored from third.In the bottom of the fifth, Warner narrowly missed his second homerun of the game as the ball landed just along the left field wall, sending home Chris Tonte (Pittston, Pa./Lackawanna CC) and bringing the score to 7-5 in favor of the Red Storm. Pitt continued its rally, pulling to within one at 7-6 on a Jordan Herr (Lancaster, Pa./Delaware) double, which brought home Warner for the score.St. John's added to its lead in the sixth with a two-run double from Paul Karmas to extend the Red Storm lead to 9-6. Pitt threatened in the bottom of the seventh with two on and the tying run at the plate. However, a ground out to first ended the inning.The Red Storm added two more runs in the top of the eighth for an 11-6 lead. Lopez hit is fourth homerun of the year in a leadoff solo shot to left field. Sean Conley (Chippewa, Pa./Mansfield) followed up Lopez's with one of his own for his 10th of the year, bringing the score to 11-8, St. John's at the end of eight.Nick Mullins (Brick, N.J./Brookdale CC) doubled down the right field line in the ninth to place Pitt's first batter on base in the inning. Herr reached base on four balls and Lopez reached on a fielder's choice to place the Panthers in position to tie up the game with runners on the corners. A ground out to second ended the game with St. John's closer Colin Lynch earning the save.Rob Brant (Mansfield, Pa./Mansfield) picked up the loss, finishing the game giving up seven runs on five hits in 4.0 innings.The Panthers will have no midweek games and will resume play Friday, April 25 with a three-game series against Georgetown. Friday's game at Trees Field will be at 6 p.m. with Saturday's double-header set to begin at 1 p.m.
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