TROY, Ala. – It looked like the University of Pennsylvania baseball team's offense was going to lead them to victory on Saturday afternoon, but two errors in the bottom of the ninth proved to be the difference as No. 21 Troy picked up a 10-9 walk-off victory at Riddle-Pace Field.
 
Penn is 0-5 to begin the 2025 season while Troy improves to 10-1 overall.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Both Jarrett Pokrovsky (3-for-4) and Gavin Collins (2-for-5) had multi-hit games.

*Collins led off the game with a home run and added a triple in his next at-bat. He finished a single and double shy of the cycle.

*Three of Penn's top four hitters in the lineup—Davis Baker, Ryan Taylor, Collins—had two RBIs each.

*Nick Spaventa walked twice to lead the team.

*Thomas Shurtleff (0-1) didn't allow an earned run, but walked two Trojans and allowed the winning run to score to pick up his first defeat of the year.

*Sebastian Haggard followed up his Ivy League Rookie of the Week-worthy performance last week with potentially another after striking out seven batters in 3.1 innings of work. He allowed three runs on three hits while throwing 62 pitches in relief.

How It Happened
For the second straight game, Penn scored first on an opening-inning home run as Collins sent one out to left field to give the Quakers a 1-0 lead.
 
But Troy quickly answered by scoring three runs over the first two innings off starter Marty Coyne to go in front, 3-2.
 
Taylor tied the game up at 3-3 in the fourth when he belted his first homer of the year to left field and Penn re-took the lead when Collins scored on a wild pitch.
 
The Trojans went up by three runs between the fourth and fifth inning off an RBI double and a three-run homer to take a 7-4 edge.
 
The Quakers nearly batted around in the sixth inning, scoring five runs on four hits to surge back in front, 9-7. Two of the knocks—Jarrett Pokrovsky's single and a three-run single for Davis Baker—produced runs.
 
Haggard kept Troy at bay for the next two innings before it tied the game up at 9-9 in the eighth on Brooks Bryan's two-run shot to right field off Connor Darling.
 
Two costly errors in the bottom of the ninth ended up being the downfall for Penn, a fielding error put two runners on base with no outs, as the Trojans walked the game off on a sacrifice bunt, scoring a run on a throwing error to come away with the 10-9 final score.
 
Up Next
Just one game remains in the series, as the Quakers look to avoid the series sweep Sunday afternoon at No. 21 Troy.

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