PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team wrapped up its regular season with a Saturday doubleheader split against Brown at Attanasio Family Field at Murray Stadium. The Bears took home the 7-6 victory in a 12th inning thriller to start the day before the Quakers bounced back with a 5-2 win.
Junior
Jarrett Pokrovsky broke the program and Ivy League's single-season doubles record with 23 two baggers.
At 21-18 (13-8 Ivy), the Red and Blue are locked into the number three seed in this year's Ivy League Tournament while Brown's season ends with an 11-28 record, 7-14 in Ancient Eight play.
Quaker Notemeal
*A Quaker remains atop the Ivy League record books with Pokrovsky's 23rd double on the season. Penn alum Tom Grandieri held the previous doubles record, setting it in 2010. On the season, Pokrovsky ranks second in the entire country, trailing only Kent State's Hayden Jatczak.
*Sophomore
Josh Katz pitched a career-high 6.1 innings with six punchouts in the first leg of the doubleheader. His previous career high was 6.0 innings against Cornell on April 13. He has recorded six-plus strikeouts in three straight outings.
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Ryan Taylor stole two bases to take sole possession of first place in the Ivy League. His 19 steals on the season are tied for the third-most in program history and he's now swiped 41 bags (fourth all time).
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Connor Chavez,
Gavin Collins and Pokrovsky all reached base safely three-plus times in game one with Collins and Pokrovsky recording two RBI each.
*After doubling in the first leg of the doubleheader to break the program and Ivy doubles record, Pokrovsky doubled once in the second game to have 24 on the season.
*Taylor recorded his league-best fifth triple of the season in game two. He's one of 10 players in school history to accomplish that feat. Taylor also scored his 36th and 37th runs of the year, putting him third among all Ancient Eight players.
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Gavin Degnan and
Michael Powell led the Quakers in the second game with two hits each. It was the seventh multi-hit game for Degnan and the third for Powell this season.
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Marty Coyne picked up the win, striking out a career-high seven batters in 4.1 innings pitched.
*Penn dropped a series against Brown for the first time since 2018. It was also the last time the Quakers lost two straight to the Bears.
How It Happened (Game 1)
The Quakers put up three runs to start the game. The first two batters reached base safely before Pokrovsky brought home Chavez on a sacrifice fly. Collins went yard the next at-bat.
Brown scored one run in the bottom of the first. After the leadoff hitter walked, he reached third base on a steal and subsequent error. He scored off a single.
Taylor – the man responsible for Penn's only run yesterday – helped bring the lead back to three in the following frame. He started the inning with a walk and stole his conference-best 18th base. Baker rewarded Taylor with a sacrifice fly.
Katz ran into some trouble in the second inning. After three batters reached base safely, he retired the side without allowing a run, including a punchout to cap it off.
Penn extended the lead to 5-1 with Pokrovsky lining a ball down left field to drive in Chavez.
After recording eight straight outs, Katz allowed his first baserunner to start the bottom of the fifth inning. An errant throw trying to get Conor Cooke out at third saw Brown score. Katz settled back in and struck out the remaining two batters.
The Bears scored again in the following inning. DJ Dillehay got hold of a pitch and lifted it over the left center field wall for the home run. Penn's lead was cut to 5-3.
Brown had a chance to tie the game in the seventh. Penn's bats had been hitless since the fourth inning while Brown had the tying runners on with no outs. Katz recorded one out for the longest outing of his Penn career (6.1 innings pitched) before being pulled.
Connor Darling came in for relief and faced the minimum.
Qwynn Ahearn broke the hitless drought with his one-out single in the eighth. Two more Quakers got on to make it bases loaded with two outs. Unfortunately, Chavez grounded out to end the inning.
Dillehay tied the game for Brown with his second homer of the day. The next batter walked, reaching 90 feet away. Darling punched out the next two batters to keep the game knotted at 5-5.
Pokrovsky made history in the top of the ninth inning, recording his 23rd double of the season. The Pittsgrove, N.J. native broke the program and Ivy League single-season doubles record, previously held by Penn's Tom Grandieri.
Jake Moss came in the ninth to keep the game alive. After allowing the first two batters to reach base safely, he retired the side to push the game into extras.
Following a quiet 10th inning, the Quakers loaded the bases in the 11th but couldn't capitalize. With one out and a man on first, Brown made an error on a routine double play, putting runners on the corners. It became bases loaded after Pokrovsky walked. Brown reliever Stiles Begnaud forced a shallow flyout and struck out Ahearn to get out of the jam.
The Quakers broke the 5-5 tie through small ball. Degnan led off with a walk then moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Two batters later, Chavez laid a beautiful bunt himself that not only scored Degnan but resulted in all runners being safe.
The lead would be short-lived as Brown would tie it in the bottom of the 12th and eventually take the game. The Bears rattled off three straight singles to start the inning. Moss forced a deep fly ball for the first out, but everyone tagged up. With an 0-2 count and two outs, he sailed a pitch that Ahearn couldn't reach, allowing the runner on third to score.
How It Happened (Game 2)
Collins started the action in the following game with a leadoff single and stolen base in the second inning.
Nick Spaventa brought him home. Taylor started a two-out rally with his fifth triple of the season. Degnan hit an RBI single to make it 2-0.
Brown cut the deficit in half in the bottom frame with a Brando Chang homer.
The Red and Blue put the pressure on in the fourth inning with two of the first three batters getting on base. Degnan ripped one into shallow left field, making it 3-1.
Will Tobin got into trouble in the bottom of the fifth as Brown had runners on first and third. The senior recorded two outs before Coyne came in relief. Coyne struck out the final batter but not before the Bears executed a double steal.
Penn walked three times to start the sixth inning. With bases loaded and no outs, Powell grounded into a double play but
Ernie Echevarria crossed home to extend Penn's lead, 4-2. Powell padded Penn's lead two innings later with his first collegiate triple.
The 5-2 lead would hold as Coyne retired 13 out of the last 16 batters of the game.
Up Next
The Red and Blue will be off next week before competing in the four-team Ivy League Tournament starting May 16. They are currently locked into the third seed and will await the result of Yale's three-game series next week against Dartmouth. Penn has won the last two ILTs, defeating Cornell in 2024 and Princeton in 2023.
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