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University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Athletics

PITT-JOHNSTOWN MOUNTAIN CATS
Ali Single
0
Slippery Rock ROCK-B 22-24, 7-18 PSAC-W
2
Winner Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B 16-30, 9-16 PSAC-W
Slippery Rock ROCK-B
22-24, 7-18 PSAC-W
0
Final
2
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B
16-30, 9-16 PSAC-W
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Slippery Rock ROCK-B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 2 3 0

W: Briggs, Ben (4-5) L: Joey Purcell (1-7)

3
Slippery Rock ROCK-B 22-25, 7-19 PSAC-W
4
Winner Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B 17-30, 10-16 PSAC-W
Slippery Rock ROCK-B
22-25, 7-19 PSAC-W
3
Final
4
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B
17-30, 10-16 PSAC-W
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Slippery Rock ROCK-B 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 4 0
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 6 0

W: Shultz, Rodney (7-2) L: Jake Norris (3-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Broderick’s Walk-Off Homer Lifts Mountain Cats to PSAC West Sweep Over Slippery Rock

Johnstown, PA

Dylan Broderick's walk-off homer to right-center to start the bottom of the seventh in game two of a doubleheader lifted Pitt-Johnstown to a 4-3 win and a PSAC Western Division sweep over Slippery in Thursday's home finale at Point Stadium.  The Mountain Cats took the opener, 2-0, behind Ben Briggs' four-hit shutout to improve to 17-30 overall and 10-16 in conference-play.
 
In game one, Pitt-Johnstown's Ben Briggs and Slippery Rock's Joey Purcell locked up in a scoreless pitchers' duel until the Mountain Cats struck for a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth.  Broderick walked and moved to third on Josh Ulery's hit-and-run single to right.  Ulery then stole second and Asher Corl delivered a two-run single to center.
 
Briggs made that lead stand up.  After a lead-off double in the top of the seventh, Briggs retired the next three hitters to close out the complete-game shutout and improve to 4-5.  He allowed four hits, struck out two, and walked one.
 
Corl drove in two with his base hit, and Broderick and Ulery accounted for Pitt-Johnstown's other two this.
 
In game two, Ulery's ground out chased home Broderick to give Pitt-Johnstown the lead after one inning, but Braden Olson's solo homer to left in the Slippery Rock half of the third knotted it at one.
 
Noah Ross connected for a two-out solo homer in the top of the fourth to put the Rock on top, 2-1.
 
The Mountain Cats answered with two in the bottom of the fifth to take a 3-2 lead.  Corl's ground out scored Broderick and a Jake Ansell scored from third on a balk by Slippery Rock reliever Jake Norris.
 
Luke Truman's solo homer in the top of the sixth tied it at three, but Broderick belted a long home run to right-center to lead off the bottom of the seventh that gave Pitt-Johnstown the 4-3 victory.
 
Broderick went 3-for-3 with a homer and three runs scored, while Alex Glumac had two hits, and Ulery added a hit and an RBI for the Mountain Cats.
 
Rodney Shultz tossed a complete-game to improve to 7-2 after giving up three runs on four hits, while striking out a career-high eight and not allowing a walk.
 
With the losses, the Rock fell to 22-25 overall and 7-19 in the PSAC West.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will wrap-up the 2023 regular season and the four-game PSAC Western Division series with the Rock with a pair of games in Slippery Rock on Friday starting at 1 p.m.

 
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