Michael Pascoe recorded five hits in Friday's doubleheader against the University of Bridgeport, reaching the 150-career hit plateau as the Chestnut Hill College Baseball team split the two games, winning the opener 14-12 before dropping the nightcap 18-7.
The Griffins fall to 21-19 overall and 18-13 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference games. The Purple Knights and now 15-16 in league play and 19-23 overall.
Pascoe had two singles and two RBI in the opener and added three hits and three RBI's in the nightcap to give him exactly 150 career hits. His leadoff double in the fifth inning was the milestone hit. He becomes the 15th player in program history to reach 150 hits in their career.
Prior to the games, the athletics department and the baseball team recognized their senior players who were playing in their final regular season doubleheader of their careers. Seven players were recognized including pitchers, Rich Bonino, Cole Morris, Noah Tincher and Mason Adkins, along with infielders Kenyon Motley, Michael Melosky and William Brennan. The honorees were presented with gifts from the team and the department for their contributions to the program and their accomplishments both on and off the field were announced for all to hear.
Melosky drove in three runs in the opener, two following the first home run of his career in the Griffins' five-run sixth inning. Brennan also had his shining moment in game two, blasting a grand slam in the fourth inning for his first career home run.
Dylan Broderick and Wyatt Spinks also hit home runs in the opener. Broderick also drove in four runs. George Conway earned the win in relief, pitching the sixth inning when the Griffins took the lead for good, allowing two runs on three hits. Bonino earned his fourth save, pitching the ninth inning.
In the opener, the Griffins took their first lead as Motley executed a squeeze play bunt to score Jackson Shollenberger and give CHC a 3-2 lead in the bottom Bridgeport came back with three runs in the third inning to lead 5-3.
Now trailing 6-3 in the fourth, Broderick tied the game with a three-run home run. Pascoe later added a two-run single to put the Griffins ahead 8-6. Bridgeport added two home runs in the top half of the fifth to retake the lead and scored twice more in the sixth to lead 11-8 when the Griffins erupted for five runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Nicholas Shiffler delivered a one-out single for the first run and Shollenberger laced a double to score Aiden Myers to pull the Griffins within one. An infield groundout from Broderick tied the game before Melosky belted a home run to left centerfield to give the Griffins the lead for good 13-11.
Spinks led off the seventh inning with a home run for the Griffins' final run. Bonino faced four batters in the ninth inning to secure the 14-12 win.
In the nightcap, the Purple Knights scored nine times in the first two innings and went on to defeat the Griffins 18-7.
Pascoe drove in three runs on three hits while Brennan drove in the other four with his grand slam home run. Tincher, who started the game took the loss.
Pascoe had an RBI single in the bottom half of the first inning and added a two run single in the third inning to make the score 10-3. In the bottom half of the fourth the Griffins loaded the bases with nobody out as Brennan came to bat. The senior worked the count full before taking the next pitch and hitting over the right center field fence for a grand slam home run, cutting the lead to 10-7.
Bridgeport added eight more runs in the final three innings to round out the scoring.
The Chestnut Hill baseball team is back in action on Sunday, April 26, 2026 when they travel to Connecticut to take on Bridgeport in the final game of their three-game conference series. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.
