UConn baseball rides pitching to weekday win vs. No. 25 USC

Erik Stock continues his hot hitting for the UConn baseball team.USC might have stood out as UConn baseball’s toughest opponent on its early-season West Coast road trip, but the Trojans were just another generic adversary for UConn’s do-everything pitcher Ian Cooke. He lined them up and sat them down one after another en route to a 7-1 win.

Before this game, Cooke’s longest stint was three innings against North Florida, a slightly smaller stage. Wednesday night’s display, however, showed a much higher ceiling for the freshman from New Milford, Connecticut.

“I thought he’d give us a good start but we didn’t know how much we’d get from him. I thought we’d get... two times through the order on…