SLIDING IN — Brooke’s Tryton Myers slides into third base while Weir High thir dbaseman Evan Kaczmarek reaches for the throw during Tuesday’s game. Myers was safe on the play, and the Bruins went on to win, 7-5, in extra innings. - Andrew Grimm

Brooke baseball coach Doug Costain has found out the hard way this week.

His Bruins certainly stressed out their bench boss, but in the end, they gave him plenty of reason to celebrate.

After winning in extra innings on the road Monday night at John Marshall, the Bruins came from behind to do it again Tuesday evening at rival Weir High, this time 7-5 in nine innings.

“Wow, I tell these guys all the time I’m too old for this, my heart can’t take it,” Costain joked. “We learned a lot about ourselves and learned how resilient we are. Good teams find a way to win even when you don’t have your best game.

Weir High starting pitcher Aleks Zanieski delivers from the mound on his way to six-plus innings and 11 strikeouts. - Andrew Grimm

“We’re young. I think we let the emotions get the best of us early on, but we settled in and kept battling and found a way to pull out the win.”

The Bruins trailed the game 3-2 with two outs in the top of the seventh and were down to their last strike, then after taking the lead, saw the Red Riders tie the game in the bottom half to send it to extras.

Even the ending, going to the bottom of the ninth with a three-run lead, was not without drama as the Red Riders got a run across and were threatening to tie, if not win, the game with the bases loaded.

Henry Anderson’s sixth punchout in his 2 2/3 innings of relief work, getting the third out with a called third strike looking to end the game, allowed Costain to breath a little easier.

The night before, the Bruins also overcame losing a seventh-inning lead with an eight-run eighth at John Marshall.

Brooke’s Calin Heaton swings at a pitch during Tuesday’s game against Weir High. - Andrew Grimm

“One of my assistant coaches looked at me in the seventh (Tuesday) and said this is the grittiest team he’s ever seen, and that’s how good teams win, especially at the end of the season, they grit it out and find ways to win,” Costain said. “Their pitcher was really doing a good job against us … but we found ways to claw out some runs and get into the extra innings.”

The victory is Brooke’s fourth-straight for Costain’s young group after getting 10-runned on opening day at Wheeling Park, sending them into a weekend tournament trip to Huntington with a 4-1 record. Three of those wins, including the one over the Red Riders, are over regional opponents in Class AAA.

“We always set the bar as high as we can,” Costain said of the 4-1 start. “We really challenged these guys, we have freshmen out there in the starting line up. We had 10 seniors last year, this year it’s only three. It’s a much different situation and they’re all playing different roles, and right now everyone is fitting into their roles and doing what is best for the team.

“We’re 3-0 in games against teams in our region and that’s a good place to be.”

Tuesday night, Aiden Provenzano provided what ended up being the winning hit with a two-run double in the top of the ninth, another run later crossing on an error, one of five committed by Weir in the game, multiple of which resulted in Brooke runs.

Trailing 3-2 with two outs and two on the seventh, the Bruins appeared to be going to come up short when a pop up into shallow left field seemed poised to be the third out, but it popped in and out of a Red Rider glove, allowing runners on second and third to come around and score for a 4-3 lead.

Weir, which led 3-0 through three innings, stayed alive by getting a run across on a passed ball with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.

After a scoreless eighth and Brooke going ahead 7-4 in the top of the ninth, Weir got an RBI single from Cayden Braswell to get within one, and had them loaded up with two outs, but did not get another big hit to keep things going.

A Liam Williamson two-run single in the second inning had put the Red Riders on top early, a lead that stood up until the seventh large in part to starting pitcher Aleks Zanieski dealing on the mound.

The sophomore had fanned 11 batters and allowed just four hits when he was forced to depart in the top of the seventh due to his pitch count reaching 110. He left with a runner on and the Red Riders up 3-1, but ultimately had to settle for a no-decision despite the strong six-plus inning performance.

The loss dropped Weir High to 1-2.

Brooke 7, Weir High 5

B 0-0-0 0-1-0 3-0-3 – 7 6 3

W 0-2-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 – 5 3 5

BROOKE (4-1): Palavis (4 2/3IP, 3R, 2ER, 2H, 4K, 3BB), McMahon (1 2/3IP, 1R, 1ER, 0H, 2K, 1BB), Anderson (WP, 2 2/3IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 6K, 4BB) and A. Provenzano. A. Provenzano D, 2RBI; Kuchinski D; Moore S, RBI; G, Provenzano S; McMahon S; O.Mery S.

WEIR HIGH (1-2): Zanieski (6-plus IP, 2R, 1ER, 4H, 11K, 2BB), Williamson (LP, 3IP, 5R, 2ER, 2H, 4K, 3BB) and McAllister. Braswell D, S, RBI; Williamson S, 2RBI; McAllister RBI.