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Ninth Inning Rally Falls Short in 9-8 Loss to Milwaukee
2/17/2019 8:16:00 PM | Baseball
Panthers Drop Finale of Sunshine State Classic
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The University of Pittsburgh baseball team's ninth inning rally fell short Sunday afternoon, as the Panthers dropped a 9-8 decision to Milwaukee in the finale of the Sunshine State Classic at Osceola County Stadium.
Pitt (1-3, 0-0 ACC) pushed three across in the final frame, but was unable to plate the tying run as the Panthers dropped the final game of Opening Weekend.
"Today was another learning experience for our young team moving forward, said head coach Mike Bell. "You have to take care of the baseball and make teams earn their runs when you have the lead. We did not do that today and it cost us. I really liked the energy and fight from our guys for nine innings, they never gave up and fought back to give themselves a chance to win it back, but just fell short."
The Panthers struck first, scoring in the opening frame after back-to-back singles from Connor Perry and Cole MacLaren made way for a runner to come across on a fielder's choice off the bat of Kyle Hess. Pitt would extend its lead in the next frame, as Sky Duff recorded an RBI sacrifice fly, plating Nico Popa, who had reached on a leadoff walk.
Milwaukee tied it up in the third, tallying three hits in the inning to knot things up at 2-2.
The big bat of Ron Washington Jr. easily gave the Panthers the lead back in the bottom of the inning, as he sent his first homer of the year over the wall in left, a two run shot that gave the Panthers the 4-2 advantage.
Milwaukee would respond, however, plating five runs off four hits and a pair of errors in the fourth to go up 7-4. Pitt chipped one back in the bottom of the frame as a groundout by Duff allowed Popa to score after a leadoff triple.
A solo homer and sacrifice fly by Milwaukee in the top of the fifth put the Panthers down 9-5.
The Panthers made thing interesting in the end, scoring three in the bottom of the ninth. Perry got thing inning started with a one-out
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Pitt (1-3, 0-0 ACC) pushed three across in the final frame, but was unable to plate the tying run as the Panthers dropped the final game of Opening Weekend.
"Today was another learning experience for our young team moving forward, said head coach Mike Bell. "You have to take care of the baseball and make teams earn their runs when you have the lead. We did not do that today and it cost us. I really liked the energy and fight from our guys for nine innings, they never gave up and fought back to give themselves a chance to win it back, but just fell short."
The Panthers struck first, scoring in the opening frame after back-to-back singles from Connor Perry and Cole MacLaren made way for a runner to come across on a fielder's choice off the bat of Kyle Hess. Pitt would extend its lead in the next frame, as Sky Duff recorded an RBI sacrifice fly, plating Nico Popa, who had reached on a leadoff walk.
Milwaukee tied it up in the third, tallying three hits in the inning to knot things up at 2-2.
The big bat of Ron Washington Jr. easily gave the Panthers the lead back in the bottom of the inning, as he sent his first homer of the year over the wall in left, a two run shot that gave the Panthers the 4-2 advantage.
Milwaukee would respond, however, plating five runs off four hits and a pair of errors in the fourth to go up 7-4. Pitt chipped one back in the bottom of the frame as a groundout by Duff allowed Popa to score after a leadoff triple.
A solo homer and sacrifice fly by Milwaukee in the top of the fifth put the Panthers down 9-5.
The Panthers made thing interesting in the end, scoring three in the bottom of the ninth. Perry got thing inning started with a one-out
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