Saturday, February 22
Sanford, Fla.
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Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics
Pitt Beats Eastern Michigan 10-4 for Series Win
2/22/2020 7:48:00 PM | Baseball
SANFORD, Fla. – Pitt baseball (5-1) defeated Eastern Michigan (1-4) 10-4 Saturday afternoon at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium to earn the series win. The Panthers scored a combined nine runs in the fifth and sixth inning.
Pitt took the lead in the second inning. Samuel Frontino and Bryce Hulett both singled with one out and advanced on a balk. Sky Duff brought home Frontino on a two-out single up the middle.
The Panthers added to its lead in the fifth inning. Following a one-out double to right field by Nico Popa, David Yanni smacked a home run off the palm tree in right center, his first of the season.
The Eagles cut their deficit to one in the next inning on an RBI-double to right center and RBI-single to right field, both with two outs.
Pitt responded with seven runs in the bottom of the inning. Hulett, Nick Vera, Jordan Anderson and Popa each drew a walk consecutively for the first run. With two outs, Yanni cleared the bases with a double to right center. Ron Washington Jr. and Kyle Hess followed with RBI-doubles of their own, and Hess scored on a RBI-single through the left side by Frontino.
NEWS AND NOTES
HEAD COACH MIKE BELL'S TAKE
"I thought the key to game was the ability to string together some quality at bats in the sixth inning," said Pitt head coach Mike Bell. "We put the pressure on their bullpen, making them make pitches instead of us chasing out of the zone. Popa's nine-pitch walk with the bases loaded and two outs set the whole inning and allowed Yanni, Washington and Hess to put the stamp on it. It was great to see the big inning."
UP NEXT
Pitt looks for the sweep of Eastern Michigan Sunday at 12 p.m.
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Pitt took the lead in the second inning. Samuel Frontino and Bryce Hulett both singled with one out and advanced on a balk. Sky Duff brought home Frontino on a two-out single up the middle.
The Panthers added to its lead in the fifth inning. Following a one-out double to right field by Nico Popa, David Yanni smacked a home run off the palm tree in right center, his first of the season.
The Eagles cut their deficit to one in the next inning on an RBI-double to right center and RBI-single to right field, both with two outs.
Pitt responded with seven runs in the bottom of the inning. Hulett, Nick Vera, Jordan Anderson and Popa each drew a walk consecutively for the first run. With two outs, Yanni cleared the bases with a double to right center. Ron Washington Jr. and Kyle Hess followed with RBI-doubles of their own, and Hess scored on a RBI-single through the left side by Frontino.
NEWS AND NOTES
- Starting pitcher Mitch Myers (1-1) went 5.2 innings, allowing two runs, five hits and no walks with seven strikeouts to record his first win as a Panther. He retired 16-straight batters from the first to the sixth innings.
- Grant Powell relieved Myers with runners on first and second base and produced an immediate double play to end the top of the sixth inning. Powell recorded four total outs, giving up no runs, one hit and one walk with a strikeout.
- Chris Gomez retired all five batters faced to end the game with two strikeouts.
- Yanni had a game-high five RBI's.
- Popa and Hulett both went 2-3 with two walks.
- The Panthers racked up 14 hits for their fifth double digit-run and hits games of the season.
- Pitt had nine walks to eight strikeouts while their pitching struck out 11 batters while allowing just one walk.
- The Panthers didn't score a run in the first inning for the first time this season.
HEAD COACH MIKE BELL'S TAKE
"I thought the key to game was the ability to string together some quality at bats in the sixth inning," said Pitt head coach Mike Bell. "We put the pressure on their bullpen, making them make pitches instead of us chasing out of the zone. Popa's nine-pitch walk with the bases loaded and two outs set the whole inning and allowed Yanni, Washington and Hess to put the stamp on it. It was great to see the big inning."
UP NEXT
Pitt looks for the sweep of Eastern Michigan Sunday at 12 p.m.
#H2P | Twitter | Instagram
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Myers, Mitch (1-1)
L: MEIS, Justin (0-1)
Batting:
2B: TIMKO, Jeff 1 ; BAULT, Christian 1
RBI: TIMKO, Jeff 1 ; HOPKINS, Taylor 1 ; WARKENTIN, Daniel 1 ; KARIS, Stephen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: TIMKO, Jeff 2 ; HOPKINS, Taylor 1 ; JONES, Nate 1
CS: TIMKO, Jeff 1
HBP: JONES, Nate 1
Batting:
2B: Popa, Nico 1 ; Yanni, David 1 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Hess, Kyle 1
HR: Yanni, David 1
RBI: Popa, Nico 1 ; Yanni, David 5 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Hess, Kyle 1 ; Frontino, Samuel 1 ; Duff, Sky 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anderson, Jordan 1 ; Popa, Nico 2 ; Yanni, David 2 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Hess, Kyle 1 ; Frontino, Samuel 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 1 ; Vera, Nick 1
CS: Hess, Kyle 1
PO: Anderson, Jordan 1
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