Sunday, February 23
Sanford, Fla.
12 p.m.
Pitt
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Eastern Michigan
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Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics
Pitt Sweep Eastern Michigan with 3-2 Win
2/23/2020 4:16:00 PM | Baseball
SANFORD, Fla. – Pitt baseball (6-1) defeated Eastern Michigan (1-5) 3-2 Sunday afternoon at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium to earn its first series sweep of the season. Starting pitcher Matt Gilbertson (1-0) threw seven shutout innings, allowing seven hits and no walks with four strikeouts.
Pitt got on the board first in the fourth inning. Samuel Frontino led off with a double to left field and scored on a single down the right field line by Bryce Hulett.
The Panthers doubled their lead in the next inning. David Yanni singled through the right side with one out, and Kyle Hess singled to left field with two outs. Frontino doubled again, dropping a ball on the right field line to bring home Yanni.
What proved to be the game-winning run was produced in the eighth inning. Hulett led off with a walk, went to second base on a wild pitch and advanced on a fly out to centerfield by Riley Wash. After Sky Duff drew a walk, Hulett was tagged out on a squeeze bunt by Jordan Anderson. After Nico Popa was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Yanni drew a walk to allow Duff to jog home for the run.
The Eagles scored all two runs in the last inning and had the tying run on second base with two outs. Adam Bloebaum came in from the bullpen and produced a fly out to Hess in left field to garner his first collegiate save.
NEWS AND NOTES
HEAD COACH MIKE BELL'S TAKE
UP NEXT
Pitt returns to Sanford next weekend for two games each with Lehigh and Central Connecticut State, beginning with a doubleheader Friday against both the Mountain Hawks (1 p.m.) and the Blue Devils (5:30 p.m.).
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Pitt got on the board first in the fourth inning. Samuel Frontino led off with a double to left field and scored on a single down the right field line by Bryce Hulett.
The Panthers doubled their lead in the next inning. David Yanni singled through the right side with one out, and Kyle Hess singled to left field with two outs. Frontino doubled again, dropping a ball on the right field line to bring home Yanni.
What proved to be the game-winning run was produced in the eighth inning. Hulett led off with a walk, went to second base on a wild pitch and advanced on a fly out to centerfield by Riley Wash. After Sky Duff drew a walk, Hulett was tagged out on a squeeze bunt by Jordan Anderson. After Nico Popa was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Yanni drew a walk to allow Duff to jog home for the run.
The Eagles scored all two runs in the last inning and had the tying run on second base with two outs. Adam Bloebaum came in from the bullpen and produced a fly out to Hess in left field to garner his first collegiate save.
NEWS AND NOTES
- The Panthers are off to their best start since the 2017 season.
- C.J. McKennitt threw a scoreless inning of relief in the eighth and had a strikeout.
- Hess went 2-3 with a double and walk.
- Yanni drew a game-high two walks.
- Anderson stole two bases, the most by a Panther in a single game this year.
- The Panthers had seven different batters collect a hit.
HEAD COACH MIKE BELL'S TAKE
?? Hear from @CoachMikeBell22 following his team's first sweep of the season over Eastern Michigan.#H2P pic.twitter.com/rhUD5YgohD
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) February 23, 2020
UP NEXT
Pitt returns to Sanford next weekend for two games each with Lehigh and Central Connecticut State, beginning with a doubleheader Friday against both the Mountain Hawks (1 p.m.) and the Blue Devils (5:30 p.m.).
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gilbertson, Matt (1-0)
L: GRANZOTTO, Scott (0-1)
S: Bloebaum, Adam (1)
Batting:
RBI: GORA, Eli 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PEGGS, Drake 1 ; JONES, Nate 1
CS: WARKENTIN, Daniel 1
HBP: BAULT, Christian 1 ; JONES, Nate 1
Batting:
2B: Hess, Kyle 1 ; Frontino, Samuel 2 ; Wash, Riley 1 ; Duff, Sky 1
RBI: Yanni, David 1 ; Frontino, Samuel 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Yanni, David 1 ; Frontino, Samuel 1 ; Duff, Sky 1
SB: Anderson, Jordan 2 ; Yanni, David 1
HBP: Popa, Nico 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 1
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