University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Wednesday, March 4
Pittsburgh, Pa.
3 PM
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Photo by: Harry Bloomberg/Pitt Athletics
Pitt Drops Home-Opener 7-5 to Youngstown State
3/4/2020 8:32:00 PM | Baseball
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Pitt baseball (10-2) had its eight-game winning streak snapped in a 7-5 loss to Youngstown State (5-5) in its home-opener Wednesday afternoon at Charles L. Cost Field. Tied at 5-5 entering the ninth inning, the Penguins won on an RBI-double.
Youngstown State took the lead on its first trip the plate. The leadoff batter drew a walk, stole two bases and scored on a wild pitch on a strikeout. Starting pitcher Chris Cappas recorded four strikeouts in the frame.
The Penguins added two runs in the fifth inning. A fielding error following a strikeout allowed the first baserunner to score, and an RBI-groundout followed.
Youngstown State got another pair of runs in the next inning on an RBI-single and squeeze bunt.
The Panthers cut their deficit to two in the bottom of the inning. Sky Duff, David Yanni and Ron Washington Jr. all drew walks. With one out, Kyle Hess doubled to right field to bring home Duff and Yanni. Samuel Frontino knocked in Washington Jr. afterwards on a sac fly to left field.
Pitt tied it up in the eighth inning. Yanni led off with a bunt single and advanced to second base on a groundout by Washington Jr. After Frontino walked, two wild pitches allowed Yanni to score. The tying run came on a balk.
NEWS AND NOTES
HEAD COACH MIKE BELL'S TAKE
UP NEXT
Pitt heads back on the road for its first ACC Series of the season against Miami, beginning Friday at 3 p.m. The opener marks the program's debut on the ACC Network.
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Youngstown State took the lead on its first trip the plate. The leadoff batter drew a walk, stole two bases and scored on a wild pitch on a strikeout. Starting pitcher Chris Cappas recorded four strikeouts in the frame.
The Penguins added two runs in the fifth inning. A fielding error following a strikeout allowed the first baserunner to score, and an RBI-groundout followed.
Youngstown State got another pair of runs in the next inning on an RBI-single and squeeze bunt.
The Panthers cut their deficit to two in the bottom of the inning. Sky Duff, David Yanni and Ron Washington Jr. all drew walks. With one out, Kyle Hess doubled to right field to bring home Duff and Yanni. Samuel Frontino knocked in Washington Jr. afterwards on a sac fly to left field.
Pitt tied it up in the eighth inning. Yanni led off with a bunt single and advanced to second base on a groundout by Washington Jr. After Frontino walked, two wild pitches allowed Yanni to score. The tying run came on a balk.
NEWS AND NOTES
- Cappas lasted just one inning, as Chris Gomez came out of the bullpen to throw three scoreless innings of relief with two hits, no walks and two strikeouts.
- The last Pitt pitcher to record four strikeouts in an inning was Isaac Mattson at West Virginia (May 12, 2015).
- Chase Smith threw the last three innings, allowing three hits, two runs and one walk with two strikeouts.
- Duff drew a game-high four walks, tying his career-high (Villanova, Feb. 15, 2019).
- The Panthers had just four hits but nine walks.
- Opponents have committed 10 balks all season while Pitt has yet to commit one.
HEAD COACH MIKE BELL'S TAKE
UP NEXT
Pitt heads back on the road for its first ACC Series of the season against Miami, beginning Friday at 3 p.m. The opener marks the program's debut on the ACC Network.
#H2P | Twitter | Instagram
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CLIFT, G. (2-0)
L: Smith, Chase (1-1)
Batting:
2B: BUCKO, D. 1 ; CARPENTER, D 1
RBI: WEHLER, J. 1 ; GLASSER, P. 1 ; O'SHAUGH, B. 1 ; CARPENTER, D 1 ; NASONTI, L. 1
SH: GLASSER, P. 1 ; NASONTI, L. 1
SF: NASONTI, L. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WEHLER, J. 2 ; GLASSER, P. 1 ; BUCKO, D. 1 ; HOFFMAN, J. 1 ; MURRAY, C. 1 ; GRAU, T. 1
SB: WEHLER, J. 3 ; GLASSER, P. 2 ; GOOD, A. 1 ; NASONTI, L. 1
Batting:
2B: Hess, Kyle 1
RBI: Hess, Kyle 2 ; Frontino, Samuel 1
SF: Frontino, Samuel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Duff, Sky 1 ; Yanni, David 2 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Frontino, Samuel 1
HBP: Frontino, Samuel 1
Game Leaders
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