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Photo by: Elliott P Finebloom
Pitt Earns First-Ever Series Victory over No. 9 Florida State with 7-2 Road Win
2/28/2021 2:17:00 AM | Baseball
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Pitt baseball (5-1, 2-0) earned its first-ever series victory over No. 9 Florida State (2-3, 0-2) with a 7-2 win Saturday night at Dick Howser Stadium. Starting pitcher Matt Gilbertson (2-0) threw six scoreless innings and a career-high 10 strikeouts with five hits and two walks allowed.
Pitt registered its first series-win over a top-10 opponent since joining the ACC for the 2014 season and against a top-25 opponent since beating No. 11 North Carolina twice on May 10-11, 2019.
The Panthers took the lead for good in the second inning. Riley Wash and Brock Franks both drew walks. Jordan Anderson placed a sac bunt down to advance both baserunners, and a throwing error by the catcher resulted in Wash scoring. With two outs, Kyle Hess knocked in both Franks and Anderson with a single through the right side.
Nico Popa hit his second homer of the year to centerfield with one out in the fourth inning. Sky Duff scored on the play and hit a single to right field in the previous at-bat.
In the sixth inning, Popa doubled down the left field line with two outs and then scored on a fielding error on a groundball by Hess.
Pitt's last run came in the eighth inning. Franks led off with a single to right field, went to second base on another sac bunt by Anderson and came home on a single up the middle by Duff.
The Seminoles scored both runs on a two-run double in the eighth inning. With two runners on and one out in the ninth inning, Stephen Hansen struck out the next two batters to end the game.
The Panthers go for the sweep Sunday at 2 p.m.
NOTES
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Pitt registered its first series-win over a top-10 opponent since joining the ACC for the 2014 season and against a top-25 opponent since beating No. 11 North Carolina twice on May 10-11, 2019.
The Panthers took the lead for good in the second inning. Riley Wash and Brock Franks both drew walks. Jordan Anderson placed a sac bunt down to advance both baserunners, and a throwing error by the catcher resulted in Wash scoring. With two outs, Kyle Hess knocked in both Franks and Anderson with a single through the right side.
Nico Popa hit his second homer of the year to centerfield with one out in the fourth inning. Sky Duff scored on the play and hit a single to right field in the previous at-bat.
In the sixth inning, Popa doubled down the left field line with two outs and then scored on a fielding error on a groundball by Hess.
Pitt's last run came in the eighth inning. Franks led off with a single to right field, went to second base on another sac bunt by Anderson and came home on a single up the middle by Duff.
The Seminoles scored both runs on a two-run double in the eighth inning. With two runners on and one out in the ninth inning, Stephen Hansen struck out the next two batters to end the game.
The Panthers go for the sweep Sunday at 2 p.m.
NOTES
- The Panthers picked up their fourth-ever win over the Seminoles. Three of the victories have come under the guidance of third-year head coach Mike Bell with Friday's 1-0 shutout and a 10-0 victory on May 3, 2019 also in Tallahassee.
- Hansen had three strikeouts for all three outs for a scoreless relief of inning.
- Pitt's pitchers Gilbertson, Chase Smith and Hansen combined for 16 strikeouts and just three walks. The Panthers had 35 strikeouts combined in the first two games of the series.
- The two runs in the seventh inning broke a combined shutout streak of 19 innings/58-straight outs dating back to the 7-2 win over Jacksonville on Tuesday night.
- The Panthers had eight walks with Ron Washington Jr., Bryce Hulett and Wash each drawing a game-high two.
- Pitt had a runner get on base for all but the seventh inning.
- Duff, Popa and Hess each had two hits and combined for all five RBI.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gilbertson, Matt (2-0)
L: Carson Montgomery (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Popa, Nico 1
HR: Popa, Nico 1
RBI: Duff, Sky 1 ; Popa, Nico 2 ; Hess, Kyle 2
SH: Anderson, Jordan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Duff, Sky 1 ; Popa, Nico 2 ; Wash, Riley 1 ; Franks, Brock 2 ; Anderson, Jordan 1
CS: Hulett, Bryce 1
HBP: Popa, Nico 1 ; Hess, Kyle 1
PO: Hess, Kyle 1
Batting:
2B: Reese Albert 1 ; Logan Lacey 1
RBI: Reese Albert 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Robby Martin 1 ; Elijah Cabell 1
HBP: Matheu Nelson 1
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