Panthers Seventh Inning Rally Falls Short at Georgia Tech

Friday, March 12

Atlanta, Ga.

4 PM

Pitt

6-10, 0

Georgia Tech

7-13, 0

Pittsburgh

Georgia Tech

Photo by: Justin Pondexter/Pitt Athletics

Panthers Seventh Inning Rally Falls Short at Georgia Tech

3/12/2021 8:43:00 PM | Softball

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ATLANTA, Ga. – The University of Pittsburgh softball team fell to Georgia Tech in a high scoring affair, 11-10, Friday afternoon at Mewborn Field.

NEWS & NOTES

The Panthers recorded season-highs in hits (12), runs (10) and tied a season-best with five walks as a team.
Junior Katlyn Pavlick went 1-for-3 with a double, two RBI and a walk. Pavlick now has seven hits in five games, including four extra base hits.
Sophomore EC Taylor finished 2-for-4 with a RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base. She now has 16 stolen bases on the season and entered the weekend tied for second in the nation in stolen bags.

Pitt (6-10, 1-5 ACC) opened up the scoring early in the top of the first. Taylor reached on an infield single and senior Morgan Batesole got on via hit by pitch. Senior Hunter Levesque scored both runners, as she singled to the pitcher by sacrifice bunt and advanced to third from a throwing error. The Panthers led, 2-0, with Levesque on third and no outs. Sophomore Sarah Seamans hit a bloop single to center for her team leading 15^th RBI of the season, giving Pitt a 3-0 lead.

The Panthers added a run in the top of the third courtesy of Pavlick's RBI double to right center field, her fourth double of the season. Pavlick scored Taylor and put the Panthers up 4-0.
Georgia Tech (7-13, 2-9 ACC) answered with a big third inning, scoring four runs on two separate two-run homeruns from Breanna Roper and Emma Kauf. The score stayed tied going into the top of the fourth.

Pitt regained the lead with two runs in the top of the fourth (6-4), as senior LoLo Sanchez hit a RBI double to right and Taylor registered a sacrifice fly to center, bringing in sophomore Kayla Lane. Pitt made it a 7-4 ballgame in the top of the fifth, as senior Walker Barbee hit a RBI single up the middle, scoring Levesque.

Georgia Tech again scored four runs in an inning, this time in the bottom of the fifth to lead, 8-7. A bases clearing double scored three runs for the Yellow Jackets.

Georgia Tech added three runs in the bottom of the sixth via two singles and a groundout and led, 11-7, heading into the final inning.

Pitt made things interesting in the top of the seventh, as Seamans walked to put a runner on with no outs. After a fly out to center, Lane hit a two-run homerun to left field to cut the Georgia Tech deficit to two (11-9). The homer was the first of Lane's career. Barbee stepped in and hit a solo shot to left, her third of the season and got Pitt within one run, 11-10. A pitching change ensued, and the Yellow Jackets got Sanchez to line out and Taylor to ground out to end the game.

Barbee went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored. Lane went 1-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored, while Sanchez finished 2-for-4 with a double and RBI.

Pitt faces the Yellow Jackets twice tomorrow for a double-header starting at 2 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on the ACCNX.