Pitt
11-5, 8-4
Virginia
9-10, 3-9
No. 14 Pitt Drops Series Finale 10-4 at Virginia
3/22/2021 7:27:00 PM | Baseball
Already earning the series win over the Cavaliers, the Panthers wrapped up a 16-game streak away from home with four ACC weekend series to start the season with an 8-4 league record that ties North Carolina and Georgia Tech atop the Coastal Division. Pitt has recorded its best start 12 games into league action.
The Cavaliers pulled away with a four-run inning in the seventh inning on a two-run double and two-run homer.
The Panthers scored first, as David Yanni hit a one-out homer to right field, his seventh of the year.
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The Cavaliers took the lead the next inning. With no one on and two outs, an error allowed a hitter to reach base. Virginia took advantage with two doubles and a single afterward for three unearned runs and then got another run in its next trip to the plate on a bases-loaded hit by pitch.
Pitt cut its deficit down to one in the fifth inning, taking advantage of mistakes this time by Virginia. Brock Franks led off with a single, and Sky Duff doubled to left center. With two outs, a throwing error by the third baseman allowed Franks and Duff to both score.
The Panthers tied it up in the sixth inning. Samuel Frontino led off with a double to left center and scored on a two-out single up the middle by Franks.
The Panthers return to Pittsburgh for their home-opener against Bucknell Wednesday at 3 p.m.
NOTES
- Franks had a game-high three hits, including a double.
- Duff was the only other Panther with more than one hit.
- Starting pitcher Stephen Hansen went 3.2 innings with one earned run, five hits, two walks and a strikeout.
- Dylan Lester (1.1 innings) and David Ferguson (0.2) made scoreless relief appearances.
- Dominic Verrastro made his Panthers' debut in the eighth inning.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Savino, N. (1-0)
L: Smith, Chase (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Duff, Sky 1 ; Frontino, Samuel 1 ; Franks, Brock 1
HR: Yanni, David 1
RBI: Yanni, David 1 ; Franks, Brock 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Duff, Sky 1 ; Yanni, David 1 ; Frontino, Samuel 1 ; Franks, Brock 1
SB: Popa, Nico 1
Batting:
2B: Teel, K. 1 ; Gelof, Z. 1 ; Hlinka, C. 1 ; Tappen, A. 1 ; Michaels, L. 2 ; Lebreux, M. 1
HR: Ortiz, D. 1
RBI: Teel, K. 1 ; Gelof, Z. 2 ; Rivoli, B. 1 ; Tappen, A. 1 ; Michaels, L. 3 ; Ortiz, D. 2
SF: Michaels, L. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kent, N. 1 ; Teel, K. 2 ; Gelof, Z. 2 ; Rivoli, B. 2 ; Michaels, L. 2 ; Ortiz, D. 1
SB: Lebreux, M. 1
HBP: Teel, K. 1 ; Rivoli, B. 1
