Pitt Back on the Road At Duke

PITTSBURGH – Pitt baseball (6-1, 3-0) faces Duke (4-4, 1-2) beginning Friday at 4 p.m. followed by Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW

All three games can be streamed on ACCNX.
Fans can also follow along with live stats updates through Twitter. Follow @Pitt_BASE for the latest news and updates about the team.

STARTING PITCHERS

Friday: RHP Mitch Myers (1-1, 2.45 ERA, 1.18 WHIP) | LHP Cooper Stinson (1-0, 5.00 ERA, 1.56 WHIP)
Saturday: RHP Matt Gilbertson (2-0, 0.82 ERA, 1.00 WHIP) | RHP Henry Williams (1-0, 4.35 ERA, 1.26 WHIP)
Sunday: TBA | TBA

LAST TIME OUT-AT NO. 9 FSU

Pitt swept then-No. 9 Florida State on the road last weekend in its ACC-opening series with 1-0, 7-2 and 9-7 (13 innings) wins.
Pitt registered its first series-sweep over a top-10 opponent since joining the ACC for the 2014 season and just the second sweep over a ranked ACC team (No. 23 Georgia Tech on March 28-30, 2014).
It was also the first road sweep in ACC play and just the fourth overall conference sweep.
The Panthers picked up their fifth-ever win over the Seminoles. Four of the victories have come under the guidance of third-year head coach Mike Bell with the sweep and a 10-0 victory on May 3, 2019 also in Tallahassee.
Florida State suffers its first home sweep since May 14-16, 2015 versus Clemson.
Friday night, Mitch Myers threw a gem with six shutout innings, tossing a career-high 13 strikeouts with just two hits and two walks allowed.
On Saturday, Matt Gilbertson provided another top-quality start with six shutout innings as well with a career-high 10 strikeouts.
Sunday, the Panthers used 10 pitchers to piece together a comeback win. Trailing 7-3, Pitt scored six unanswered runs to win. David Yanni hit a two-run double in the seventh inning, Nico Popa sent the game into extra innings with a two-run homer in the ninth and Kyle Hess knocked in the winning run with a two-run double in the 13th inning.
Jordan McCrum registered the two saves on Friday and Sunday.

MYERS NAMED ACC PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Mitch Myers was named ACC Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
The starting pitcher for Pitt's Friday night ACC-opening 1-0 win at No. 9 Florida State, Myers struck out a career-high 13 batters in six shutout innings while yielding just two hits and two walks.
Neither of the two hits Myers allowed went for extra-base hits as the junior registered his first career ACC win and keyed the Panthers to their initial victory in what wound up being its first-ever weekend sweep of the Seminoles and a top-10 ACC team.
With nine strikeouts against Indiana State, Myers ranks second in the nation in strikeouts with 22.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT-DUKE

Duke dropped its first ACC series of the season at home last weekend to Boston College, winning 10-3 in game two but losing 10-6 and 5-2, and bounced back with a 7-3 win over Davidson on Tuesday.
The Blue Devils currently lead the NCAA in doubles (29) and doubles per game (3.62). Redshirt junior Wil Hoyle, graduate Peter Matt and senior Michael Rothenberg all boast four doubles so far this season, tying for third most in the ACC.
Duke recorded 40 hits in its series against Boston College to open conference play.
Junior RJ Schreck recorded eight RBI in Duke's ACC-opening series against Boston College. Schreck leads the ACC in RBI (14) and RBI per game (2.00). Those same marks rank ninth and seventh nationally, respectively.

ALL-TIME SERIES

Duke leads the series 14-8.
The matchup has been more competitive as ACC opponents has Duke has the edge 10-7.

UP NEXT

Pitt goes back on the road for a three-game series at Georgia Tech, beginning Friday at 4 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Matt Gilbertson

Kyle Hess

Jordan McCrum

Mitch Myers

Nico Popa

David Yanni