No. 17 Pitt Sweeps Home Doubleheader (6-2 and 3-2) against North Carolina

Saturday, April 17

Pittsburgh, Pa.

1 PM

Pitt

19-10, 13-9

North Carolina

17-14, 11-11

North Carolina

Pitt

Photo by: Katie Meyers/Pitt Athletics

No. 17 Pitt Sweeps Home Doubleheader (6-2 and 3-2) against North Carolina

4/17/2021 9:37:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game One Box Score (PDF)Game Two Box Score (PDF)Photo Gallery Photo Gallery 2

PITTSBURGH –No. 17 Pitt baseball (20-10, 14-9) swept a doubleheader over North Carolina (17-15, 11-12) 6-2 and 3-2 Saturday at Charles L. Cost Field. The Panthers extended their winning-streak (seven) games and program record ACC series victories (five) and overall ACC wins.

GAME ONE
Sky Duff led off the first inning with a single to right field, and Nico Popa followed with a homer to right field, his eighth of the year. With one out, Ron Washington, Jr. singled through the left side, advanced to second base on a wild pitch and third on a throwing error and scored on a double to right field by David Yanni.

E1: Pitt 3, UNC 0

?? @nicopopa3 with his ?? homer of the year??#H2P pic.twitter.com/ZGVmXwvPAA
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) April 17, 2021

North Carolina cut its deficit to one with one run each in the second and third innings, but that was the closest the game would be.

Washington, Jr. added to Pitt's lead in the fifth inning with a 437-foot, two-out solo homer to left field.

E5: Pitt 4, UNC 2@RWashingtonJr1 hits a NO DOUBT home run 437 ft, 108 MPH exit velocity! #H2P pic.twitter.com/gPl6B6LqrY
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) April 17, 2021

Sky Duff got the Panthers another run in the seventh inning. After leading off with a single to right center, he advanced three times on a wild pitch to reach home standing.

Pitt got one more insurance run the next inning. Bryce Hulett drew a leadoff walk, went to second base on a balk, advanced to third on a groundout from Brock Franks and scored on Ramon Padilla's sac fly to centerfield.

GAME TWO
All five runs came in the third inning. North Carolina got its two runs on a solo homer and RBI-double. For Pitt, Jordan Anderson led off with a single up the middle, and Duff drew a walk. With one out, Hess knocked in Anderson with a double to left field. With two outs, Yanni brought both Duff and Hess home with a single to centerfield.

E3: Pitt 3, UNC 2

Panthers take the lead in the bottom of the 3rd.

?? https://t.co/zETXgkDoan #H2P pic.twitter.com/vJo239rM11
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) April 17, 2021

Pitt looks for the sweep Sunday at 1 p.m.

NOTES

Both Pitt starting pitchers picked up wins. Mitch Myers (3-4) went six innings in game one with two runs, six hits, two walks and three strikeouts for the win, and Matt Gilbertson (5-3) threw seven innings with two runs, six hits, no walks and eight strikeouts to claim the victory.
Gilbertson has gone at least five innings in all 13 career starts this season.
Jordan McCrum pitched the ninth inning in both games, getting the save in game two, and only allowed no runs or walks and one hit with two strikeouts.
Pitt's bullpen combined for five scoreless innings of relief, no walks and three hits as Chase Smith (two strikeouts), C.J. McKennitt and Corey Sawyer each threw an inning.
Anderson, Yanni and Hess each had a team-high three hits on the day, and Anderson has a series-high two extra-base hits (double and triple).
Yanni recorded a doubleheader-high three RBIs.
Pitt drew eight walks on the day and limited North Carolina to two.