Pitt
15-10, 10-9
Miami
17-9, 10-8
No. 17 Pitt Defeats No. 15 Miami 12-6 in Home Series-Opener
4/9/2021 9:13:00 PM | Baseball
After the Hurricanes hit a three-run homer to go up 5-3 in the top of the sixth inning, the Panthers quickly responded with five runs to take the lead for good. The bases were loaded with one out from a hit by pitch to Bryce Hulett and singles from Brock Franks and pinch-hitter Matt Tarabek. After Jordan Anderson knocked in Hulett with an RBI-infield single, Sky Duff cleared the bases with a grand slam to right center, his second homer of the year.
E6: Pitt 8, Miami 5
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The Panthers padded their lead the next inning with a two-run homer by Ramon Padilla, his first as a Panther.
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Pitt added two more runs in its final trip to the plate. David Yanni doubled to left field with two outs and scored on an RBI-single to right field by Hulett. After Franks got on base from an infield single, Padilla got his second RBI-hit with a single up the middle to bring home Hulett.
The Panthers got on the board in the first inning. Duff led off with a double down the left field line. With Duff at third with two outs, Ron Washington, Jr. knocked him in with an infield single to the shortstop.
Miami tied it up in the fourth inning on a sac fly, but again Pitt responded in the bottom of the inning to take back the lead. Hulett doubled to right center with one out to bring home Yanni and Washington, Jr.
E4: Pitt 3, Miami 1
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The second game of the series is Saturday at 3 p.m.
NOTES
- Mitch Myers started on the mound and went 5.2 innings with seven hits, five runs, two walks and seven strikeouts.
- Chase Smith (2-1) picked up the win by recording the final out in the sixth inning.
- C.J. McKennitt threw a scoreless inning of relief in the seventh with a strikeout, and Jordan McCrum threw the last two innings with a hit, run, strikeout and no walks.
- The 18 hits tied for the most at home (against Bucknell in a 17-9 win, March 24).
- Pitt recorded its seventh victory over a ranked ACC team this season and third with 10+ runs, both the most since joining the league for the 2014 season.
- The win was fifth in 22 games all-time versus Miami and the first against a ranked Hurricanes squad.
- Pitt had six extra-base hits, with Duff and Padilla having two apiece.
- Duff and Hulett racked up a game-high three hits each.
- Hulett and Padilla accumulated three RBI's each.
- Four Panthers had two hits each: Nico Popa, Franks, Padilla and Anderson.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Smith, Chase (2-1)
L: Daniel Federman (2-4)
Batting:
2B: Adrian Del Castillo 1
HR: Raymond Gil 2
RBI: Anthony Vilar 1 ; Raymond Gil 5
SF: Raymond Gil 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Adrian Del Castillo 1 ; C. Del Castillo 1 ; Alex Toral 1 ; Raymond Gil 2 ; Gabe Rivera 1
HBP: Gabe Rivera 1
Batting:
2B: Duff, Sky 1 ; Yanni, David 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 2
HR: Duff, Sky 1 ; Padilla, Ramon 1
RBI: Duff, Sky 4 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 3 ; Padilla, Ramon 3 ; Anderson, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Duff, Sky 2 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Yanni, David 2 ; Hulett, Bryce 3 ; Franks, Brock 1 ; Tarabek, Matt 1 ; Padilla, Ramon 1 ; Anderson, Jordan 1
SB: Popa, Nico 1
CS: Washington, Jr., Ron 1
HBP: Popa, Nico 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 1
