Pitt
22-15, 16-13
NC State
25-14, 16-13
No. 16 Pitt Falls 9-7 to NC State
5/15/2021 8:56:00 PM | Baseball
The Wolfpack scored in the first frame with aggressive base-running, getting two steals and scoring on a strikeout that required a throw to first base.Thank you, seniors! #H2P pic.twitter.com/YOaazWUMs9
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) May 16, 2021
The Panthers responded in their first trip to the plate. Sky Duff led off with a double to right field and came home on a fielding error by the third baseman from a hard hit grounder by Kyle Hess. With two outs, David Yanni knocked in Hess with a single up the middle.
NC State tied it up in the next inning on an RBI-groundout double play and got a run in the next inning with a two-out one-run single.
Pitt tied it up again in the bottom of the third inning. Duff led off again with a double to left center, advanced to third base on a Nico Popa groundout to the pitcher and came home on a Hess RBI-groundout.
The Wolfpack produced a run for the fourth-straight inning with a leadoff homer to left center.
The Panthers took back the lead in the bottom of the inning. After Bryce Hulett drew a one-out walk, Jackson Phinney hit his first career homer to left center with two outs.
E4: Pitt 5, NC State 4
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) May 15, 2021
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NC State tied it up in the sixth inning with an RBI-single to left field and went ahead in the next inning with a one-out solo homer to right field.
The Wolfpack got the game-winning run in the last inning. With two outs, the runner from third base stole home, and that was followed by a two-run homer.
The Panthers put the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth. Yanni, Hulett and Brock Franks each drew walks to load the bases with no outs. Pinch-hitter Matt Tarabek knocked in Yanni with a single to centerfield. But an RBI-groundout double play and strikeout followed.
The series finale is Sunday at 1 p.m.
NOTES
- Matt Gilbertson started and went six innings with five runs, 10 hits, one walk and five strikeouts.
- Hulett reached base all four times, collecting a double, single and two walks.
- Duff was the only Panther with multiple hits, going 2-5.
- Yanni tied John Shultz (2008-11) for the most career walks and Peter Parise (2004-07) for the ninth-most career runs (142) in program history.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Andrew Tillery (1-0)
L: Hansen, Stephen (1-4)
S: Evan Justice (6)
Batting:
2B: Tyler McDonough 1 ; Jonny Butler 1 ; Jose Torres 1 ; Vojtech Mensik 1 ; J.T. Jarrett 1
HR: Jonny Butler 1 ; Terrell Tatum 1 ; Vojtech Mensik 1
RBI: Jonny Butler 2 ; Terrell Tatum 1 ; Vojtech Mensik 3 ; Devonte Brown 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tyler McDonough 2 ; Jonny Butler 2 ; Jose Torres 1 ; Terrell Tatum 2 ; Vojtech Mensik 2
SB: Tyler McDonough 2 ; Jonny Butler 1 ; Terrell Tatum 1
CS: Austin Murr 1
HBP: Terrell Tatum 1
Batting:
2B: Duff, Sky 2 ; Hulett, Bryce 1
HR: Phinney, Jackson 1
RBI: Hess, Kyle 1 ; Yanni, David 1 ; Phinney, Jackson 2 ; Tarabek, Matt 1 ; Anderson, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Duff, Sky 2 ; Hess, Kyle 1 ; Yanni, David 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 2 ; Phinney, Jackson 1
SB: Hess, Kyle 1
