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Photo by: Jaylynn Nash
Pitt Drops Series-Opener 6-1 at Wake Forest
5/20/2021 10:20:00 PM | Baseball
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Pitt (22-17, 16-15) dropped the series-opener 6-1 at Wake Forest (18-27, 8-22) Thursday night at David E. Couch Ballpark.
The Demon Deacons' Michael Turconi hit three two-run homers in the first, fifth and seventh inning.
The Panthers got their lone run in the eighth inning. With one out, the bases were loaded after singles by Jordan Anderson and Nico Popa and a walk from Sky Duff. Kyle Hess brought home Anderson with an RBI-fielder's choice to the second baseman.
The second game of the series is Friday at 3 p.m. on the ACC Network.
NOTES
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The Demon Deacons' Michael Turconi hit three two-run homers in the first, fifth and seventh inning.
The Panthers got their lone run in the eighth inning. With one out, the bases were loaded after singles by Jordan Anderson and Nico Popa and a walk from Sky Duff. Kyle Hess brought home Anderson with an RBI-fielder's choice to the second baseman.
NICO POPA ???? ??@nicopopa3 ?? @Ramon_Padilla2 to get the runner out at home and end the 6th inning
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) May 21, 2021
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The second game of the series is Friday at 3 p.m. on the ACC Network.
NOTES
- Mitch Myers started and went six innings with four runs, six hits, two walks and six strikeouts.
- David Yanni moved ahead of Peter Parise (2004-07) for the most career starts (209) in program history.
- Popa moved ahead of Casey Roche (2011-2014) for the second-most hit by pitches (28), advanced past Scott Folmar (2000-03) for the seventh-most starts (191), surpassed Frank Maldonado (2014-18) for a tie with Stuart Rykaceski (1999-03) for the eighth-most games played (197), topped Maldonado and Sean Conley (2005-08) for the 11th-most total bases (308) and tied Kevan Smith (2004-06) for the 12th-most hits (204).
- Chase Smith and Corey Sawyer combined for a scoreless eighth inning with a strikeout for each of them.
- Duff had a team-high two hits and also a walk.
- Ron Washington, Jr. was the only other Panther to reach base twice with a single and walk.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ryan Cusick (3-5)
L: Myers, Mitch (4-5)
Batting:
2B: Duff, Sky 1 ; Tarabek, Matt 1
RBI: Hess, Kyle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anderson, Jordan 1
CS: Popa, Nico 1
HBP: Popa, Nico 1 ; Anderson, Jordan 1
Batting:
2B: Chris Lanzilli 1 ; Michael Ludowig 1
3B: Michael Ludowig 1
HR: Michael Turconi 3
RBI: Michael Turconi 6
Base Running:
RUNS: Lucas Costello 2 ; Michael Turconi 3 ; Pierce Bennett 1
SB: Pierce Bennett 1
HBP: Lucas Costello 1 ; Pierce Bennett 1
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