Pitt
22-18, 0
Wake Forest
19-27, 0
Pitt Falls 12-5 at Wake Forest
5/21/2021 7:40:00 PM | Baseball
The Panthers scored in the game's first frame. Kyle Hess led off with a walk, and Nico Popa dropped a single into right field. After a sac bunt from Sky Duff, Ron Washington, Jr. knocked in Hess on an RBI-groundout.
The Demon Deacons went ahead in the next inning on a two-out two-run double.
Pitt tied it up in the third inning. Brock Franks drew a leadoff walk, went to second base on a passed ball, got to third on a groundout and slide home safely on a sac fly to right field from Popa.
T3: Pitt 2, Wake Forest 2
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) May 21, 2021
Brock Franks with this beautiful slide home to tie this game at 2?? thanks to a @nicopopa3 RBI sac fly. #H2P pic.twitter.com/CS8tQpYdAb
Wake Forest took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning with a leadoff homer, two-out RBI-single and two-run triple.
David Yanni led off the fourth inning with a solo homer to left field, his team-high 12th of the year.
T4: Pitt 3, Wake Forest 6 @dyanni2 goes oppo for his 1??2??th ?? of the season.
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) May 21, 2021
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The Demon Deacons put the game out of reach with six runs in the bottom of the inning.
The Panthers produced their last two runs in the final frame. Pinch-hitter CJ Funk and Kyle Hess were both hit by pitches, and Washington, Jr. loaded the bases with one out. A passed ball and wild pitch allowed Funk and Hess to slide in head first safely at home plate.
The series finale is Saturday at 1 p.m.
NOTES
- Popa tied Scott Folmar (2000-03) for the seventh-most games played (198) and moved ahead of Kevan Smith (2004-06) for the 12th-most hits (204).
- Yanni tied Stuart Rykaceski (1999-03) for the eighth-most runs (143).
- Matt Gilbertson started and went 3.1 innings with eight runs, 10 hits, three walks and three strikeouts.
- Chris Gomez threw 4.1 innings of scoreless relief with four hits, no walks and two strikeouts.
- The Panthers were limited to just three hits but had 10 walks and two hit by pitches.
- Duff reached base three times with two walks and a single.
- Funk reached base and scored for the first time in his collegiate career.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rhett Lowder (4-2)
L: Gilbertson, Matt (6-4)
Batting:
HR: Yanni, David 1
RBI: Popa, Nico 1 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Yanni, David 1
SH: Duff, Sky 1
SF: Popa, Nico 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hess, Kyle 2 ; Yanni, David 1 ; Franks, Brock 1 ; Funk, C.J. 1
HBP: Hess, Kyle 1 ; Funk, C.J. 1
Batting:
2B: Lucas Costello 1 ; Brock Wilken 1 ; Shane Muntz 1
3B: Pierce Bennett 1
HR: Brock Wilken 1 ; Bobby Seymour 1
RBI: Lucas Costello 4 ; Michael Turconi 1 ; Brock Wilken 1 ; Bobby Seymour 2 ; Brendan Tinsman 1 ; Pierce Bennett 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Michael Turconi 1 ; Brock Wilken 1 ; Bobby Seymour 2 ; Shane Muntz 2 ; Michael Ludowig 2 ; Brendan Tinsman 3 ; Pierce Bennett 1
