Baseball Beats Lipscomb 6-5 in Music City College Classic Finale

Sunday, February 27

Nashville, Tenn.

1 PM

Pitt

5-3

Lipscomb

3-3

Pittsburgh

Lipscomb

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Baseball Beats Lipscomb 6-5 in Music City College Classic Finale

2/27/2022 4:48:00 PM | Baseball

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NASHVILLE – Pitt baseball (5-3) defeated the host school Lipscomb (3-3) in the finale of the Music City College Classic Sunday at Dugan Field. Bryce Hulett's leadoff homer in the ninth inning secured the late inning comeback win for the Panthers.

Pitt had tied it up in the previous inning. Jeffrey Wehler led off the eighth with a walk, stole second base and advanced twice on wild pitches for the tying run.

Lipscomb took the lead with RBI-singles in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.

The Bisons had the game's first lead in their first trip to the plate, taking advantage of the bases being loaded with a wild pitch followed by an RBI-groundout.

The Panthers tied it up in the next inning. Kyle Hess led off with a single to centerfield, and Tatem Levins followed with a homer to right field, his second of the year.

Pitt took its first lead in the third inning when Brock Franks hit a leadoff homer to right center, his second-straight game with a home run.

The scoring for the Panthers continued in the following inning. Levins led off with a single to left field, and Jack Anderson drew a walk. After a sac bunt by Hulett advanced both of them, Levins was able to score after the Bisons' first baseman dropped the ball in a rundown induced by Anderson following a CJ Funk groundout.

Pitt returns to action next Friday at the All-American Classic in Fayetteville, N.C. against Army at 3 p.m. followed by matchups against Ohio State (Saturday at 1 p.m.) and Campbell (Sunday at 3 p.m.).

NOTES

Pitt went 3-1 in the Nashville tournament with a sweep of Lipscomb (16-0 in seven innings Saturday) and a split against Bradley (4-3 win Friday and 3-2 loss Saturday).
Baron Stuart (1-0) earned his first win as a Panther, retiring all six batters faced in the last two innings with four strikeouts.
Ben Dragani started and went two innings with two runs, two hits, four walks and two strikeouts.
Dylan Lester registered 1.1 innings of scoreless relief with no walks and one hit.
Sky Duff extended his reached-base streak to 29 games, getting on base with a hit-by-pitch on a full count with two outs in the fifth inning.
Levins went 2-4 with two RBI and two runs.
Franks and Hess both reached base twice with a homer and walk.