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Photo by: Andy Mead
Pitt Drops ACC-Opener 7-4 at No. 14 North Carolina
3/11/2022 7:57:00 PM | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Pitt baseball (8-5, 0-1) dropped its ACC-opener 7-4 at No. 14 North Carolina (12-2, 1-0) Friday at Boshamer Stadium. The Tar Heels scored three unanswered runs in the last three innings to secure the win.
The Panthers scored in the game's first frame. Sky Duff led off with a double down the left field line and touched home plate on a single through the right side from Jeffrey Wehler.
The Tar Heels tied it up in the bottom of the inning, as the leadoff batter reached on an error and advanced twice on groundouts.
Pitt quickly grabbed the lead back in the second inning. With two outs, Jordan Anderson knocked in CJ Funk from second base with a single to right center.
North Carolina took its first lead in the third inning on an RBI-groundout and RBI-single and added a solo homer in the next inning.
The Panthers tied it up in the sixth inning. Levins led off with a single to left field, and Ron Washington, Jr. followed with a homer to centerfield, his second of the year.
The Tar Heels took back the lead in the bottom of the inning on an RBI-single with two outs.
The second game of the series Saturday has been moved up an hour to 1 p.m.
NOTES
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The Panthers scored in the game's first frame. Sky Duff led off with a double down the left field line and touched home plate on a single through the right side from Jeffrey Wehler.
The Tar Heels tied it up in the bottom of the inning, as the leadoff batter reached on an error and advanced twice on groundouts.
Pitt quickly grabbed the lead back in the second inning. With two outs, Jordan Anderson knocked in CJ Funk from second base with a single to right center.
North Carolina took its first lead in the third inning on an RBI-groundout and RBI-single and added a solo homer in the next inning.
The Panthers tied it up in the sixth inning. Levins led off with a single to left field, and Ron Washington, Jr. followed with a homer to centerfield, his second of the year.
The Tar Heels took back the lead in the bottom of the inning on an RBI-single with two outs.
The second game of the series Saturday has been moved up an hour to 1 p.m.
NOTES
- Matt Gilbertson started and went 5.2 innings with four earned runs, seven hit, two walks and one strikeout.
- Duff extended his reach-base streak to 34 games.
- Hulett went 3-4 with a double, and Wehler also had three hits.
- Levins went 2-4 with a walk, and Washington, Jr. was 2-3 with a walk.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kyle Mott (3-0)
L: Gilbertson, Matt (1-2)
S: Caden O'Brien (3)
Batting:
2B: Duff, Sky 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 1
HR: Washington, Jr., Ron 1
RBI: Wehler, Jeffrey 1 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 2 ; Anderson, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Duff, Sky 1 ; Levins, Tatem 1 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Funk, C.J. 1
SB: Funk, C.J. 1
CS: Wehler, Jeffrey 1 ; Levins, Tatem 1
PO: Anderson, Jordan 1
Batting:
HR: Vance Honeycutt 1
RBI: Vance Honeycutt 1 ; Angel Zarate 1 ; Johnny Castagnozzi 1 ; Danny Serretti 1 ; Alberto Osuna 1 ; Hunter Stokely 1 ; Mac Horvath 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vance Honeycutt 3 ; Angel Zarate 1 ; Johnny Castagnozzi 1 ; Danny Serretti 2
SB: Vance Honeycutt 1 ; Mac Horvath 1
Game Leaders
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