Pitt Falls 8-1 at No. 8 Notre Dame

Saturday, May 14

South Bend, Ind.

5 PM

Pitt

26-22, 12-13

Notre Dame

31-10, 15-8

Pitt

Notre Dame

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Pitt Falls 8-1 at No. 8 Notre Dame

5/14/2022 8:09:00 PM | Baseball

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Pitt baseball (26-22, 12-13) fell 8-1 to No. 8 Notre Dame (31-10, 15-8) Saturday evening at Frank Eck Stadium.

The Irish grabbed the lead on a pair of RBI-hits in the second inning.

The Panthers got on the board in the next frame. Jordan Anderson led off with a walk and went to third base on a single to left center from Jeffrey Wehler. With one out, Wehler stole second base, and Anderson went home on an errant throw that went into shallow centerfield.

Notre Dame added to its lead in the fifth inning on another pair of RBI-hits and a sacrifice fly. RBI-hits in the sixth and seventh and sacrifice fly in the eighth would follow.

The series finale is Sunday at noon on the ACC Network.

NOTES

Billy Corcoran started and went 6.2 innings with seven runs, 12 hits, one walk and three strikeouts.
In program history, Corcoran moved into 14th place in career starts (31) ahead of teammate Matt Gilbertson and Erik Ackerman (1999-02), 18th in career innings pitched (181.1) ahead of Dave Welty (178.1, 1966-68) and Alex Caravella (175.0, 2010-13) and a tie for 18th in career strikeouts (154) with Jory Coughenour (1997-00), going in front of Allen Lachowicz (1979-81) and George Medich (1968-70) at 153.
Sky Duff extended his reached-base streak to 62 games with a double to right center in his first at-bat along with a walk.
Jack Anderson reached base a team-high three times with two hits and a walk.
In program history, Ron Washington, Jr. moved into a tie for eighth in career at-bats (726) with former teammate Nico Popa (726, 2017-21), a tie for ninth in career starts (187) with former teammate Frank Maldonado (2014-18), 12th in career games played (192) with John Shultz (2008-11) and a tie for 13th in career walks (84) with Ben Copeland (2003-05) and Sam Crowley (1993-97) ahead of former teammate Cole Maclaren (2018-19) and Robert Garvey (1994-97).