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Pitt Clinches ACC Tournament Spot with 5-2 Win at No. 8 Notre Dame
5/15/2022 4:34:00 PM | Baseball
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Pitt baseball (27-22, 13-13) clinched a spot in the upcoming ACC Tournament (May 24-29) for a second-straight season for the first time after defeating No. 8 Notre Dame (31-11, 15-9) 5-2 Sunday afternoon at Frank Eck Stadium. The victory was the sixth of the season for the Panthers over a top-10 team (two each against then-No. 5 Virginia and then-No. 5 Louisville and one at No. 4 Miami).
The Panthers got on the board first. Brock Franks led off with a single to right field, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt from Jordan Anderson and scored on a single to left field from Jeffrey Wehler.
Pitt added to its lead in the seventh inning. CJ Funk drew a one-out walk, and Franks hit a one-out single to left field. Pinch-hitter Dom Popa laced a double down the left field line to knock in pinch-runner Josh Overbeek from second base. With two outs, Tatem Levins smashed his team-leading 14th homer over the centerfield wall.
The Irish notched a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the inning.
The Panthers return to action Tuesday at 6 p.m. for a "Backyard Ball" matchup at PNC Park against in-state rival Penn State.
NOTES
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The Panthers got on the board first. Brock Franks led off with a single to right field, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt from Jordan Anderson and scored on a single to left field from Jeffrey Wehler.
Pitt added to its lead in the seventh inning. CJ Funk drew a one-out walk, and Franks hit a one-out single to left field. Pinch-hitter Dom Popa laced a double down the left field line to knock in pinch-runner Josh Overbeek from second base. With two outs, Tatem Levins smashed his team-leading 14th homer over the centerfield wall.
The Irish notched a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the inning.
The Panthers return to action Tuesday at 6 p.m. for a "Backyard Ball" matchup at PNC Park against in-state rival Penn State.
NOTES
- Logan Evans (4-6) started and went 6.2 innings with two runs, five hits, no walks and three strikeouts.
- Baron Stuart earned his seventh save of the season by registering the last seven outs with only one hit and one walk allowed with two strikeouts.
- Stuart ranks in school history for saves tied for fourth a single season and tied for eighth in career saves.
- Sky Duff extended his reached-base streak to 63 games with a single up the middle in the seventh inning.
- Franks singled in his first three at-bats.
- In program history, Ron Washington, Jr. moved into eighth place in career at-bats (730) ahead of former teammate Nico Popa (726, 2017-21), ninth in career starts (188) ahead of also former teammate Frank Maldonado (2014-18), 11th in career games played (193) ahead of John Shultz (2008-11) and a tie with Popa for 12th in career hits (208),
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Evans, Logan (4-6)
L: Jack Findlay (5-1)
S: Stuart, Baron (7)
Batting:
2B: Popa, Dom 1
HR: Levins, Tatem 1
RBI: Wehler, Jeffrey 1 ; Levins, Tatem 3 ; Popa, Dom 1
SH: Anderson, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Levins, Tatem 1 ; Overbeek, Josh 1 ; Franks, Brock 2 ; Popa, Dom 1
SB: Wehler, Jeffrey 1
HBP: Wehler, Jeffrey 1
Batting:
2B: Jack Brannigan 1
HR: Jack Penney 1
RBI: Jack Penney 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Jack Brannigan 1 ; Jack Penney 1
CS: Zack Prajzner 1
HBP: Ryan Cole 1
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