Pitt
28-26
Georgia Tech
32-22
No. 11 Seed Pitt Wins ACC Tournament Opener 12-6 over No. 7 Georgia Tech
5/24/2022 5:25:00 PM | Baseball
First winner of the @ACCBaseball Tournament is the Pitt Panthers ??#H2P | #ACCBASE pic.twitter.com/9DLD50YoHn
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) May 24, 2022
Trailing by four runs entering the sixth inning, Pitt kicked it into high gear at the plate with an eight-run frame. Sky Duff led off with a walk, and Ron Washington, Jr. smashed his 14th homer of the season into left center. Bryce Hulett followed with a blast into the second deck of seats in right field, his ninth of the season. With one out, CJ Funk singled to left center, and Brock Franks was hit by a pitch. Dom Popa tied the game up with an RBI-single up the middle where both baserunners advanced on a fielding error from the centerfielder. Jeffrey Wehler put the Panthers ahead for good with a single through the left side that knocked in both Popa and Franks. Tatem Levins singled to left center, and Duff hit an RBI-single through the left side where an error on the catcher on a throw at home allowed Levins and Duff to advance a base. Washington, Jr. picked up his second RBI-hit of the frame with another single through the left side.
The Panthers picked up two insurance runs in the last trip to the plate. Jack Anderson, Franks and Popa all drew walks to load the bases. Wehler racked up his third RBI-hit with another single through the left side with one out. Franks hustled home on a wild pitch for the final run.
The Panthers grabbed a lead in the game's opening frame. With one out, Levins singled to centerfield, and Duff doubled to left center. Washington, Jr. hit a deep sac fly to right field for both Levins and Duff to tag up. Hulett knocked in Duff with a single to centerfield.
The Yellow Jackets went up with three runs in the third inning as an error on an RBI-fielder's choice resulted in two unearned runs afterwards.
Georgia Tech added a leadoff homer in the fourth inning and an RBI-single and RBI-double in the fifth.
NOTES.@Jonathan5_15 is ALL of us right now ??
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) May 24, 2022
The freshman recorded his first career save and shut the door on the Yellow Jackets! We're back to work tomorrow morning!#H2P pic.twitter.com/XhY65MWpKQ
- Matt Gilbertson (9-3) started and went five innings with four earned runs, nine hits, no walks and one strikeout.
- Gilbertson recorded his eighth start without a walk this season.
- Jonathan Bautista threw four scoreless innings of relief for his first collegiate save, allowing just two hits and one walk with two strikeouts.
- Pitt improved to 4-2 in the ACC Tournament with wins against Georgia Tech in both matchups (2018).
- Washington, Jr. had a game-high four RBI while Wehler had three.
- Levins reached base a game-high four times with three singles and a walk.
- In program history, Washington, Jr. moved into a tie for second in career homers (34) with Jim Negrych (2004-06), tie for fifth in career RBI (143) with Joe Leonard (2008-10) and tie for eighth in career games played with Scott Folmar (2000-03).
- For single-season Pitt records, he tied for 12th in homers with Joe Lydic (1999).
- Levins is tied for 16th in single-season total bases (124) with Rick Devereaux (2012).
- Duff tied for 14th in career doubles (39) with Morgan Kielty (2006-09) and tied his 2019 walk total and teammate Funk's current single-season walks (40) for a tie for ninth.
- Gilbertson moved into a tie for eighth in career wins (17) with Aaron Krause (1981-84), 14th in career innings pitched (206.1) and tied for 14th in career starts (32) teammate Billy Corcoran.
- In single-season program history, he improved to a tie for fifth in wins with Matt Wotherspoon (2013) and Gregg Mrochko (1994), seventh in innings pitched (96.1) and 10th in strikeouts (88).
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gilbertson, Matt (9-3)
L: Sam Crawford (0-1)
S: Bautista, Jonathan (1)
Batting:
2B: Duff, Sky 1 ; Funk, C.J. 1
HR: Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 1
RBI: Wehler, Jeffrey 3 ; Duff, Sky 1 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 4 ; Hulett, Bryce 2 ; Popa, Dom 1
SF: Washington, Jr., Ron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wehler, Jeffrey 1 ; Levins, Tatem 2 ; Duff, Sky 2 ; Washington, Jr., Ron 1 ; Hulett, Bryce 1 ; Barto, Cameron 1 ; Funk, C.J. 1 ; Franks, Brock 2 ; Popa, Dom 1
HBP: Franks, Brock 1
Batting:
2B: Tim Borden II 1 ; Colin Hall 1
HR: Tim Borden II 1
RBI: Chandler Simpson 1 ; Andrew Jenkins 1 ; Tres Gonzalez 2 ; Tim Borden II 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Chandler Simpson 2 ; Kevin Parada 1 ; Andrew Jenkins 1 ; Tim Borden II 1 ; Colin Hall 1
HBP: Kevin Parada 1
