Bryce Hulett’s Walk-Off Hit Sends No. 11 Pitt to ACC Tournament Semifinals

Wednesday, May 25

Charlotte, N.C.

11 AM

Pitt

29-26

Louisville

38-17-1

Louisville

Pitt

Photo by: Nell Redmond/ACC

Bryce Hulett’s Walk-Off Hit Sends No. 11 Pitt to ACC Tournament Semifinals

5/25/2022 5:50:00 PM | Baseball

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CHARLOTTE – Bryce Hulett hit a walk-off, RBI-single to centerfield with two outs in the ninth inning to send No. 11 seed Pitt baseball (29-26) to the ACC Tournament Semifinals with a 6-5 win over No. 2 Louisville (38-17-1) Wednesday afternoon at Truist Field. The winners of Pool B with Tuesday's 12-6 win over No. 7 Georgia Tech, the Panthers play in Saturday's second semifinal game at 5 p.m. against either No. 3 Miami or No. 10 NC State, who face off Wednesday night at 7 p.m. to determine the Pool C winner.

?????????? | No. 11 Pitt 6?, No. 2 Louisville 5?@bryce_hulett WALKS IT OFF!!!!!!!! SEE YINZ IN THE SEMIFINALS!!#H2P | #ACCBASE pic.twitter.com/H9eXoZSqcW
— Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) May 25, 2022

Jeffrey Wehler led off the ninth with a single up the middle. After Tatem Levins walked, both advanced on a groundout by Ron Washington, Jr. to set up Hulett's heroics.

Pitt got the board first in the third inning. Brock Franks smacked a leadoff double off the right field wall and advanced to third base on a sac bunt from Dom Popa. Wehler followed with a monster two-run homer over the seats in left field.

That's a ?? of a home run.@J_Whales7 | @Pitt_BASE pic.twitter.com/B9N7SXxJLI
— Bally Sports South (@BallySportsSO) May 25, 2022

The Cardinals responded with a solo homer in the inning and went up in the fifth with a two-out RBI-single and two-run homer.

Wehler went opposite field for his second homer of the day and fourth of the year as the leadoff batter in the next frame.

It's a home run fest in the Queen city.@J_Whales7 | @Pitt_BASE pic.twitter.com/ALFBSMfOgc
— Bally Sports South (@BallySportsSO) May 25, 2022

Levins tucked his team-leading 16th homer of the year inside of the right field foul pole with two outs in the seventh inning.

THE LEAD IS CUT TO ONE!

A @TatemLevins HR makes this a 5-4 ballgame!@Pitt_BASE pic.twitter.com/rkMrBF0c6r
— Bally Sports South (@BallySportsSO) May 25, 2022

The Panthers tied it up in the eighth inning. Leadoff batter Washington, Jr. reached on catcher's interference, and Hulett followed with a single through the right side. With one out, CJ Funk singled through the left side with one out to load the bases. Franks hit a sac fly plenty deep enough to centerfield for the sac fly.

NOTES

Baron Stuart (2-4) picked up the win in relief by registering the last six outs with no runs and walks and one hit allowed.
Billy Corcoran started and went 4.2 innings with four runs, eight hits, no walks and three strikeouts.
Corcoran moved into a tie for 13th in career starts (33) with T.J. Zeuch (2014-16), 17th in career innings (189.0) and tie for 18th in career strikeouts (160) with Don Rhoten (2001-05).
He recorded his eighth start without a walk this season.
C.J. McKennitt recorded a scoreless inning of relief with a strikeout and no hits and walks.
Pitt improved to 5-2 in the ACC Tournament and advance to the semifinals for the second time (2018 as the 12-seed after upsetting No. 8 Georgia Tech 2-1 and No. 1 North Carolina 5-4).
The Panthers have scored 13 unanswered runs to secure victories in the tournament (three against Louisville and 10 versus Georgia Tech).
Pitt earned its third win over Louisville this season, who came into the week ranked No. 6 in several of the major polls.
Wehler recorded his first multi-homer game of his five-year collegiate career and the fourth by a Panther this season (Levins against Bucknell, March 15, and at Miami, April 24, and Franks at High Point, March 9).
Wehler recorded a game-high nine total bases, and he and Hulett both went 3-5.
Levins reached bases three times with the homer, single and walk.
In program history, Washington, Jr. moved into fifth in career at-bats (751) ahead of Bryan Spamer (2001-04) and eighth in career games played (199) with Scott Folmar (2000-03).
Levins tied several other Panthers for the sixth-most single-season homers, tied for 11th in total bases (129) with Jim Negrych (2005) and tied for 14th in RBI (53) with Joe Lydic (1999).
His 16 homers this season also rank him tied 16th in the career category with several others.