Pitt Takes on Minnesota and North Dakota

Pitt Panthers (18-27, 6-15 ACC)
at Minnesota Golden Gophers (15-28, 4-15 Big Ten), North Dakota Hawks (24-22, 7-8 Summit)
April 25-26, 2025
Jane Sage Cowles Stadium · Minneapolis, Minn.

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Pitt enters the home stretch of the regular season with non-conference match ups against Minnesota and North Dakota. The Panthers will face the Golden Gophers Friday night at 7 p.m. (EDT) and will play a doubleheader Saturday against the Hawks (1 p.m. EDT) and the Golden Gophers (3:30 p.m. EDT). All three games will be stream on Big Ten Plus.
The Panthers have combined to hit 22 home runs in their last 10 games with KK Esparza (6), Shelby Frazier (4), Camryn Murphy (3), Ana Hernandez (3), Kylie Griggs (2), and Amanda Ramirez (2) all recording multiple home runs in that span.
The Panthers combined to hit 20 home runs over their first 35 games of the season.
Pitt has hit at least one home run in nine of the last 11 games, including hitting three or more home runs in five of those games.
Kylie Griggs has reached base safely in 15 consecutive games, dating back to March 28. Griggs has recorded a hit in 13 of those 15 games and is batting .478 (22-for-46) with eight doubles four home runs, and nine walks in that span.
Freshman pitcher Gwen Sparks is 3-0 in her last three appearances (two starts). She has allowed just one earned run over 12.0 innings pitched for a 0.58 ERA. The right-handed pitcher has struck out 10 batters while issuing just one walk in her last 47 batters faced.
KK Esparza has been limited to 24 starts this season while working through injury. In the last eight games, Esparza is batting .435 (10-for-23) with six home runs and a double.
Amanda Ramirez has reached base in the last 10 consecutive games, batting .381 (8-for-21) with four walks and two home runs in that span.
Shelby Frazier has delivered two pinch-hit home runs, both three run homers, in her last seven games. She is 5-for-10 with four home runs, 12 RBI and five runs scored in the last eight games (two starts).