2021 Pitt Baseball Game Notes Media Relations: Korey Blucas • [email protected] • (724) 799-4480 • 3719 Terrace St
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2021 Pitt Baseball Game Notes Media Relations: Korey Blucas • [email protected] • (724) 799-4480 • 3719 Terrace St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15261 2021 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY GAMES at No. 7 Georgia Tech 19 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. L, 4-0 March 12-14, 2021 20 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. W, 8-2 21 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. W, 10-1 11-13 Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, Ga. 23 Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. W, 7-2 26 #9 Florida State* Tallahasse, Fla. W, 1-0 27 #9 Florida State* Tallahasse, Fla. W, 7-2 28 #9 Florida State* Tallahasse, Fla. W, 9-7 (13) MARCH 5 RV Duke* Durham, N.C. L, 3-1 6 RV Duke* Durham, N.C. L, 8-1 7 RV Duke* Durham, N.C. W, 5-4 12 #7 Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. 7 PM 13 #7 Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. 6 PM Pitt #7 Georgia Tech 14 #7 Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. 1 PM 2021 Record: 2021 Record: 19 Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. 4 PM 20 Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. 1 PM 7-3, Overall 8-3, Overall 21 Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. 1 PM 4-2, ACC 5-1, ACC 24 Bucknell Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM Head Coach: Mike Bell Head Coach: Danny Hall 26 Virginia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM Season at Pitt: 3d Season at GT: 28th 27 Virginia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 28 Virginia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM APRIL PROBABLE STARTERS 1 Notre Dame* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 2 Notre Dame* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 3 Notre Dame* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 6 West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM Mitch Myers Brant Hurter 9 Miami* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM RHP • Junior Friday LHP • Junior 10 Miami* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 11 Miami* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 1-2 • 3.18 ERA • 1.24 WHIP 1-0 • 5.84 ERA • 1.38 WHIP 13 Lipscomb Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 14 Lipscomb Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 16 North Carolina* Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM 17 North Carolina* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM Matt Gilbertson Saturday Andy Archer 18 North Carolina* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM RHP • Junior RHP • Sophomore 23 Louisville* Louisville, Ky. 6 PM 2-1 • 0.82 ERA • 1.25 WHIP 1-1 • 3.29 ERA • 1.32 WHIP 24 Louisville* Louisville, Ky. 1 PM 25 Louisville* Louisville, Ky. 1 PM 30 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM TBA Sunday Sam Crawford MAY LHP • Sophomore 1 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 1-0 • 3.77 ERA • 1.05 WHIP 1 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. 5 PM 2 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 5 West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pa. 6:30 PM 7 Boston College* Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM 8 Boston College* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 9 Boston College* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM PITT’S PROJECTED LINEUP 14 NC State* Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM Pos. No. Player B/T AVG GP-GS OBP SLG H BB R HR RBI 15 NC State* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM C 33 Riley Wash R/R .167 8-7 .333 .417 4 0 0 0 0 16 NC State* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 1B 15 Bryce Hulett L/L .139 10-10 .311 .167 5 7 2 9 6 18 Akron Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM SS 24 David Yanni L/R .143 10-10 .333 .457 5 7 3 3 7 20 Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 6 PM 2B 3 Sky Duff L/R .256 10-10 .408 .385 10 9 9 0 4 21 Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 4 PM 3B 2 Brock Franks R/R .154 9-9 .290 .192 4 5 5 0 1 22 Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 1 PM LF 21 Kyle Hess L/R .378 10-10 .429 .556 17 2 5 1 10 25-30 ACC Tournament TBA TBD CF 5 Jordan Anderson R/R .200 10-10 .200 .200 5 3 3 0 2 RF 1 Nico Popa R/R .350 10-10 .449 .700 14 5 10 4 10 *- ACC game DH 23 Ron Washington Jr. R/R .244 10-10 .340 .293 10 6 6 0 4 P No. Player APP-GS W-L ERA IP H R ER K BB WHIP RHP 27 Mitch Myers 3-3 1-2 3.18 17.0 17 7 6 26 4 1.24 RHP 45 Matt Gilbertson 3-3 2-1 3.94 16.0 15 9 7 20 5 1.25 BULLPEN P No. Player APP-GS W-L ERA IP H R ER K BB WHIP RHP 12 Chase Smith 5-0 1-0 5.40 6.2 7 4 4 10 5 1.80 RHP 34 Chris Gomez 3-0 0-0 0.00 6.0 2 0 0 3 1 0.50 RHP 36 Dylan Lester 5-1 0-0 0.00 11.1 7 0 0 19 3 0.88 RHP 31 Stephen Hansen 5-2 0-0 3.09 11.2 12 4 4 16 5 1.46 RHP 28 Jordan McCrum 5-0 1-0 0.00 8.1 2 0 0 13 4 0.72 LHP 13 Corey Sawyer 3-0 0-0 6.75 1.1 1 1 1 1 2 2.25 PANTHERS GAME NOTES @Pitt_BASE BASEBALL 1 SERIES NOTES LEADING OFF game and then proceeded to outscore Indiana State 17-1 QUICK FACTS • Pitt (7-3, 4-2) faces No. 7 Georgia Tech (8-3, 5-1) begin- the rest of the series. UNIVERSITY INFORMATION ning Friday at 7 p.m. followed by Saturday at 6 p.m. and • Sky Duff led the way at the plate as the leadoff hitter in Sunday at 1 p.m. the two wins, going a combined 4-7 with two doubles, School ..............................................University of Pittsburgh three RBI, three walks and two runs. Location ......................................................... Pittsburgh, Pa. LAST TIME OUT-AT RV DUKE • Kyle Hess also had two doubles and three RBI, and Nico Founded ..........................................................................1787 • Pitt took one of three games at then-RV Duke last week- Popa went 4-8 with a team-high three runs and two walks Enrollment ..................................................................34,934 end, bouncing back after dropping the first two games to and an RBI. Nickname ................................................................ Panthers come back and win 5-4 at Duke. • As starting pitchers eased into the season, the bullpen Colors .............. Pitt Royal and Gold PMS (PMS 661/PMS 1235) • With the series sweep at then-No. 9 Florida State last was strong for the Panthers. The seven relief pitchers weekend and the win Sunday over Duke, a top-25 presea- combined for 14 innings, 19 strikeouts, one run, seven Conference ..........................Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) son ranked team and receiving votes in this week’s polls, hits, three walks and no extra-base hits and wild pitches. Affiliation ...................................................... NCAA Division I the Panthers are off to the best start (4-2) in ACC play Website ...................................www.PittsburghPanthers.com through two weekends since joining the league for the MCCRUM’S RETURN TO ACTION Facebook .................................................PittsburghPanthers 2014 season. • While most players went almost a year without playing Athletics Twitter ..........................................@Pitt_ATHLETICS • Nico Popa drove home the three unanswered runs in the a college baseball game due to the pandemic, Jordan Athletics Instagram .....................................@Pitt_ATHLETICS rally with a sac fly in the sixth inning and then hitting the McCrum went 721 days between playing games. Baseball Twitter .................................................. @Pitt_BASE go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth. • While at Monmouth, McCrum tore his UCL on March 3, Baseball Instagram ............................................. @Pitt_BASE • Dylan Lester and Jordan McCrum teamed up for stellar 2019 against Florida Atlantic that required Tommy John Chancellor .............................................Dr. Patrick Gallagher bullpen appearances. Surgery the following month. • Lester entered in the fourth inning with two outs and • The senior made his Panthers’ debut on Sunday, Feb. 21 Director of Athletics ..........................................Heather Lyke threw three scoreless innings of relief with four strike- in the 10-1 win over Indiana State and pitched a scoreless COACHING STAFF outs and just two hits and one walk allowed. McCrum was inning and struck out one. even more lights out while registering the final seven • McCrum hasn’t allowed a run yet in five scoreless relief Head Coach .............................Mike Bell (Florida State, 1996) outs, giving up only one hit and no walks along with three appearances and has averaged 1.56 strikeouts per inning. Record at Pitt .........................................38-43 (third season) strikeouts. • Against Florida State, he picked up saves in the first and Career Record ............................................................... Same three games of the series. Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator .......Ty Megahee (Mercer, 2006) HISTORIC SWEEP AT NO. 9 FLORIDA STATE • At Duke, he just up just one hit and no walk in 2.1 innings Assistant Coach..........................Matt Reida (Kentucky, 2014) • Pitt swept then-No. 9 Florida State on the road two to pick up his first win as a Panther. Volunteer Coach ............................................ Devin Mesoraco weekends ago in its ACC-opening series with 1-0, 7-2 and Director of Player Development .....Drew Linder (Florida State, 2018) 9-7 (13 innings) wins. THE DUFFMAN • Pitt registered its first series-sweep over a top-10 • Sky Duff has been an effective leadoff batter this season Director of Operations ......Austin Thompson (Florida State, 2018) opponent since joining the ACC for the 2014 season and for the Panthers. just the second sweep over a ranked ACC team (No. 23 • Known for his ability to draw walks, Duff has averaged PANTHERS AT A GLANCE Georgia Tech on March 28-30, 2014). almost a walk every game with nine total. • It was also the first road sweep in ACC play and just the • The sophomore has shown an improvement with his First Season ....................................................................1907 fourth overall conference sweep.