2021 Pitt Baseball Game Notes Media Relations: Korey Blucas • [email protected] • (724) 799-4480 • 3719 Terrace St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15261 2021 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY GAMES Jacksonville 19 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. L, 4-0 March 23, 2021 20 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. W, 8-2 21 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. W, 10-1 4 John Sessions Stadium • Jacksonville, Fla. 23 Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. 6 PM 26 Florida State* Tallahasse, Fla. 6 PM 27 Florida State* Tallahasse, Fla. 8 PM 28 Florida State* Tallahasse, Fla. 1 PM MARCH 5 Duke* Durham, N.C. 4 PM 6 Duke* Durham, N.C. 3 PM 7 Duke* Durham, N.C. 1 PM 12 Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. 4 PM 13 Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. 2 PM Pitt Jacksonville 14 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 1 PM 2021 Record: 2020 Record: 19 Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. 4 PM 20 Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. 1 PM 2-1, Overall 0-3, Overall 21 Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. 1 PM 0-0, ACC 0-0, ASUN 24 Bucknell Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM Head Coach: Mike Bell Head Coach: Chris Hayes 26 Virginia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM Season at Pitt: 3d Season at JU: 5th 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 TBA TBA 9 Miami* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM vs 10 Miami* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 11 Miami* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 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 18 North Carolina* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 23 Louisville* Louisville, Ky. 6 PM 24 Louisville* Louisville, Ky. 1 PM 25 Louisville* Louisville, Ky. 1 PM 30 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM MAY 1 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 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 .286 2-2 .286 .286 2 0 0 0 0 16 NC State* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 1B 15 Bryce Hulett L/L .300 3-3 .500 .300 3 3 1 0 4 18 Akron Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM SS 24 David Yanni L/R .200 3-3 .429 .600 2 3 1 1 2 20 Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 6 PM 2B 3 Sky Duff L/R .400 3-3 .571 .600 4 4 2 0 3 21 Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 4 PM 3B 2 Brock Franks R/R .143 2-2 .333 .143 1 2 3 0 0 22 Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 1 PM LF 21 Kyle Hess L/R .357 3-3 .400 .571 5 1 2 0 3 25-30 ACC Tournament TBA TBD CF 5 Jordan Anderson R/R .200 3-3 .200 .200 2 0 1 0 2 RF 1 Nico Popa R/R .417 3-3 .500 .417 5 2 3 0 1 *- ACC game DH 23 Ron Washington Jr. R/R .231 3-3 .231 .231 3 0 2 0 3 P No. Player APP-GS W-L ERA IP H R ER K BB WHIP BULLPEN P No. Player APP-GS W-L ERA IP H R ER K BB WHIP RHP 12 Chase Smith 1-0 0-0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 RHP 34 Chris Gomez 1-0 0-0 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 1.00 RHP 36 Dylan Lester 1-0 0-0 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 5 0 0.67 RHP 31 Stephen Hansen 1-0 0-0 0.00 4.0 2 0 0 7 1 0.75 RHP 28 Jordan McCrum 1-0 0-0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 LHP 13 Corey Sawyer 1-0 0-0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1.00 LHP 29 Chris Pouliot 1-0 0-0 0.00 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1.50 PANTHERS GAME NOTES @Pitt_BASE BASEBALL 1 SERIES NOTES LEADING OFF • Pitt finished off their third trip to Florida with four wins QUICK FACTS • Pitt (2-1) continues its seven-game road trip in Florida to in the RussMatt Cental Florida Invitational, defeat-ing UNIVERSITY INFORMATION begin the 2021 season with Jacksonville Tuesday at 6 PM. Lehigh (15-4, 10-0) and Central Connecticut State (7-5, 14-2) twice. School ..............................................University of Pittsburgh RETURNING EVERY STARTER FROM 2020 • Hess went 7-17 (.412) at the plate in the tournament, Location ......................................................... Pittsburgh, Pa. • Pitt opened the season with a series victory over Indiana including four doubles, a triple and home run, for 12 RBI’s. Founded ..........................................................................1787 State in the Snowbird Classic. • The Panthers combined for 46 runs in the tournament, Enrollment ..................................................................34,934 • The Panthers dropped the season-opener 4-0 but the most for one weekend of play this season de-spite Nickname ................................................................ Panthers rebounded for 8-2 and 10-1 victories. not batting in any ninth inning and having five frames Colors .............. Pitt Royal and Gold PMS (PMS 661/PMS 1235) • Pitt trailed 2-1 in the top of the fifth inning of Saturday’s nullified due to two shortened games. game and then proceeded to outscore Indiana State 17-1 Conference ..........................Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) the rest of the series. SECOND TIME IS HOPEFULLY THE CHARM Affiliation ...................................................... NCAA Division I • Sky Duff led the way at the plate as the leadoff hitter in • Pitt has several members on this year’s team it did not Website ...................................www.PittsburghPanthers.com the two wins, going a combined 4-7 with two doubles, plan to have due to COVID-19. Seniors David Yanni, Nico Facebook .................................................PittsburghPanthers three RBI, three walks and two runs. Popa and Chris Gomez all elected to use the extra year Athletics Twitter ..........................................@Pitt_ATHLETICS • Kyle Hess also had two doubles and three RBI, and Nico of eligibility granted by the NCAA to extend their college Athletics Instagram .....................................@Pitt_ATHLETICS Popa went 4-8 with a team-high three runs and two walks careers. Baseball Twitter .................................................. @Pitt_BASE and an RBI. • Playing his sixth season for the Panthers, Yanni is one of Baseball Instagram ............................................. @Pitt_BASE • As starting pitchers eased into the season, the bullpen the most tenured baseball players in the area. Only Greg- Chancellor .............................................Dr. Patrick Gallagher was strong for the Panthers. The seven relief pitchers ory Polanco has been a longer member of a Pittsburgh combined for 14 innings, 19 strikeouts, one run, seven baseball team as Chad Kuhl, Adam Frazier and Jacob Director of Athletics ..........................................Heather Lyke hits, three walks and no extra-base hits and wild pitches. Stallings also enter their sixth season with the Buccos. COACHING STAFF OPENING WEEKEND GRAD TRANSFER ADDITIONS Head Coach .............................Mike Bell (Florida State, 1996) • Pitt fields one of its most experience teams in recent his- • The cancellation of last season also led to new additions Record at Pitt ......................................... 33-41 (third season) tory as every single starting position player and pitcher to the squad. Pitt added five graduate transfers who were Career Record ............................................................... Same returns from last year. set to exhaust their eligibility last year: Stephen Hansen Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator .......Ty Megahee (Mercer, 2006) • Weekend starting pitchers: Billy Corcoran, Mitch Myers (Iona), Jordan McCrum (Monmouth), Ramon Padilla Assistant Coach..........................Matt Reida (Kentucky, 2014) and Matt Gilbertson. The trio combined for 12 starts, a (Little Rock), Corey Sawyer (Seton Hall) and Matt Tarabek Volunteer Coach ............................................ Devin Mesoraco 6-3 record and ERA. (Fordham). Director of Player Development .....Drew Linder (Florida State, 2018) • Catcher: Riley Wash earned the lion’s share of the starts • All five players made their debuts over the weekend, with (11) behind the plate last year and ranked in the ACC Hansen, McCrum and Sawyer making appearances out of Director of Operations ......Austin Thompson (Florida State, 2018) eighth in doubles (six) along with a .619 slugging percent- the bullpen with no runs given up and Padilla (catcher) age and .391 on-base percentage. and Tarabek (third base) starting one game with another PANTHERS AT A GLANCE • First base: Bryce Hulett started in all but one game, appearance off the bench. ranked 25th in the ACC in batting average (.339) and had • Hansen: was a four-year starting pitcher, including three First Season ....................................................................1907 four doubles, a homer and 10 RBI’s. seasons as a weekend starter, with a 3.95 career era, 157 All-Time Record .........................................1,292-1,195-7 (.519) • Second base: Sky Duff is a two-year starter and last year strikeouts to 57 walks and 11-14 record. All-Time Conference Record ..............................357-512 (.411) ranked eighth in walks (19) and 73rd in on-base percent- • As a preseason All-MAAC Selection in 2020, made four All-Time ACC Record ...........................................58-119 (.328) age (.507) in the nation. starts with a 3.55 ERA with 24 strikeouts to six walks. All-Time Conference Tournament Record ..............11-22 (.333) • Third base: Sam Frontino manned the hot corner all 16 • Earned All-MAAC Second Team in 2019 with a 4-6 record, All-Time ACC Tournament Record ...........................