2020 Pitt Baseball Game Notes Media Relations: Korey Blucas • [email protected] • (724) 799-4480 • 3719 Terrace St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15261 2020 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY GAMES 2020 SNOWBIRD CLASSIC 14 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. 12 PM Feb. 14-16, 2020 14 Saint Joseph’s Port Charlotte, Fla. 4:30 PM North Charlotte Regional Park • Port Charlotte, Fla. | Cool Today Park • North Port, Fla. 15 Ohio State Port Charlotte, Fla. 6:30 PM 1-4 16 Iowa Port Charlotte, Fla. 11 AM 21 Eastern Michigan Sanford, Fla. 6 PM Indiana State Pitt 22 Eastern Michigan Sanford, Fla. 3 PM 2019 Record: 23 Eastern Michigan Sanford, Fla. 12 PM 2019 Record: 28 Lehigh Sanford, Fla. 1 PM 43-18, Overall 21-34, Overall 28 Central Connecticut Sanford, Fla. 5:30 PM 29 Lehigh Sanford, Fla. 3:30 PM 13-8, MVC 8-22, ACC MARCH Head Coach: Mitch Hannahs Head Coach: Mike Bell 1 Central Connecticut Sanford, Fla. 1 PM Season at ISU: 7th Season at Pitt: 2nd 3 Youngstown St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 6 Miami* Miami, Fla. 3 PM Saint Joseph’s 7 Miami* Miami, Fla. 7 PM PROBABLE STARTERS (2019 Stats Listed) 8 Miami* Miami, Fla. 1 PM 2019 Record: 10 Southern Florida Tampa, Fla. 6:30 PM 21-28, Overall Game 1 (Indiana State): Friday 13 Virginia* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 14 Virginia* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 8-22, A-10 Billy Corcoran Collin Liberatore 15 Virginia* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM Head Coach: Fritz Hamburg RHP • Sophomore vs. RHP • RS Junior 18 Kent State Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM Season at SJU: 12th 2-6 • 3.80 ERA • 1.32 WHIP 10-2 • 2.96 ERA • 1.06 WHIP 20 Florida State* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 21 Florida State* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM Ohio State 22 Florida State* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM Game 2 (Saint Joseph’s): Friday 2019 Record: 24 Penn State University Park, Pa. 6:30 PM Chris Cappas Ryan Devine 25 Youngstown St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 36-27, Overall LHP • Junior RHP • Junior 27 Notre Dame* South Bend, Ind. 5 PM vs. 28 Notre Dame* South Bend, Ind. 2 PM 12-12, BIG 10 3-4 • 5.06 ERA • 1.56 WHIP 3-2 • 4.76 ERA • 1.56 WHIP 29 Notre Dame* South Bend, Ind. 1 PM Head Coach: Greg Beals 31 West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM Season at OSU: 10th Game 3 (Ohio State): Saturday APRIL 3 Clemson* Clemson, S.C. 6 PM Iowa Mitch Meyers Seth Lonsway 4 Clemson* Clemson, S.C. 5 PM RHP • Junior vs. LHP • Redshirt Sophomore 5 Clemson* Clemson, S.C. 12 PM 2019 Record: -- • -- ERA • -- WHIP 804 • 3.70 ERA • 1.44 WHIP 7 Penn State Pittsburgh, Pa. 7 PM 9 Boston College* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 31-24, Overall 10 Boston College* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 12-12, BIG 10 Game 4 (Iowa): Sunday 11 Boston College* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM Head Coach: Rick Heller Matt Gilbertson Duncan Davitt 15 Kent State Kent, Ohio 7 PM Season at Iowa: 7th RHP • Junior vs. RHP • Sophomore 17 Georgia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM -- • -- ERA • -- WHIP 2-1 • 5.22 ERA • 1.66 WHIP 18 Georgia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 19 Georgia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 24 James Madison Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM 25 James Madison Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM PITT PROJECTED LINEUP (2019 Stats) 26 James Madison Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM Pos. No. Player B/T AVG GP-GS OBP SLG H BB R HR RBI 28 Youngstown State Youngstown, Ohio 6 PM C 33 Riley Wash R/R 29 West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM 1B 15 Bryce Hulett L/L MAY 2B 3 Sky Duff L/R .260 52-48 .397 .315 47 40 29 0 21 1 Virginia Tech* Blacksburg, Va. 6 PM 3B 2 Sam Frontino R/R 2 Virginia Tech* Blacksburg, Va. 3 PM SS 24 David Yanni L/R .242 55-54 .369 .490 47 35 41 9 41 3 Virginia Tech* Blacksburg, Va. 1 PM LF 21 Kyle Hess L/R .254 40-38 .348 .370 35 14 11 2 33 5 Oakland Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM CF 5 Jordan Anderson R/R 6 Oakland Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM RF 1 Nico Popa R/R .353 55-55 .424 .581 76 16 46 8 39 8 North Carolina* Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 PM DH 23 Ron Washington Jr. R/R .306 39-39 .429 .465 44 26 23 2 19 9 North Carolina* Chapel Hill, N.C. 2 PM 10 North Carolina* Chapel Hill, N.C. 1 PM P No. Player APP-GS W-L ERA IP H R ER K BB WHIP 12 West Virginia% Morgantown, W.V. 6:30 PM RHP 32 Billy Corcoran 20-11 2-6 3.80 68.2 64 37 29 54 26 1.32 14 Duke* Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM LHP 17 Chris Cappas 2.74 5-1 13-13 82.0 74 28 25 23 88 1.56 15 Duke* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM RHP 27 Mitch Myers 16 Duke*$ Pittsburgh, Pa. 12 PM RHP 45 Matt Gilbertson 19-24 ACC Tournament Charlotte, N.C. TBD 29-1 NCAA Regionals TBD TBD BULLPEN JUNE P No. Player APP-GS W-L ERA IP H R ER K BB WHIP 5-8 Super Regionals TBD TBD RHP 12 Chase Smith 33-0 4-6 2.72 59.2 54 23 18 55 17 1.20 13-24 NCAA CWS TBD TBD RHP 34 Chris Gomez 21-2 0-2 5.15 43.2 64 36 25 34 16 1.85 *- ACC game LHP 11 David Moore 23-0 1-3 6.75 22.2 18 22 17 34 27 2.03 %- played at PNC Park RHP 36 Dylan Lester $- Senior Day RHP 38 C.J. McKennitt PANTHERS GAME NOTES @Pitt_BASE BASEBALL 1 SERIES NOTES Quick Facts LEADING OFF Second Team, while Perry garnered a third team selection. • Pitt baseball opens the season this weekend at the Snow • Dan Hammer (13th round-Baltimore Orioles), West (14th UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Bird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. The Panthers start the neu- round-Houston Astros) and Perry (28th round-Detroit Tigers) School ..............................................University of Pittsburgh tral site tournament Friday with a doubleheader against Indiana were selected in the MLB Draft, and Cole MacLaren (Detroit Location ......................................................... Pittsburgh, Pa. State (12 p.m.) and Saint Joseph’s (5 p.m.), then Ohio State Tigers) joined them in the professional ranks as a free-agent Founded ..........................................................................1787 (6 p.m.) Saturday and conclude with a 11 a.m. matchup versus signing. Enrollment ..................................................................34,934 Iowa. Nickname ................................................................ Panthers OPENING DAY ALL-TIME SERIES VS OPPONENTS • Pitt is 38-40 all-time on Opening Day, having won sev- Colors .............. Pitt Royal and Gold PMS (PMS 661/PMS 1235) • This will be the first-ever matchup against Indiana State in en-straight, dating back to the 2013 season. Conference ..........................Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) program history. • Last year the Panthers defeated former Big East foe Villano- Affiliation ...................................................... NCAA Division I • Pitt holds the advantage in the series with Saint Joseph’s va 7-2. Website ...................................www.PittsburghPanthers.com 10-3 with an eight-game winning streak. This is the first • Iowa gave Pitt its last lost on the season-opener, 7-5, in Facebook .................................................PittsburghPanthers matchup between the two schools since March 19, 2010, a 14-1 2012. Athletics Twitter ..........................................@Pitt_ATHLETICS Panthers’ road victory. Athletics Instagram .....................................@Pitt_ATHLETICS • Ohio State has won 20 of 22 contests against Pitt. The Pan- DATE H/A OPPONENT RESULT Baseball Twitter .................................................. @Pitt_BASE thers won the last meeting 7-2 on Feb. 18, 2017 in Kissimmee, 2/15/13 A Wichita State W, 6-4 Baseball Instagram ............................................. @Pitt_BASE Fla. 2/15/14 A Coastal Carolina W, 7-5 • Iowa has earned two victories in three games versus Pitt, 2/13/15 N St. Louis W, 18-1 COACHING STAFF including a 10-1 victory last year on Feb. 16 also in Kissimmee, 2/19/16 N Niagara W, 19-10 Head Coach .............................Mike Bell (Florida State, 1996) Fla. 2/17/17 N Delaware W, 5-3 Record at Pitt ......................................21-34 (second season) 2/16/18 N Oakland W, 9-3 Career Record ............................................................... Same MANY, MANY NEW PANTHER FACES 2/15/19 N Villanova W, 7-2 Assistant/Pitching Coach ...Jerry Oakes (Coastal Carolina, 2012) • Head coach Mike Bell welcomes 21 newcomers to this year’s team, the most of any ACC squad. Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Ty Megahee (Mercer, 2006) Assistant Coach/Camp Coordinator John Sansone (Florida State, 2016) • These new players came from various routes before arriving UP NEXT to campus with nine JUCO transfers, 10 true freshmen out of • Pitt heads back to Florida in Sanford for a three-game series PANTHERS AT A GLANCE high school and two Division I transfers. with Eastern Michigan in Sanford that begins Friday at 6 p.m. First Season ....................................................................1907 • Four players have already seen time at the Division I level. All-Time Record ........................................ 1,280-1,188-7 (.519) C.J. McKennitt (Holy Cross) and Grant Hoppock (USC Upstate) • On the season, Sabino has tallied two multiple homer games, All-Time Conference Record ..............................357-512 (.411) come straight to Pitt from their previous institutions. smacking two against USC Upstate and Saint Peter’s. • Dylan Lester (Houston) and Jordan Anderson (Mississippi • The Vanderbilt transfer has 16 homers in his career, bringing All-Time ACC Record ...........................................58-119 (.328) State) spent the previous season at their respective junior one from his former team. All-Time Conference Tournament Record ..............11-22 (.333) colleges after spending time at programs with rich traditions.