2021 Pitt Baseball Game Notes Media Relations: Korey Blucas • [email protected] • (724) 799-4480 • 3719 Terrace St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15261 2021 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY GAME Boston College 19 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. L, 4-0 May 7-9, 2021 20 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. W, 8-2 21 Indiana State Port Charlotte, Fla. W, 10-1 33-35 Charles L. Cost Field • Pittsburgh, Pa. • ACCNX 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. W, 11-9 13 #7 Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. L, 5-3 #16 Pitt Boston College 14 #7 Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. W, 18-12 2021 Record: 2021 Record: 20 RV Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. W, 2-1 21 RV Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. W, 6-2 20-12, Overall 19-23, Overall 22 RV Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. L, 10-4 14-10, ACC 8-19, ACC 24 Bucknell Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 17-9 Head Coach: Mike Bell Head Coach: Mike Gambino 26 #22 Virginia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. L, 5-1 Season at Pitt: 3d Season at BC: 11th 27 #22 Virginia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. L, 8-4 28 #22 Virginia Tech* Pittsburgh, Pa. L, 8-4 APRIL PROBABLE STARTERS 3 #12 Notre Dame* Pittsburgh, Pa. L, 4-1 4 #12 Notre Dame* Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 3-2 5 #12 Notre Dame* Pittsburgh, Pa. L, 11-5 6 West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 5-1 Mitch Myers vs Emmet Sheehan 9 #15 Miami* Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 12-6 RHP • Junior RHP • Junior 10 #15 Miami* Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 6-4 3-4 • 3.14 ERA • 1.20 WHIP 5-3 • 3.90 ERA • 1.18 WHIP 11 #15 Miami* Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 12-5 13 Lipscomb Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 9-6 14 Lipscomb Pittsburgh, Pa. Canceled 16 North Carolina* Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 6-2 17 North Carolina* Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 3-2 Matt Gilbertson Mason Pelio 18 North Carolina* Pittsburgh, Pa. L, 10-9 RHP • Junior Saturday RHP • Junior 23 #4 Louisville* Louisville, Ky. Canceled 5-3 • 3.53 ERA • 1.16 WHIP 3-6 • 6.09 ERA • 1.74 WHIP 24 #4 Louisville* Louisville, Ky. Canceled 25 #4 Louisville* Louisville, Ky. Canceled 30 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. Canceled MAY 1 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. Canceled Billy Corcoran TBA 1 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. Canceled RHP • Junior Sunday 2 Northern Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pa. Canceled 0-0 • 3.00 ERA • 1.17 WHIP 5 West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pa. L, 8-2 7 Boston College* Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 PM 8 Boston College* Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 9 Boston College* Pittsburgh, Pa. 12 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 2 Jackson Phinney R/R .071 18-11 .129 .107 2 2 1 0 4 16 NC State* Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 PM 1B 15 Bryce Hulett L/L .267 32-32 .390 .397 31 20 14 3 26 18 Akron Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 PM 2B 24 David Yanni L/R .250 32-32 ..406 .589 28 22 22 9 28 20 Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 6 PM 3B 3 Sky Duff L/R .325 31-29 .428 .472 40 19 29 2 17 21 Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 4 PM SS 2 Brock Franks R/R .250 31-31 .340 .342 25 11 14 1 10 22 Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 1 PM LF 23 Ron Washington Jr. R/R .318 32-32 .363 .477 42 11 24 5 20 25-30 ACC Tournament Charlotte, N.C. TBD CF 5 Jordan Anderson R/R .313 26-22 .432 .388 21 11 14 0 7 RF 1 Nico Popa R/R .346 32-32 .419 .388 47 12 31 8 24 *- ACC game DH 21 Kyle Hess L/R .299 32-32 .366 .493 40 10 21 4 29 P No. Player APP-GS W-L ERA IP H R ER K BB WHIP RHP 27 Mitch Myers 9-9 3-4 3.14 57.1 54 24 20 61 15 1.20 RHP 45 Matt Gilbertson 9-9 5-3 3.53 58.2 58 25 23 51 10 1.16 RHP 32 Billy Corcoran 2-2 0-0 3.00 6.0 6 5 2 6 1 1.17 BULLPEN P No. Player APP-GS W-L ERA IP H R ER K BB WHIP RHP 12 Chase Smith 19-0 2-1 5.85 20.0 28 15 13 16 11 1.95 RHP 34 Chris Gomez 10-2 2-0 2.55 24.2 23 7 7 16 5 1.14 RHP 36 Dylan Lester 13-1 0-0 6.75 18.2 18 14 14 24 11 1.55 RHP 31 Stephen Hansen 12-8 1-1 6.48 41.2 54 34 30 32 19 1.75 RHP 28 Jordan McCrum 16-0 2-1 1.96 23.0 13 5 5 26 11 1.04 PANTHERS GAME NOTES @Pitt_BASE BASEBALL 1 SERIES NOTES LEADING OFF by DIBaseball.com (No. 18) and Baseball America (No. 19). QUICK FACTS • No. 16 Pitt baseball (20-12, 14-10 ACC) plays its first ACC The rankings are the first since joining the ACC for the UNIVERSITY INFORMATION game in three weeks against Boston College with a three- 2014 season. game series this weekend. Due to anticipated inclement • The last team to be ranked at all, the 2013 Panthers’ School ..............................................University of Pittsburgh weather, Friday’s game has been moved to 3 p.m. with squad was ranked as high as 16th by Collegiate Baseball Location ......................................................... Pittsburgh, Pa. a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. The series on May 13, 2013. Founded ..........................................................................1787 finale will starts 45 minutes after the conclusion of the Enrollment ..................................................................34,934 first game Saturday. TOP RPI MATCHUP Nickname ................................................................ Panthers • The series features a pair of top-100 RPI ranked teams Colors .............. Pitt Royal and Gold PMS (PMS 661/PMS 1235) IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT FOR THE COASTAL with Pitt (26th) and Boston College (93rd). • With three weekends left in the regular season, the Pan- • Pitt has the 23rd-toughest strength of schedule so far Conference ..........................Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) thers lead the Coastal Division of the ACC at 14-10 (.583). this season and own 12 wins against quadrant one teams Affiliation ...................................................... NCAA Division I • The race to win the division is tight as Georgia Tech (one against No. 9 Notre Dame, two against No. 19 Indiana Website ...................................www.PittsburghPanthers.com (15-12, .556), Virginia Tech (16-14, .533) and Miami (15-14, State, No. 43 Virginia, No. 45 North Carolina and No. 50 Facebook .................................................PittsburghPanthers .517) can jump to first with just one weekend of play. Georgia Tech and a sweep of No. 20 Miami). Athletics Twitter ..........................................@Pitt_ATHLETICS • The standings and seeding for the ACC Tournament are • All but three games have come against quadrant one and Athletics Instagram .....................................@Pitt_ATHLETICS determined solely by winning percentage. two teams. Baseball Twitter .................................................. @Pitt_BASE • Head-to-head play will be the first tiebreaker, but • The ACC also ranks third in the conference RPI rankings Baseball Instagram ............................................. @Pitt_BASE that will only happen if other ACC teams have games as all 14 teams are in the top-90 with 12 in the top-60. Chancellor .............................................Dr. Patrick Gallagher cancelled as Pitt’s series at Louisville two weeks ago was • The NCAA released its first RPI rankings of the season never played. Feb. 25, and the Panthers were slotted second (.6487) Director of Athletics ..........................................Heather Lyke • Having played every Coastal opponent already, Pitt won behind just Arkansas. COACHING STAFF series against Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina and Virginia while dropping them to Virginia Tech and Duke. SWEEP OF NO. 15 MIAMI Head Coach .............................Mike Bell (Florida State, 1996) • The program has only won one conference regular season • Pitt swept then-No. 15 Miami for the first time with 12-6, Record at Pitt ........................................ 40-44 (third season) championship, the Big East title in 1994 at 15-5. 6-4 and 12-5 victories. Career Record ............................................................... Same • The Panthers became just the second team in ACC play Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator .......Ty Megahee (Mercer, 2006) SO CLOSE TO CLINCHING A SPOT IN CHARLOTTE to sweep Miami and Florida State in the same season Assistant Coach..........................Matt Reida (Kentucky, 2014) • With the top 12 teams regardless of division earning (Clemson in 2006). Volunteer Coach ............................................ Devin Mesoraco slots into the ACC Tournament, Pitt’s magic number for • The Panthers plated 30 wins off 39 hits, including 12 Director of Player Development .....Drew Linder (Florida State, 2018) officially locking in a postseason appearance with the extra-base hits and five homers. conference tourney is one. • Pitt scored nine of the last 10 runs in Friday’s game in Director of Operations ......Austin Thompson (Florida State, 2018) • The Panthers need to just win one of nine remaining ACC its last three trips to the plate to secure the victory, games, have an ACC game cancelled or its upcoming including a five-run sixth inning. PANTHERS AT A GLANCE opponent this weekend Boston College lose one more • In the only close game, Pitt scored in each of the second, time in its six remaining league games.
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