Pitt Wins 9-4 at No. 4 Miami

MIAMI – Pitt baseball (22-16, 10-10) beat No. 4 Miami (31-9, 16-5) 9-4 Sunday afternoon at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field. The victory was the Panther’s fifth against a top-five team in April (two each against then-No. 5 Louisville and then-No. 5 Virginia), most in a single-season in program history.
 
Tatem Levins snagged Pitt the lead in the game’s opening frame, blasting a one-out solo homer to left field.
 
The Panthers plated five runs in the next inning. Tommy Tavarez led off with a single to centerfield, and Josh Overbeek followed with a walk. With one out Jordan Anderson brought home Tavarez with a single up the middle. Dom Popa also notched a single up the middle to knock in Overbeek. With two outs, Levins hit a second homer to right field, his 13th of the season.
 
The Hurricanes got on the board in the fourth inning with a one-out solo homer to left field.
 
Pitt grew their lead in the sixth inning. Overbeek walked with one out and went to third base on a single through the right side from Brock Franks. Both would score on another RBI-single from Anderson as the Hurricanes’ right fielder made an error for Franks to get home from first base.
 
The Panthers added an insurance run in the ninth inning. With two outs, Bryce Hulett walked and went to second base on a wild pitch. After a walk from Tavarez, a passed ball put both in scoring position. Overbeek was able to beat out a throw to first base for an RBI-infield single to second base.

The Panthers return to action next weekend at home with a three-game series against North Carolina A&T beginning Friday at 6 p.m.

 

NOTES

• Billy Corcoran (6-2) started and went seven innings with one run, three hits, one walk and eight strikeouts.
• Corcoran has won in four-straight games (Louisville, at Boston College and Virginia).
• In his last five starts, he’s racked up 32 strikeouts to just two walks in 35.0 innings pitched.
• Levins has notched two multi-homer games this season.
• Overbeek reached base a game-high four times (two hits and two walks).

 
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