Baseball Visits Pitt On Tuesday

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State baseball team visits Pitt on Tuesday for its final non-conference game of the 2024 season. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. at Charles L. Cost Field with a broadcast on ACCNX.
 
Penn State, led by Mike Gambino, is 23-22 after taking two of three games against Rutgers last weekend. PSU won on walk-offs on Friday and Sunday.
 
Pitt, coached by Mike Bell, is 23-26 after winning two of three against No. 8 Florida State.
 
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FOLLOW ALONG

 
LEADING OFF

• Penn State takes on Pitt in a midweek game on Tuesday.
• The Nittany Lions are 91-47-1 all-time against the Panthers and earned a 10-1 win earlier this year.
• Last weekend, Penn State took two of three games against Rutgers, winning both on walk-offs in the ninth.
• On Friday, Bryce Molinaro launched two homers and Grant Norris drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth.
• On Sunday, PSU rallied for four runs in the ninth, starting with homers by Bobby Marsh and Norris and ending with a single by Joe Jaconski.
• The Nittany Lions have 60 homers this season, its most since hitting 67 in 1999.
• Grant Norris is tied second in the Big Ten with 14 homers, while Adam Cecere is tied eighth with 13.
• In Big Ten games, Norris leads the league with 10 homers, while Cecere and Bryce Molinaro are tied third with 7.
• J.T. Marr is second in the Big Ten in average (.416) and hits per game (1.71).

 
SCOUTING PITT

• Head Coach Mike Bell is in his sixth season leading the Pitt baseball program.
• Pitt is 130-144 under Bell, including an 23-26 mark this season.
• The Panthers took two of three games against No. 8 Florida State this past weekend.
• Pitt has a .287 team average and averages 7.1 runs per game.
• Luke Cantwell leads the squad with a .355 average, 46 runs, 60 hits, 10 homers and 42 RBI, while adding 10 doubles.
• Dom Popa owns 60 hits and a .326 average, while scoring 45 runs.
• Justin Fogel is hitting .314 with 10 doubles, five homers and 35 RBI, while C.J. Funk has nine homers and 40 RBI.
• Pitt’s pitching staff has a 6.23 ERA and allows a .292 opposing average.
• Phil Fox leads Pitt with a 1.62 ERA in 21 appearances with a 3-2 record and seven saves….