JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University baseball lost in its first midweek contest of the season, falling 7-2 to Pittsburgh on Tuesday night at John Sessions Stadium.
The Dolphins (0-4) fell behind early and could not erase the early deficit, despite threatening several times late.
Pitt scored two in the top of the first off of
Austin Temple (0-1). Two straight doubles to left got the Panthers on the board, and they made it 3-0 on a single to right field in the second.
Another RBI single in the fourth followed by some aggressive baserunning on a fielder's choice helped Pitt extend the advantage to 4-0. They added one more in the fifth to make it 5-0.
JU got on the board in the fifth.
Blake Delamielleure reached on a leadoff walk and took second on a wild pitch. He went to third when
Jackson Grabsky singled and scored on
Jesus Pacheco's fielder's choice. The Dolphins added one more in the sixth to make it 6-2 when
Cory Heffron walked and stole second before scoring on Elias Flower's pinch-hit RBI single to center.
Pitt hit a home run in the seventh to make it 7-2 before the Dolphins tried to rally in the ninth. Grabsky singled with one out and
Duncan Hunter pinch-hit and reached on an error.
Ruben Someillan sprayed a single to left to load the bases but a double play ended the threat and the game.
Jacksonville heads on the road for the first time this season this weekend, traveling to Troy for a three-game set starting Friday. First pitch in game one with the Trojans is scheduled for 7 p.m.
THREE STRIKES
- Three Dolphins made their debuts in the game. Redshirt-freshman catcher Brooks Rikeman entered the game in the eighth behind the dish and freshman LHP Jack Carver came in to the seventh and pitched an 1.2 before giving way to freshman LHP Jalen Hollins who threw the ninth
- Freshman 3B Jackson Grabsky picked up his first career multi-hit game
- Cory Heffron stole his 20th career base at JU
