15.Apr.2010 at 15 | UncleLar
Baseball: Pitt blows late lead against Penn State | The Pitt News
By Gre / Staff Writer
Catcher Kevan Smith drove in three runs and scored one himself, but No. 24 Pitt still blew a late four-run lead against Penn State Tuesday.
Pitt (22-9, 6-3 Big East) led 8-4 at the seventh inning stretch, but the Nittany Lions (14-17, 2-4 Big Ten) notched five runs in the bottom of the inning and tacked on five more in the eighth for the 14-8 win.
“We played well through six and a half,” Pitt head coach Joe Jordano said. “I give credit to Penn State. They swung the bats great today.”
Corey Baker was saddled with his first loss of the season in one and one-third innings of relief for the Panthers, who drop to 22-9 overall. Baker surrendered three runs, one earned, on three hits. Penn State’s Jordan Steranka notched one of those hits, a double that drove in the game-tying run.
Cleanup hitter and catcher Ben Heath went 3 for 5, scored four times and had 3 RBIs for Penn State, and Mike Pierce earned the win in two-thirds scoreless innings of relief.
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