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Zips Travel to Pittsburgh For Midweek Action
March 17 | Baseball
AKRON, Ohio - The Akron baseball team starts a five-game road swing by traveling to battle the Pittsburgh Panthers on Tuesday, March 18.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
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INSIDE THE SERIES
Pittsburgh leads 26-29 | Faulds vs Pittsburgh: 0-1
COMMON OPPONENTS
Eastern Michigan (MAC), Youngstown State (Horizon), Kent State (MAC)
SCOUTING REPORT
The Panthers come into Tuesday with an 11-7 overall record and a 1-2 record in the ACC.
With three MAC teams on the schedule (Akron, Eastern Mich., Kent State), the Panthers are currently 3-0 against the MAC this season with a sweep of EMU to begin the season.
Pittsburgh recently went 1-2 against Georgia Tech to begin ACC play. The Panthers fell 21-2 through the first two games before coming away with a 12-11 victory to conclude the series.
Against the Yellow Jackets in game three, Pittsburgh scored 10 of its 12 runs in a three-inning stretch starting with a three-run third.
In his longest outing as a Panther, Ethan Firoved fired 5.1 innings in relief. He struck out a season-high nine batters and allowed just one earned run on four hits. Luke Cantwell notched his second three-hit game of the weekend, and third of the week, as he went 3-6 with two runs scored and an RBI double in the sixth inning. David Pedanou had his second three-hit game this week as well, going 3-5 with two runs scored and a two-run double.
Cantwell leads the Panthers in batting average (.406), hits (28), doubles (10) and walks (20). Ryan Zuckerman holds the lead in home runs (5) and is tied for the lead in RBI (20). Jake Kendro is the leader in stolen bases (3).
On the mound, two Panthers have recorded two wins while Firoved leads the way with a 1.19 ERA in seven appearances while recording a team-high four saves. Ryan Reed is the leader in strikeouts (28) through five starts and 23.2 innings of work.
ZIPS AT A GLANCE
Akron is coming off a 0-3 series against the Bowling Green Falcons over the weekend.
Blake Bowen hit .556 against the Falcons with five hits, one double, and one home run. Andrew Horvath also notched five hits in the series with Bowling Green.
Jared Schaeffer recorded eight strikeouts over 5.2 innings in his start on Friday while Johnny Anservitz recorded a scoreless inning of relief while striking out one.
Bowen leads the Zips in batting average (.333) and home runs (3). Evan Bottone is the leader in hits (24), while Andrew Horvath is the leader in double (8). Max Bowman holds the lead in RBI (17) and Jack Poist is the leader in stolen bases (9).=
On the mound, Anservitz is the leader in ERA (0.00) in six appearances and 8.2 innings of work while striking out 12 this season. Six Zips have recorded wins while Schaeffer is the leader in innings pitched (24.2) and strikeouts (28).
HERE'S JOHNNY
Johnny Anservitz has posted an ERA of 0.00 over 8.2 innings for Akron this season. Picking up a win and a save, Johnny has struck out 12 batters in six appearances while allowing just two hits.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Akron travels to Western Michigan to resume conference action starting on Friday, March 21.
