Long Ball Snaps Flashes Win Streak at 13

Wednesday, March 22

Pittsburgh, PA

3:00 PM

Kent State University

15-5

Pitt

9-9

Kent State

Pitt

Photo by: David Dermer

3/22/2023 5:48:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

PITTSBURGH-The Pitt Panthers used the long ball to snap the Golden Flashes' 13-game win streak in a 8-3 setback on Wednesday afternoon.

The Golden Flashes limited the Panthers to only five hits on the day, but three of them left the yard, accounting for all eight Panther runs. Pitt scored all eight of their runs in the middle innings after Aidan Longwell went nine-up, nine-down in his three frames of mid-week work and running his scoreless streak to 11 consecutive innings.

Kent State struck first on Wednesday, getting a two-out, run-scoring double off the bat of Justin Miknis to plate Kyle Jackson. Jackson had a multi-hit game atop the Flashes' lineup as Kent State knocked out 10 hits on Wednesday with eight of the nine starters recording at least one hit. But the Flashes were held to only three runs, with the final pair coming on Mike McNamara's two-run shot, his third of the season, in the eighth.

The loss drops Kent State to 15-5 on the season while Pitt evens their record at 9-9. The two teams will square off again in Kent on Tuesday, April 11^th. The Flashes stay on the road this weekend for a key three-game set at Central Michigan. The series opener is set for Friday with a 3 p.m. first pitch.