PITTSBURGH – The Virginia Tech baseball team hit four home runs Friday afternoon at Charles L. Cost Field, however three of them were solo shots and all were after Pittsburgh had already taken a five-run lead. The Panthers were able to hold off a late-charging Hokies attack and secure the 9-5 win in the first game of the three-game ACC series.
Pitt (9-10, 2-5 ACC) opened the scoring in the first on a Frank Maldonado two-out RBI single, and then increased its advantage with four runs in the third. Nick Banman doubled home two in the frame and P.