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THIS DATE IN PITT BASEBALL HISTORY
April 17
ON THIS DATE (1929): Steve Swetonic becomes the first #Pitt player to make his @MLB debut (Pittsburgh @Pirates).
April 18
ON THIS DATE (2012): #Pitt downs Akron, 3-2, on a Casey Roche walk-off home run as head coach Joe Jordano picks up his 700th career victory.
April 19
ON THIS DATE (2009): Chris Sedon goes 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in a 5-4 win over Seton Hall as #Pitt completes the series sweep.
April 20
ON THIS DATE (2013): Elvin Soto and Steven Shelinsky, Jr. hit grand slams in each game of #Pitt’s doubleheader sweep against Rutgers at home.
April 21
ON THIS DATE (2013): Stephen Vranka hits a three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th to defeat Rutgers, 6-3.
April 22
ON THIS DATE (2007): #Pitt overcomes a four-run deficit for a 6-5, come-from-behind win & series sweep of Villanova at Trees Field.
April 23
ON THIS DATE (2006): #Pitt scores five runs in the second and eighth innings to defeat USF, 11-9, at Trees Field.
April 24
ON THIS DATE (2010): Cory Brownsten, David Chester and Kevan Smith each homer in #Pitt’s 6-3 win over West Virginia at home.
April 25
ON THIS DATE (2004): #Pitt sweeps the defending Big East Tournament Champ (No. 4 Notre Dame) in two games for the 1st time in program history.
April 26
ON THIS DATE (2008): Nate Reed hurls a complete game and allows just two runs on three hits as #Pitt tops Georgetown, 9-2.
April 27
ON THIS DATE (2013): Joseph Harvey collects a win and a save in the same day in a doubleheader against Cincinnati at Charles L. Cost Field.
April 28
ON THIS DATE (2010): Joe Leonard is named to the week’s College Baseball Foundation National All-Star Lineup (.640, 3 HR, 12 RBI).
April 29
ON THIS DATE (2009): Frank Mercurio goes 3-for-5 (4 RBI) & Kevan Smith extends his hit streak to 13 in #Pitt’s 10-0 win vs. Cleveland State.
April 30
ON THIS DATE (2004): #Pitt sweeps Villanova in two games to move into first place in the Big East standings.
May 1
ON THIS DATE (2007): Dan Williams delivers a game-winning two-run home run in the eighth as #Pitt defeats Akron, 5-4.
May 2
ON THIS DATE (2009): #Pitt mounts a comeback win with three runs in the top of the ninth to defeat Georgetown, 6-5, in Bethesda, Md.
May 3
ON THIS DATE (2006): David Cline, Sean Conley and Jimmy Mayer combine for 10 hits as #Pitt downs Cleveland State, 11-8, on the road.
May 4
ON THIS DATE (2010): Head coach Joe Jordano is elected into the Metropolitan Erie Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
May 5
ON THIS DATE (2013): #Pitt completes a series sweep against Georgetown with a 6-2 win and secures a berth in the 2013 Big East Tournament.
May 6
ON THIS DATE (2003): #Pitt plays Duquesne in its first ever game at PNC Park, home of the @Pirates.
May 7
ON THIS DATE (2008): #Pitt defeats Coppin State, 25-5. It was the second most runs in a game in program history (36 runs vs. I.U.P. in 1953).
May 8
ON THIS DATE (2012): Stephen Vranka homers over the scoreboard in LF at Charles L. Cost Field in a win vs. Akron, his first career home run.
May 9
ON THIS DATE (2007): Seth Button homers in a 2-for-3, three-RBI performance against Central Michigan as #Pitt shuts out the Chippewas, 9-0.
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