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WATCH: Former Hopewell Standout Anthony LaSala Hits HR in Pitt’s 20-1 Win Over San Jose St.

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 1 minutes read

The Pitt Panther baseball team is off to a great start and that continued on Friday with a 20-1 win over San Jose State, which was Pitt’s largest margin of victory since May of 2024.

The win was the Panthers 6th in a row, their longest winning streak since 2021 and it improved their overall record to 10-2.

Former Hopewell standout Anthony LaSala hasn’t been a starter this season however, when he’s been called upon, LaSala has delivered for Pitt HC Mike Bell.

Whether it’s been run-producing hit, a suicide squeeze or just steady defense, LaSala has delivered for his team.

That continued yesterday as he was called upon to pinch-hit in the 6th inning and delivered a home run to left field. This was his first HR of the season and 3rd of his career.

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Anthony LaSala and Pitt Bang Out 17 Hits in 14-6 Win Over UNC-Greensboro

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 1 minutes read

The formula for their early season success continued for the Pitt Panther baseball team as they pounded out 17 hits in a 14-6 win over UNC-Greensboro at Charles L. Cost Field.

With the win, Pitt improved their overall record to 6-2 and it’s the fifth time this season the Panthers offense have put up double-digit runs in a game. In fact, Pitt has scored 14 or more runs in 4 of their last 6 games.

The star for today was Trey Fenderson who collected a career-high 4 hits, including his first home run of the season. For the season, the Pitt second baseman is now hitting .406 with a 1.053 OPS.

 

RF Lorenzo Carter went 3-4 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored, while C Sebastian Pisacreta also picked up 3 hits and an RBI. 1B Jackson Cooke continued to display his power by belting his 3rd homer of the season and AJ Nessler and Joey Baran both picked up 2 hits.
 

Former Hopewell standout Anthony LaSala got the start at shortstop and had 4 productive at-bats for Pitt as he walked 3 times, including one with the bases loaded, while also laying down a perfect squeeze hit to drive in another run.

This sort of offensive support obviously makes it easy for the pitcher, which was the case today for Panthers starting pitcher David Leslie, who made his first career home start. Leslie worked 6 innings, allowing 5 runs, 0 walks and struck out 7 batters.  Andrew Luczak pitched the 7th inning allowing 1 run before Daniel McAuliff and Sam Bryan worked a scoreless 8th and 9th innings.

These two teams will play a double-header tomorrow starting at Noon. Earlier today, Pitt moved Sunday’s game up to Saturday,
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WATCH: Great Play Made by Former Hopewell SS and Pitt Panther Anthony LaSala

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 1 minutes read

Vikings Sports Now wanted to let you know about a former Hopewell Vikings standout that’s continuing to perform and get better at the college level.

It’s hard to believe that former Hopewell shortstop Anthony LaSala is already a junior with the Pitt Panther baseball team. It only seems like yesterday that LaSala was leading the Vikings to a WPIAL Baseball Championship, which he did back in 2021.

LaSala is a reserve shortstop for Mike Bell and the Pitt Panthers and yesterday, Anthony got the start as Pitt took on No. 8 North Carolina. Not only did the Panthers win but LaSala made a top-notch defensive play in the field that we wanted to show you.

Former Hopewell SS Anthony LaSala

During his Pitt career, LaSala had made 44 starts and has always been a top-notch defender. During his freshman season while starting, Anthony helped turn 24 double plays while playing up the middle.

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