California 13, at Pittsburgh 2

PITTSBURGH (Interstat) — The California Golden Bears erupted for 11 runs in the middle innings, powered by a six-RBI day from catcher Hideki Prather, to rout the Pittsburgh Panthers 13-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference baseball action Sunday at Petersen Sports Complex. The victory completed a three-game road sweep for California (18-16), which outscored Pittsburgh (22-12) 39-9 in the series. The result defied pregame projections from Interstat, which gave the Panthers a 51.3% probability to win and forecasted a 7-3 Pittsburgh victory. The game was a pitchers’ duel early. Pittsburgh scratched across a run in the bottom of the first when… Read more...