UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State baseball team's game against Pittsburgh on Tuesday, May 17 will be played in PNC Park, announced by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
Penn State will play in PNC Park for the third time since 2017. The Nittany Lions met West Virginia at PNC Park in 2017 and 2019.
The Nittany Lions and Panthers have met 135 times in program history. Penn State leads the all-time series, 88-46-1. The teams last played in 2019, splitting two games.
"We are very excited to once again play at PNC Park," said head coach Rob Cooper. "It is one of the best stadiums in all of Major League Baseball and it will create a lifetime memory for all our players. I look forward to seeing Nittany Nation show up and support our student-athletes."
Tickets to the game will go on sale soon for the matchup at pirates.com/collegebaseball.
Tickets are $10 each. However, students and alumni can use discount codes. The discount code for students is PSUSTUDENT and for alumni it's Nittanylion.
Penn State returns 24 members from the 2021 squad that won 18 games, playing against exclusively Big Ten opponents. The Nittany Lions welcome 17 newcomers, including four transfers. Penn State's returners include second team All-Big Ten catcher Matt Wood.
The Nittany Lions finished the 2021 season with 18 wins, playing against exclusively Big Ten opponents. The wins included a 3-2 victory over No. 18 Michigan on March 26 and a series sweep over Michigan State in which Penn State out-scored the Spartans, 39-13. Penn State scored 10 or more runs in six games, the blue and white's most against Big Ten opponents since 2008 (8) and the most in a season since 2016.
Penn State led the Big Ten in doubles (93) and doubles per game (2.21), ranking 11th in the country in doubles per game. The Nittany Lions sat third in the conference in batting average (.269). Penn State hit 34 home runs, its most since 2012, and had five players with four or more homers.
