C.J. Pittaro Season 2023

2023 (JUNIOR)
Season: Appeared in 24 games, making nine starts…Earned four starts at first base, two starts in the outfield and three starts at designated hitter…Batted .277 with 13 hits, including a double and a triple, eight RBI and seven runs…Worked two walks…Had four multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. Holy Cross (3/6): Notched a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth. Binghamton (3/21): Went two-for-two with an RBI single and a run in the eighth. Pitt (3/28): Collected two hits, including an RBI single, and scored two runs. Delaware State (4/8): Posted an RBI single and scored a run. at Rutgers (5/7): Hit an RBI single to left. at Omaha (5/10): Ripped a double and scored a run as a pinch-hitter. at Pitt (5/16): Singled and scored a run. Maryland (5/19-20): Collected two hits, including a key RBI single in the eighth, and scored a run in the middle game of the series…Tallied an RBI triple and an RBI single.

2022 (SOPHOMORE)
Season: Made 32 appearances, including 22 starts, mostly at third base…Batted .238 with 19 hits, including three doubles…Scored 14 runs and drove in 10…Recorded three multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. LIU (2/19): Singled and scored a run. vs. Maine (2/25): Drew two walks and scored two runs. vs. UMass (3/11): Notched a bases-clearing, three-run double…Scored a run. Rutgers (3/25-26): Tallied two singles and two runs in game two of a double header…Posted a single and three RBI in game three. at Maryland (4/1-3): Registered a pinch-hit single and scored a run in the 10^th inning in game two…Hit a double and scored a run in game three. Bucknell (4/6): Collected two singles and two RBI. at Northwestern (4/9-10): Tallied two base hits in game one…Registered an RBI double and scored a run in game two. Purdue (4/14): Notched a single and a run. Mount St. Mary’s (4/20): Had an RBI single.

BEFORE PSU (Vanderbilt)
Played in five games for Vanderbilt…Batted .333 and drove in three runs…Knocked in two runs with a single against Western Kentucky…Pinch-hit and drove in a run against Georgia State.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Hamilton East-Steinert High School for head coach Brian Giallella…Served as a team captain as a junior and senior…Led the team to a CVC Conference Championship in 2017…Was a two-time All-State Selection, a three-time All-Conference honoree and a two-time All-District pick…Recorded a .347 average and 52 RBI in his prep career…Ranked as the No. 295 prospect and 59th shortstop, as well as the No. 6 prospect and No. 2 shortstop in New Jersey, in the class by Perfect Game…Also played basketball.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Chris and Lisa Pittaro…Has two sisters, Erica and Giana…Father, Chris, played at North Carolina and in the MLB for the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins (1985-87)…Mother, Lisa, played soccer at George Mason and for the U.S. Women’s National Team (1986-87, 1990)…Sister, Giana, plays soccer at Yale…Majoring in communications arts and science.