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Pirates KO'd in 9th; Sun Devils burn Coastal
TEMPE REGIONAL ROUNDUP
Games of Saturday, June 4, 2005
By
The Associated Press
UNLV 5, East Carolina 3
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Chris Bonnell hit a
two-run go-ahead double as UNLV staged a 5-run 9th inning rally to
eliminated East Carolina 5-3 Saturday in the second round of the Tempe
regional of the NCAA baseball tournament.
On Sunday, UNLV (35-28)
faces Coastal Carolina, which lost to Arizona State on Saturday, in an
elimination game.
East Carolina finished the
season 36-25.
In the ninth, trailing 3-0
with one out, UNLV's Matt Fry doubled and the bases were loaded after
two walks.
Mike Cruz singled in two
runs.
One out later, Bonnell hit
the double to give the Rebels a 4-3 lead. Ryan Bird's bloop single
scored the fifth run.
Rebel starter Derek
Rodriguez allowed a single in the first inning and then retired 13 in a
row. But in the seventh, he gave up a leadoff home run to Mark Minicozzi
and a triple to Adam Witter, who later scored on a single by Drew
Costanzo.
East Carolina added a run
in the eighth when UNLV shortstop Zeke Porraz threw the ball wildly
trying to turn a double play.
The Rebels loaded the
bases in the first and fourth but failed to score off Pirate starter
Ricky Brooks.
Kyle Tabeek (5-1) threw
the final three innings to earn the victory.
Arizona State 11, Coastal
Carolina 3
Tuffy Gosewich drove in a
career-best seven runs, going 3-for-5 with two doubles, to lead Arizona
State past Coastal Carolina 11-3 Saturday at the Tempe regional of the
NCAA baseball tournament.
On Sunday, Arizona State
(36-22) will play the winner of an elimination game that will be played
earlier in the day between UNLV and Coastal Carolina. A Sun Devil loss
would force a rematch on Monday to decide the regional winner.
Erik Averill (9-4) gave up
three runs and eight hits in his fourth complete game for the Sun
Devils. He struck out eight and walked three.
Gosewich gave Arizona
State the early lead with a first inning RBI single with two runners on
base. The inning ended when Chanticleer rightfielder Jon Foisy threw out
Colin Curtis who was trying to score from second.
Gosewich had a two-run
double in the third, knocked in another run with a grounder in the fifth
and then hit a three-run double to dead center to put Arizona State
ahead 9-3 in the sixth.
Andy DeLaGarza (5-4)
allowed eight runs, six earned, over five innings for Coastal Carolina
(49-15).
Colin Curtis added three
hits for Arizona State, which last reached the super regionals in 2003.
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