COLLEGE BASEBALL Recap & Box Score — East Carolina 17, Duke 4: Pirates bombard Devils again

GREENVILLE — A day after being named Conference USA hitter of the week, East Carolina's Jake Smith had a career high six RBI's as the Pirates dominated Duke for a 17-4 win at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Tuesday.

Smith had plenty of offensive company in a 12-hit attack for the Pirates. Brandon Henderson was 2-for-2 with a double, his first college homer, three RBI's and two runs scored — all in the eighth inning when he came in as a pinch-hitter.

Jay Mattox was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a career-best four runs scored. Harrison Eldridge also finished 2-for-3 with two RBI's and two runs. Stephen Batts went 2-for-4 with two RBI's.

Chris Buss tripled in an eighth-inning pinch-hit appearance, driving in two of ECU's nine runs in the frame.

Brody Taylor was the beneficiary of the run support, picking up his first win since the 2004 season. Taylor tossed five shutout innings in his first start of the year. The senior left-hander gave up just four hits while walking two and striking out six.

Mike Flye, Josh Dowdy and Michael Hill combined to check the Devils over the final four innings.

Duke starter Jim Perry took the loss after allowing seven runs, six earned, on five hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings.

The Pirates didn't waste any time getting ahead with two runs in the bottom of the first. Smith's double to right-center scored Mattox before Batts' RBI single to center brought in Smith two batters later.

East Carolina will host Stony Brook in a three-game set this weekend. The only meeting between the two came in 2004 when the Pirates beat the Seawolves 8-2 in the Kinston regional of the NCAA Tournament.

2006 BASEBALL BOX SCORE

Game No. 11
East Carolina 17, Duke 4

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Date: Feb. 28, 2006
Place: Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, NC

Records: East Carolina 8-3; Duke 4-7.

DUKE AB R H BI
Sherlock rf............ 5 1 1 1
Williams c............. 4 0 0 0
Bartles ss............. 5 1 3 1
Causey dh.............. 4 0 1 0
Gallagher 1b........... 0 0 0 0
Nicolla 3b............. 4 0 1 0
Socorro 2b............. 4 1 0 0
Murray cf.............. 3 0 1 1
Durfee p............... 0 0 0 0
Palmer lf.............. 4 0 0 0
Anderson 1b/p.......... 3 1 3 0
Perry p................ 0 0 0 0
Saris p................ 0 0 0 0
Totals.................36 4 10 3

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Dale Mollenhauer ss.... 4 0 0 0
Chris Buss ph/2b....... 1 1 1 2
Jay Mattox cf.......... 3 4 2 1
Jake Smith c/1b........ 4 2 2 6
Jamie Ray ph/lf........ 0 1 0 0
Adam Witter 1b......... 2 0 0 0
Adam Hodges c.......... 2 0 0 0
Stephen Batts lf/1b.... 4 1 2 2
Ryan Tousley dh........ 2 1 0 0
Brandon Henderson ph/dh 2 2 2 3
Jake Dean 3b........... 3 1 1 0
Ryan Wood ph/ss........ 1 1 0 0
Drew Schieber 2b/3b.... 3 1 0 1
Harrison Eldridge rf... 3 2 2 2
Brody Taylor p......... 0 0 0 0
Mike Flye p............ 0 0 0 0
Josh Dowdy p........... 0 0 0 0
Michael Hill p......... 0 0 0 0
Totals.................34 17 12 17

SCORE BY INNINGS R H E
DUKE................ 000 002 200 - 4 10 2
EAST CAROLINA....... 201 500 09X - 17 12 0

E - Sherlock(2); Socorro (1).
DP - Duke 1; ECU 2.
LOB - Duke 8; ECU 2.
2B - Smith (4); Henderson (2).
3B - Sherlock (2); Murray (1); Buss (1); Batts (1).
HR - Smith (3); Henderson (1).
HBP - Williams; Mattox 2; Ray.
SF - Batts (1); Schieber (1).
SB - Mattox (4); Witter (2).

DUKE PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Perry......... 3.2 5 7 6 3 0
Saris......... 2.1 1 1 1 0 0
Anderson...... 1.0 4 6 5 1 0
Durfee........ 1.0 2 3 3 0 0

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Taylor........ 5.0 4 0 0 2 6
Flye.......... 0.2 2 2 0 0 1
Dowdy......... 2.1 3 2 2 0 0
Hill.......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

Win - Taylor (1-0).
Loss - Perry (0-1).
Save - None.
WP - Perry 2 (3); Flye (2).
HBP - by Perry (Mattox); by Perry (Mattox);
by Durfee (Ray); by Hill (Williams).
PB - Smith(1).

Umps - HP: Mark Smith; 1B: Joe Holt; 3B: Joe Colenda.

Start: 4:04 pm; Time: 2:32.
Attendance: 2564.

Game notes: Anderson faced 6 batters in 8th.

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