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COLLEGE BASEBALL
2012 Game No. 10
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East Carolina finishes off
Seawolves
From staff and electronic reports
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East Carolina built an early lead and got six
innings of solid mound work from junior righthander Jharel Cotton before
turning to its bullpen to close out a 4-3 victory and a series sweep of
Stony Brook on Sunday at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
The Pirates went ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the
first when senior second baseman Tim Younger lashed a one-out single to left
field, driving in junior rightfielder Jay Cannon and senior catcher Zach
Wright. Cannon reached on an error, Wright singled up the middle and both
advanced on a sacrifice bunt by junior designated hitter Chris Gosik to set
the stage for Younger's clinch hit.
Cannon factored into the scoring again in the
third, doubling to knock in senior third baseman Corey Thompson, who had
singled to left center to open the frame. Cannon dashed home one play later
on a fielding error by the Seawolves' first baseman.
On a day when miscues by both teams were plentiful,
East Carolina errors played a part in each of Stony Brook's runs. The
Seawolves scored unearned runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth to whittle
the deficit to one, 4-3.
Cotton (2-0) kept the Seawolves off balance for six
innings and got credit for the win, striking out four and walking only one.
After hurling five innings of shutout ball, he was nicked for an unearned
run in the sixth when junior centerfielder Travis Jankowski belted a
two-bagger to left field, moved to third on a throwing error by Thompson and
scored on an infield groundout.
Freshman righthander Jeff Hoffman relieved Cotton
to start the seventh, retiring one batter, allowing a single by junior
second baseman Max Tissenbaum and walking a batter before giving way to Andy
Smithmyer, a junior righthander. A fielding error by Smithmyer on the first
batter he faced permitted Tissenbaum to score, which went into the book as
an unearned run against Hoffman.
Smithmyer finished the seventh but was credited
with an unearned run of his own after walking Seawolves senior catcher Pat
Cantwell to open the eighth inning. Sophomore righthander Tanner Merritt
took over the mound duties and closed out the inning but not before Cantwell
eventually scored on a fielding error by sophomore shortstop Jack
Reinheimer.
Merrit gave up a single to sophomore first baseman
Kevin Courtney in the ninth but retired the side with Courtney still
stranded on first to earn the save, his second of the season.
Stony Brook starter Evan Stecko-Haley (1-1) went 4
1/3 innings and took the loss. The senior righthander gave up all four of
East Carolina's runs, two of which were earned.
The win was the Pirates' third squeaker over the
Seawolves in three days. East Carolina (8-2) nipped Stony Brook
1-0 on Friday and
2-1 on Saturday. The Seawolves (4-3) had arrived in Greenville unbeaten
and with a nation-leading, 15-game road winning streak.
Next up for the Pirates is a road trip to Alabama.
East Carolina will pay a visit to Troy for an 8 p.m. matchup on Wednesday
before busing over to Tuscaloosa for next weekend's DRASH Alabama Baseball
Classic involving the Crimson Tide, Louisville and Oral Roberts.
BOX SCORE #10
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES 4, STONY
BROOK SEAWOLVES 3
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Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Place: Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 2,138
Records: ECU 8-2; SBU 4-3.
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