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COLLEGE BASEBALL
2012 Game No. 12
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Brandt rolls back Crimson Tide
From staff and electronic reports
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Senior ace Kevin Brandt struck out seven and
parceled out six hits and two walks over eight innings as East Carolina
defeated Alabama 3-1 Friday night to put a damper on the host team's debut
in the DRASH Alabama Classic before a crowd of 3,390 at Thomas-Sewell
Stadium.
Brandt got all the runs he needed in the top of the
third when sophomore centerfielder Ben Fultz and junior leftfielder Bryan
Bass singled and came home on senior third baseman Corey Thompson's double
to left center. An insurance run was added when sophomore first baseman
Chase McDonald singled to drive in Thompson.
Alabama coach Mitch Gaspard credited Brandt (3-1)
with thwarting the Crimson Tide's offensive efforts.
"The lefthander for them [East Carolina] is good,”
Gaspard told
rolltide.com after the game. “He was your typical Friday night starter,
and he didn’t give us a whole lot of opportunities."
Alabama (5-8) avoided a shutout by manufacturing a
run in the bottom of the fourth. First baseman Austen Smith hit a two-bagger
to right center, advanced to second on a groundout to shortstop by junior
leftfielder Cameron Carlisle, then scored on a groundout to second by junior
third baseman Brett Booth.
Tanner Merritt relieved Brandt in the ninth. After
retiring the first two batters, the sophomore righthander gave up a pair of
hits before fanning junior rightfielder Brandt Henricks to nail down his
second save.
Junior right-hander Charley Sullivan (2-2) took the
loss despite a solid effort in which he scattered eight hits and issued no
walks over eight innings before freshman southpaw Jon Keller took over in
the ninth.
Next up for the 29th-ranked Pirates (9-3) in the round-robin
invitational event is a 1 p.m. matchup today against Oral Roberts (6-6),
which was beaten 7-3 by No. 14 Louisville (10-3) on Friday.
East Carolina will face the Cardinals on Sunday at
11 a.m.
BOX SCORE #12
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES 3,
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE 1
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ECU SID GAME STORY
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UA SID GAME STORY
Date: Friday, March 9, 2012
Event: DRASH Alabama Classic
Place: Sewell-Thomas Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
Attendance: 3,390
Records: ECU 9-3; UA 5-8.
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