NCAA Baseball : Recap & Box Score : Central Florida 10, East Carolina 6 [Ba-032412]

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2012 Game No. 22 \Jump to Box Score/

Central Florida overpowers Pirates 10-6

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Central Florida pounded out 16 hits, including three home runs, to wear down East Carolina and pull away to a 10-6 Conference USA triumph Saturday afternoon at Jay Bergman Field.

With the teams' three-game set scheduled to wrap up with a contest on Sunday, the win clinched the series for UCF. It marked the Golden Knights' first-ever series victory over East Carolina.

No. 19 Central Florida opened the weekend by defeating the 25th-ranked Pirates 2-1 in a Friday evening pitchers' duel

On Saturday, the Pirates grabbed a 4-0 lead in the top of the second but UCF responded in the bottom of the inning with four runs of its own, two of which came on first baseman D.J. Hicks' homer to center field.

It was tit-for-tat over the next three frames as the Knights (19-5, 2-0 C-USA) added a run in the third and East Carolina (15-7, 0-2) tallied scores in the fourth and fifth.

But UCF took the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth on round-trippers by senior rightfielder Alex Friedrich and junior catcher Ryan Breen.

A pair of relief pitchers inherited credit for the outcome. Junior lefthander Chris Matulis (3-0) got the win for the Knights and sophomore righthander Tanner Merritt (2-2) took the loss for ECU.

UCF starter Ben Lively, a sophomore righthander, lasted 1 2/3 innings, giving up three hits, a pair of walks and four runs. Junior southpaw Tyler Joyner started for East Carolina and was shelled for nine hits and five runs over three innings.

The series concludes with a nationally-televised game on Sunday (1 p.m., Fox Sports Net). After their return to Greenville, the Pirates will bus to Raleigh on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. matchup with N.C. State.

BOX SCORE #22

Central Florida Golden Knights 10, East Carolina Pirates 6

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• UCF SID GAME STORY

Date: Saturday, March 24, 2012
Venue: Jay Bergman Field, Orlando, FL
Attendance: 1,352

Records: ECU 15-7 (0-2 Conference USA; UCF 19-5 (2-0).

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Clark, Philip rf....... 4 1 0 0
Thompson, Nick ph...... 1 0 0 0
Ussery, Mike 2b........ 0 0 0 0
Bass, Bryan lf......... 1 0 0 0
Cannon, Jay ph/lf...... 2 0 1 0
Thompson, Corey 3b..... 4 0 1 1
Wooten, John 1b........ 5 1 2 1
Reynolds, Drew dh...... 5 1 1 1
Wright, Zach c......... 4 1 2 0
Fultz, Ben cf.......... 3 0 0 1
Reinheimer, Jack ss.... 4 2 1 0
Younger, Tim 2b/lf..... 4 0 1 1
Joyner, Tyler p........ 0 0 0 0
Merritt, Tanner p...... 0 0 0 0
Smithmyer, Andy p...... 0 0 0 0
Santangelo, Dario p.... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................37 6 9 5

CENTRAL FLORIDA AB R H BI
Ronnie Richardson cf.... 5 0 0 0
Darnell Sweeney ss...... 5 2 2 3
D.J. Hicks 1b........... 3 2 2 2
Chris Taladay 3b........ 5 0 3 1
Alex Friedrich rf....... 5 2 4 2
Nick Carrillo lf........ 5 0 0 0
Ryan Breen c............ 3 2 3 2
Tommy Williams dh....... 3 0 0 0
James Vasquez ph........ 1 0 0 0
Travis Shreve 2b........ 4 2 2 0
Ben Lively p............ 0 0 0 0
Chris Matulis p......... 0 0 0 0
Garrett Nuss p.......... 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Reed p............ 0 0 0 0
Roman Madrid p.......... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS..................39 10 16 10

SCORE BY INNINGS....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - R H E
EAST CAROLINA.......... 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 2
CENTRAL FLORIDA........ 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 2 X - 10 16 3

E - Joyner(1); Smithmyer(3); D. Sweeney(7); Taladay(5); Shreve(3).
DP - UCF 1.
LOB - ECU 9; UCF 8.
2B - Reynolds(5); Wright(6); Breen(4).
3B - Friedrich(2).
HR - Hicks(7); Friedrich(2); Breen(1).
HBP - Wright.
SF - Fultz(1).
SB - Wright(4); Reinheimer(2).

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Joyner, Tyler....... 3.0 9 5 5 0 2
Merritt, Tanner..... 3.1 3 3 3 1 3
Smithmyer, Andy..... 1.0 3 2 0 1 1
Santangelo, Dario... 0.2 1 0 0 1 1

UCF PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Ben Lively.......... 1.2 3 4 2 2 1
Chris Matulis....... 4.1 4 2 1 1 7
Garrett Nuss........ 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Reed.......... 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Roman Madrid........ 1.1 0 0 0 0 1

Win - Matulis (3-0).
Loss - Merritt (2-2).
Save - Madrid (1).
WP - Smithmyer(3); Santangelo(1); Lively(1); Madrid(4).
HBP - by Matulis (Wright).
BK - Santangelo(1).
Umpires - HP: David Wiley; 1B: Clarence Coleman; 3B: Jim Garman.
Start: 3:57 pm; Time: 3:17.
Attendance: 1,352
Weather: 82, partly cloudy, SW at 12 mph
Game notes: 15 minute rain delay at 4:45 pm;
ECU head coach Billy Godwin ejected in bottom of 8th.

Page updated: 03/25/2012 01:23 AM.

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