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GENERAL |
Varner at one-under after 54
holes |
CHARLOTTE — Former East Carolina
golfer Harold Varner III shot a
two-over par 74 on Saturday for
a 54-hole total of 215 in the
Wells Fargo Championship at
Quail Hollow. Varner was in a
tie for 19th with 16 other
players, including Rory McIlroy
and Phil Mickelson ...
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GENERAL |
Varner at one-under after 54
holes |
CHARLOTTE — Former East Carolina
golfer Harold Varner III shot a
two-over par 74 on Saturday for
a 54-hole total of 215 in the
Wells Fargo Championship at
Quail Hollow. Varner was in a
tie for 19th with 16 other
players, including Rory McIlroy
and Phil Mickelson ...
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BASEBALL |
Pirates take pair at UConn |
STORRS, CT — East Carolina took
a 4-3 win over Connecticut on
Saturday in a game that was
suspended on Friday and followed
up by downing the Huskies 11-9
in Saturday's
regularly-scheduled contest.
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BASEBALL |
ECU, Huskies halted |
STORRS, CT — After three rain
delays Friday, the opener of
East Carolina's three-game
American Athletic Conference
series at Connecticut was
suspended.
The contest was scoreless
through six innings
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BASEBALL |
Day games at UConn |
Connecticut's
J.O. Christian Field is sort of
the Wrigley Field of yesteryear
among college baseball
facilities. There are no lights
so the series opener for East
Carolina and the Huskies is at 3
p.m. today.
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BASEBALL |
Pirates want no more kisses |
East
Carolina had plenty of chances to
take the deciding game in its
American Athletic Conference series
with first-place Cincinnati last
weekend. When you mix in Sunday's
noon start with a 94-minute rain
delay, add in a 4 p.m. travel curfew
and end up with a 3-3 tie, it leaves
you thinking about the what ifs.
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GENERAL |
Pirates gathering to back Varner |
When
former East Carolina golfer
Harold Varner III tees off on
No. 10 at the Quail Hollow Club
in Charlotte at 1 p.m. today for
the Wells Fargo Pro-Am, he will
have a group of followers
wearing purple shirts. ...
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
Star juco QB joins 2016 class |
Almost
three months after signing day, East
Carolina has addressed a pressing
need that arose unexpectedly with
Kurt Benkert's decision to transfer
to Virginia. Gardner Minshew of
national champion Northwest
Mississippi Community College will
enroll at ECU and contend with
Philip Nelson for the starting
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STORRS, CT — East Carolina
took a 4-3 win over Connecticut on Saturday in the completion of a game
that was suspended on Friday.
The Pirates followed that up by
downing the Huskies 11-9 in Saturday's regularly-scheduled contest.
Joe Ingle had a save in
each game as the Pirates improved to 29-16-1 overall and 10-6-1 in
the American Athletic Conference.
ECU junior left-hander
Evan Kruczynski pitched six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts
Friday before play was halted due to rain.
The Pirates scored
twice in the eighth and twice in the ninth to lead 4-0 going into
the bottom of the ninth in the first game.
Sam Lanier, who had
three strikeouts in the eighth, had a pair of walks in the ninth
before Ingle came in and issued a walk to load the bases.
UConn (24-21, 8-8) got
a three-run double from Bryan Daniello to pull within 4-3. Daniello
went to third on the throw home but was stranded as Ingle struck out
the next three batters to end the game.
ECU went ahead in the
eighth after Jeff Nelson led off with an infield hit and Bryce
Harman walked. Parker Lamm got aboard on a sacrifice bunt that the
Huskies misplayed, allowing Nelson to come home with the first run
of the game.
Harman scored on a
sacrifice bunt by Charlie Yorgen for a 2-0 Pirates lead.
Garrett Brooks singled
in the ninth and scored on a double by pinch hitter Kirk Morgan.
Pinch runner Brady Lloyd stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly
by Harman.
Eric Tyler went 2-for-4
with a double as the Pirates outhit the Huskies 8-5 in the first
game.
Matt Bridges picked up
his first win for ECU, following Kruczynski to the mound and
pitching a scoreless seventh with one strikeout.
ECU scored three runs
in the second inning of the second game and the Huskies answered
with a pair of runs in the third.
UConn took a 6-4 lead
with four runs in the fifth. The Pirates scored five times in the
seventh to lead 10-6.
ECU withstood a
three-run seventh by the Huskies that cut the lead to 10-9.
Dwanya Williams-Sutton
went 3-for-4 with an RBI and scored four runs as the Pirates had an
11-9 lead in hits. Turner Brown went 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Travis
Watkins and Nelson each had one hit and two RBIs.
Yorgen had an RBI
single and Watkins had a two-run single in the decisive seventh.
Chris Holba pitched the sixth and got the win on ECU's eruption in
the seventh.
Starter Jimmy Boyd went
four innings, yielding five hits and five runs (three earned) while
striking out three without a walk.
Bridges and Lanier also
contributed mound stints before Ingle went the last two and
two-thirds innings. Ingle limited UConn to one hit and no runs while
whiffing two without a walk en route to his 11th save of 2016.
The Pirates go for
their first sweep of an AAC series this season at 11:30 a.m. today.