Pirates lick Louisville
for Bama sweep
Hoffman hurls four
innings of perfect relief
From electronic and staff reports
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No. 29 East Carolina
finished its cruise through the DRASH Alabama Classic on Sunday, cashing
in on five unearned runs and banging out 13 hits to sail past
14th-ranked Louisville 9-4 on the final day of the round-robin
invitational event in Tuscaloosa.
Louisville (10-5) took its only lead of the
game in the bottom of the first. Sophomore centerfielder Adam Engel led off
with a single, advanced to third on a walk and a wild pitch, then scored on
an infield out.
In the next inning, the Pirates made up for
that run and more thanks to a costly miscue by the Cardinals after the first
two batters were retired on groundouts.
Senior catcher Zach Wright reached base on an
error on the first baseman to keep the inning alive. Singles by junior
rightfielder Philip Clark, senior second baseman Tim Younger, sophomore
centerfielder Ben Fultz and sophomore shortstop Jack Reinheimer — combined
with a wild pitch by Louisville starter Travis Tingle — produced four runs
and gave East Carolina (11-3) the lead for good.
Junior righthander Jharel Cotton (3-0) hung in
for five innings and got credit for the win after giving up six hits, five
walks and all four of the Cardinals' runs. Freshman righthander Jeff Hoffman
took over at the start of the sixth inning and pitched no-hit ball the rest
of the way, retiring all 12 batters he faced.
Tingle (2-1), a senior righthander, went four
innings and took his first loss of the season.
The victory completed an East Carolina sweep
in the Classic. The Pirates finished the event with a 3-0 record. Alabama,
Louisville and Oral Roberts each finished 1-2.
The Pirates
took down host Alabama
3-1 on Friday and
defeated Oral Roberts 4-2 on
Saturday.
In Sunday's other game, the Crimson Tide fell
to ORU 3-2. Louisville beat the Golden Eagles 7-3 on Friday but
lost a 7-6 nail-biter to the Crimson Tide on Saturday.
Next up for East Carolina is a 5 p.m. matchup
at home on Tuesday with Virginia Commonwealth.
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03/13/12 01:15 AM.
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