ECU hammers Houston, Joyner sparkles

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Junior lefthander Tyler Joyner surrendered only six hits and East Carolina battered a parade of six Houston pitchers for 15 hits as the Pirates overwhelmed the Cougars 16-1 in a Conference USA matchup at Clark-LeClair Stadium Friday night.

Joyner (5-0) went the distance in the truncated affair, which was called in the bottom of the seventh in keeping with the league's 15-run mercy rule. Joyner struck out five, walked one and hit one batsman.

Sophomore first baseman Chase McDonald, junior outfielder John Wooten and senior catcher Zach Wright launched homers for East Carolina. Wooten had a particularly fruitful day, going 4-for-4 with 3 RBIs and scoring four runs.

Houston (11-18, 1-7) held a brief lead after squeezing out a run in the first on a single, a wild pitch and back-to-back bunts, but the Pirates (22-8, 6-2 C-USA) responded with five runs in the bottom of the inning and the rout was on.

East Carolina, which defeated the Cougars 10-3 on Thursday, will go for the sweep in the three-game series on Saturday (10 a.m.).

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