Wahoos zoom past Pirates

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East Carolina staked itself to an early lead that held up through five innings before Virginia responded with a barrage of unanswered runs to sweep the teams’ weather-shortened series with a 13-9 victory Saturday morning at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

ECU righthander Ryan Williams had an impressive debut, blanking the Cavaliers for five innings as the Pirates built a 4-0 margin with a pair of runs in both the second and fourth. A junior transfer from West Valley (CA) College, Williams surrendered four runs — one of which was unearned — on six hits and three walks before giving way to freshman righthander David Lucroy after facing two batters in the top of the seventh.

Lucroy was the first in a succession of futile relievers as UVa added another run in the seventh, scored five in the eighth and three more in the ninth to take a commanding 13-4 advantage.

The Pirates put together five runs on six hits in the bottom of the final frame, but it was to little, too late.

ECU senior second baseman Bryan Bass was 3-for-4 with a run scored and two runs batted in as the Pirates outhit the Cavs 15-14.

Virginia’s Derek Fisher had three hits in six plate appearances, including a three-run homer. The sophomore leftfielder got credit for two runs scored and five RBIs.

Sunday’s scheduled third and final game of the weekend set was cancelled due to weather concerns. The Cavaliers romped 14-4 in Friday’s season opener between the teams.

East Carolina will regroup to host Campbell on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

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