Cougs approach historic
mark with 19th win
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Junior righthander Daniel Poncedeleon
handcuffed East Carolina on two runs over eight innings and his Houston
teammates out-hit the Pirates 13-6 to capture a 7-2 victory Friday night at
Cougar Field in the Conference USA opener for both teams.
Poncedeleon struck out eight while parceling
out five hits as the Cougars upped their overall record to 19-4, the
program's best 23-game start since 1989.
As Poncedeleon tamed the
ECU bats, Houston (19-4, 1-0 C-USA) scored runs in the first, second and
fourth innings to build a 3-0 lead.
After the Pirates (11-11, 0-1) put up a run in
the top of the fifth on Jay Cannon's RBI groundout, the Cougars responded in
the bottom of the inning by breaking the game open.
In its turn at bat, Houston chased ECU starter
Jeff Hoffman with a four-run outburst. The offensive sparks were fueled by a
single, a double, a triple, a walk and a pair of wild pitches.
Junior outfielder Dylan Brown's eighth inning
home run gave the Pirates a play for the highlight reel, but it had no
impact on the win-loss ledger.
Junior shortstop Frankie Ratcliff went
3-for-3, scored three times and had a pair of RBIs to lead the Houston
batting attack.
The loss was ECU's third in a row and the
sixth in its last eight games.
Poncedeleon improved to 3-2 with the victory,
while Hoffman, a sophomore righthander, fell to 2-3.
The teams will face off again Saturday night (7:30 pm).
The three-game set will conclude on Sunday (2 p.m.).
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03/23/13 02:46 AM.
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