Pirates bounce back
By
Al Myatt
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HOUSTON — East Carolina bounced back
to top Houston 4-1 on Saturday and regain a share of the American
Athletic Conference lead.
Before a national CBS Sports Network
audience, the Pirates (32-19, 12-8 AAC) got eight strong innings from
left-hander Reid Love in evening the three-game series
after a 10-1 loss to the Cougars (34-17, 12-8) on
Friday night.
Love (6-3) scattered nine hits while
striking out seven without a walk.
"Getting beat like that yesterday and
not playing as well as we should, it showed a lot of toughness coming
out and getting this one," Love said.
The Pirates fell behind 1-0 in the
bottom of the first after singles by Kyle Survance, Jacob Campbell and
Corey Julks (RBI).
Luke Lowery's solo homer to left on a
full count pitch with one out in the fourth tied the score at 1. It was
Lowery's 11th roundtripper of the season.
Bryce Harman's two-run homer in the
seventh followed a single by Eric Tyler and put ECU ahead to stay. The
circuit clout was Harman's sixth this year.
Singles by Kirk Morgan, Lowery and
Travis Watkins (RBI) in the eighth pushed the Pirates' lead to 4-1.
Joe Ingle retired Houston in order in
the ninth, striking out the last two batters for his fourth save.
"I didn't want to come out," said
Love, who threw 101 pitches, including 71 for strikes. "But my pitch
count was up there and I know Joe is going to come in there and shut the
door."
The Pirates outhit their hosts 10-9
on Saturday and both teams played errorless defense.
Each ECU player to appear at the
plate reached base. Lowery and Tyler had two hits each.
ECU will send lefty Jacob Wolfe, who
is 4-1 with a 2.99 earned run average, to the mound today against
Cougars southpaw Seth Romero (6-3, 1.80) in a 1 p.m. start.
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