ECU takes opener with Jacksonville
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina
broke a tie score at 3 with a pair of runs in the sixth inning and went
on to take a 6-3 win over Jacksonville on Thursday night in the opener
of a three-game series at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Travis Watkins got ECU (15-7) started
with a one-out double in the sixth. He scored as Zack Mozingo followed
with a run-scoring single up the middle.
The Pirates subsequently loaded the
bases in the sixth and went ahead 5-3 on a walk to Luke Bolka on a full
count pitch with two down.
ECU added a run in the seventh after
Kirk Morgan led off with a single through the right side. He scored on a
single by Mozingo after reaching third on a pair of ground outs.
Evan Kruczynski (3-0) pitched seven
and two-thirds innings. He allowed eight hits and three runs, one
earned, while walking one and striking out seven.
Joe Ingle picked up his fourth save,
going the final inning and a third. Ingle didn't allow a hit although he
walked two while whiffing one.
J.J. Gould homered to left in the top
of the first to give Jacksonville (14-7) a 1-0 lead.
The Pirates answered with a tying run
in the second after a leadoff single by Mozingo. A wild pitch enabled
him to move to second and he scored on a single to right by Eric Tyler.
Watkins walked to start ECU's half of
the fourth and Bryce Harman homered to right with two out for a 3-1
Pirates lead.
Dakota Julylia and Parker Perez had
RBI singles for the Dolphins in the fifth to tie the score at 3 after a
two-out error by ECU prolonged the inning.
Mozingo finished 3-for-4 with two
RBIs. Morgan had two hits.
Seth DeWitt had two hits for
Jacksonville.
The series continues at 6:30 tonight.
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03/26/16 12:12 AM.
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