Pirates foiled in sweep bid

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GREENVILLE —  Houston took a 6-1 win at East Carolina on Sunday to keep East Carolina from sweeping a three-game American Athletic Conference series.

The Cougars (17-10, 1-2 AAC) scored three runs in the top of the second in support of winning pitcher Mitch Ullom (4-1), who went seven and one-third innings.

Ullom yielded a run in the third as Kirk Morgan singled, moved to second on a ground out by Turner Brown and came home on a hit to left by Parker Lamm.

The Pirates had seven hits off Ullom, who walked one and struck out four. Bubba Maxwell did not allow a hit over the last inning and two-thirds while walking one and striking out one.

Jacob Wolfe (3-3) went four and one-third innings for ECU (19-9, 2-1). He allowed seven hits and all of Houston's runs, three of which were earned. The hosts committed four errors. Wolfe walked two and had one strikeout.

Sam Lanier, Nick Durazo, Matt Bridges, Davis Kirkpatrick, Chris Holba and Denny Brady held the Cougars scoreless after the visitors scored twice in the fifth for a 6-1 lead.

Josh Vidales went 2-for-3 with three RBIs to lead Houston. Connor Hollis had a double and two RBIs for the Cougars.

Lamm and Dwanya Williams-Sutton each had two hits for the Pirates.

ECU starts a stretch of eight games on the road at Elon on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

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