Pirates clinch series at Memphis
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MEMPHIS — An 8-2 win at
Memphis on Saturday afternoon assured an American Athletic Conference
series win for East Carolina.
Parker Lamm followed up on a
six RBI performance in
an 8-1 Pirates win on Friday night
by going 4-for-5 with a run driven in and scoring twice in game two with
the Tigers (12-23, 3-5 AAC).
Lamm has nine hits in ECU's
three-game winning streak and has raised his average to .371.
Travis Watson went 3-for-5
for the Pirates (23-11, 5-3) with three doubles and four RBIs. Eric
Tyler was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.
ECU led 4-0 after four
innings. After the Tigers scored twice in the sixth, the Pirates
answered with four runs in the seventh.
The offensive support made
Jimmy Boyd (5-2) a winner as he went five and two-thirds innings. The
senior right-hander allowed six hits, two earned runs and walked one
while striking out two.
Sam Lanier got the last out
in the sixth before Matt Bridges went the final three frames for his
first save. Bridges yielded two hits, walked one and struck out four.
Turner Brown's RBI single in
the second put ECU ahead to stay. Watkins' double to left in the third
scored Lamm and Tyler for a 3-0 Pirates lead. Lamm had an RBI single in
the fourth.
Tyler singled to score Lamm
in the seventh. Watkins drove in a pair with a double and Garrett Brooks
had a sacrifice fly to give ECU an 8-2 advantage.
ECU outhit the hosts 11-7
and played errorless defense.
Game three of the series is
scheduled for 1 p.m. today.
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04/17/16 02:04 PM.
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