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COLLEGE BASEBALL
2012 Game No. 5 and Game No. 6
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Pirates earn split behind
Joyner, Wright
From staff and electronic reports
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Junior southpaw Tyler Joyner's sterling mound
performance and a clutch two-run double by senior catcher Zach Wright helped
East Carolina claim a 3-1 victory over Western Carolina Saturday afternoon
in the rain-delayed Keith LeClair Classic at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
After dropping a decision to Purdue earlier in the
day, the win over the Catamounts gave the Pirates (5-1) a shot of momentum
going into a 2 p.m. matchup with Maryland on Sunday, the Classic's final
day.
With ECU trailing 1-0 after 5 1/2 innings, senior
third baseman Corey Thompson scored on junior first baseman John Wooten's
single to knot the score before Wright delivered his decisive double-bagger,
knocking in Thompson and sophomore designated hitter Chase McDonald.
Thompson and McDonald both reached base on singles.
Joyner (2-0) gave up three hits and no walks,
facing only 24 batters through seven innings of work.
A pair of righthanded freshmen came on to protect
the triumph for Joyner. Tanner Merrit bottled up WCU in the 8th and Drew
Reynolds locked down the outcome in the 9th, picking up his third save.
Junior lefty Morgan McKinney (1-1) gave up all
three of ECU's runs before retiring after six innings and got credit for the
loss.
Purdue turned four double plays, including
rally-squelching ones in the 8th and 9th innings, to hand East Carolina its
first loss of the season.
The Boilermakers pulled out the 6-4 win despite
scoring only three earned runs and being out-hit by the Pirates 10 hits to
9. ECU committed three errors, a pair by sophomore shortstop Jack Reinheimer
and one by losing pitcher Kevin Brandt (1-1), the team's senior left-handed
mound ace.
Starter Joe Haase (1-0), a senior righthander,
pitched 5 1/3 innings and picked up the win for Purdue.
A highlight for ECU was a two-run, first-inning
homer by Thompson, his second round-tripper of the season.
In Saturday's other contests, Maryland shut out
Western Carolina in the opener 3-0 and pounded Purdue in the nightcap 11-1
in a game that was concluded after eight innings.
The East Carolina-Purdue and Maryland-WCU contests
were originally slated for Friday but
stormy
weather prompted officials to add the games to Saturday's schedule
instead.
The LeClair Classic will climax today with matchups
pitting the Catamounts against the Boilermakers at 10 a.m. and ECU against
the Terrapins at 2 p.m.
BOX SCORE #5 (Keith LeClair Classic Day One: ECU Game One of Two)
PURDUE BOILERMAKERS 6, EAST
CAROLINA PIRATES 4
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ECU SID GAME STORY
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PU SID GAME STORY
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012
Place: Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 3,108
Records: ECU 4-1;
PU 4-0.
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