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2012 Game No. 7     \Jump to Box Score/

Terps clip ECU for best start in 25 years

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East Carolina miscues helped set the stage for a bases-loaded, ninth-inning single by senior shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez that drove in the deciding run as Maryland defeated the host Pirates 2-1 on Sunday in the final game of the 2012 Keith LeClair Classic.

The score was tied 1-1 in the top of the ninth when the Terrapins found themselves with runners on all three bases after a single by junior rightfielder Jordan Hagel, two East Carolina throwing errors and a hit batsman. Freshman righthander Drew Reynolds came on to relieve sophomore righty Tanner Merritt and faced Rodriguez, who delivered a line drive into left field, bringing in freshman pinch runner Andrew Amaro.

A pair of mistakes by Maryland starting pitcher Brett Harman, a senior righthander, allowed the Pirates to gain a 1-0 advantage in the third inning. Senior second baseman Tim Younger reached base on a walk, moved to second on a Harman throwing error and advanced to third on a single by junior centerfielder Philip Clark. Younger then scored on a failed attempt by Harman to pick off Clark at first.

The Terps tied the score two innings later when freshman third baseman K.J. Hockaday singled to left on an 0-2 count, knocking in freshman rightfielder Jordan Hagel.

Maryland improved to 5-1 with the victory, the program's best start since 1987. The Terps swept through the LeClair Classic with three wins, claiming the de facto crown for the round-robin event.

On Saturday, Maryland shut out Western Carolina 3-0 and followed that later in the day with an 11-11 pummeling of Purdue in a contest that was ended after eight innings.

In Sunday's other game, the Boilermakers crushed WCU 14-2, picking up its second win of the weekend. Purdue got by ECU on Saturday 6-4.

East Carolina's lone triumph in the event came at the expense of the Catamounts on Saturday. The Pirates slipped by WCU 3-1 behind the pitching of junior southpaw Tyler Joyner a clutch two-run double by senior catcher Zach Wright.

The informal order of finish for the teams in the LeClair Classic:

TEAM              W  L
Maryland          3  0
Purdue            2  1
East Carolina     1  2
Western Carolina  0  3

East Carolina will be back in action on Friday when it hosts Stony Brook at 5 p.m. to begin a three-game weekend series.

BOX SCORE #7 (Keith LeClair Classic: ECU Game Three of Three)

MARYLAND TERRAPINS 2, EAST CAROLINA 1

 • ECU SID GAME STORY
 • UM SID GAME STORY


Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012
Place: Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 2,882
Records: ECU 5-2; UM 5-1.
 

MARYLAND               AB  R  H BI
Charlie White cf....... 4  0  2  0
Alfredo Rodriguez ss... 4  0  1  1
Tim Kiene 1b........... 5  0  1  0
Michael Montville lf... 5  0  1  0
Kyle Convissar 2b...... 3  0  0  0
Ryan Holland dh........ 4  0  2  0
Jordan Hagel rf........ 4  1  1  0
KJ Hockaday 3b......... 4  0  1  1
Andrew Amaro pr........ 0  1  0  0
Tomo Delp 3b........... 0  0  0  0
Jack Cleary c.......... 3  0  1  0
Brett Harman p......... 0  0  0  0
Michael Boyden p....... 0  0  0  0
Korey Wacker p......... 0  0  0  0
Jimmy Reed p........... 0  0  0  0
TOTALS.................36  2 10  2

EAST CAROLINA           AB  R  H BI
Reinheimer, Jack ss..... 3  0  1  0
Clark, Philip cf........ 4  0  1  0
Thompson, Corey 3b...... 3  0  0  0
McDonald, Chase dh...... 3  0  0  0
Wooten, John 1b......... 3  0  1  0
Bass, Bryan pr.......... 0  0  0  0
Wright, Zach c.......... 3  0  1  0
Cannon, Jay rf.......... 4  0  0  0
Fultz, Ben lf........... 3  0  0  0
Holt, Jonathan ph....... 1  0  0  0
Younger, Tim 2b......... 1  1  1  0
Cotton, Jharel p........ 0  0  0  0
Smithmyer, Andy p....... 0  0  0  0
Merritt, Tanner p....... 0  0  0  0
Reynolds, Drew p........ 0  0  0  0
TOTALS..................28  1  5  0

 

 

SCORE BY INNINGS..... 1 2 3  4 5 6  7 8 9 -  R  H  E
MARYLAND............. 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 1 -  2 10  2
EAST CAROLINA........ 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0 -  1  5  2

E - Harman 2(2); Cannon(2); Merritt(1).
DP - UM 1; ECU 1.
LOB - UM 11; ECU 7.
2B - Montville(1); Holland(1); Reinheimer(1).
HBP - White; Cleary.
SH - Reinheimer(2); Wright(1).
SB - White(1); Hagel(1).
CS - Holland(1); Wooten(1).

UM PITCHING          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Brett Harman....... 5.0  5  1  0  2  4
Michael Boyden..... 2.0  0  0  0  2  0
Korey Wacker....... 1.0  0  0  0  1  0
Jimmy Reed......... 1.0  0  0  0  0  0
 
ECU PITCHING         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cotton, Jharel..... 4.1  5  1  1  1  2
Smithmyer, Andy.... 3.1  3  0  0  1  4
Merritt, Tanner.... 0.2  1  1  0  0  0
Reynolds, Drew..... 0.2  1  0  0  0  2

Win - Wacker (1-0).
Loss - Merritt (0-1).
Save - Reed (3).
WP - Harman(1).
HBP - by Cotton (Cleary); by Merritt (White).
BK - Cotton(1).
Umpires - HP: Greg Street; 1B: Mac Stokes; 3B: Gary Swanson.
Start: 2:22 pm; Time: 2:56.
Attendance: 2,882

Note: Wacker faced 1 batter in 9th.

Page updated: 02/27/2012 06:43 AM.

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