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COLLEGE BASEBALL
2012 Game No. 13
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Pirates lick Louisville for
Bama sweep
Hoffman
hurls four innings of perfect relief
From staff and electronic reports
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No. 29 East Carolina finished its cruise through
the DRASH Alabama Classic on Sunday, cashing in on five unearned runs and
banging out 13 hits to sail past 14th-ranked Louisville 9-4 on the final day
of the round-robin invitational event in Tuscaloosa.
Louisville (10-5) took its only lead of the game in
the bottom of the first. Sophomore centerfielder Adam Engel led off with a
single, advanced to third on a walk and a wild pitch, then scored on an
infield out.
In the next inning, the Pirates made up for that
run and more thanks to a costly miscue by the Cardinals after the first two
batters were retired on groundouts.
Senior catcher Zach Wright reached base on an error
on the first baseman to keep the inning alive. Singles by junior
rightfielder Philip Clark, senior second baseman Tim Younger, sophomore
centerfielder Ben Fultz and sophomore shortstop Jack Reinheimer — combined
with a wild pitch by Louisville starter Travis Tingle — produced four runs
and gave East Carolina (11-3) the lead for good.
Junior righthander Jharel Cotton (3-0) hung in for
five innings and got credit for the win after giving up six hits, five walks
and all four of the Cardinals' runs. Freshman righthander Jeff Hoffman took
over at the start of the sixth inning and pitched no-hit ball the rest of
the way, retiring all 12 batters he faced.
Tingle (2-1), a senior righthander, went four
innings and took his first loss of the season.
The victory completed an East Carolina sweep in the
Classic. The Pirates finished the event with a 3-0 record. Alabama,
Louisville and Oral Roberts each finished 1-2.
The Pirates
took down host Alabama
3-1 on Friday and
defeated Oral Roberts 4-2 on Saturday.
In Sunday's other game, the Crimson Tide fell to
ORU 3-2. Louisville beat the Golden Eagles 7-3 on Friday but
lost a 7-6 nail-biter to the Crimson Tide on Saturday.
Next up for East Carolina is a 5 p.m. matchup at
home on Tuesday with Virginia Commonwealth.
BOX SCORE #14
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES 9,
LOUISVILLE CARDINALS 4
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Date: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Event: DRASH Alabama Classic
Place: Sewell-Thomas Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
Attendance: 3,111
Records: ECU 11-3; UL 10-5.
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