NCAA Baseball : Recap & Box Score : East Carolina 7, Penn State 4 [Ba-031812]

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2012 Game No. 18 \Jump to Box Score/

Cotton crafts 4th win to seal sweep

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Junior righthander Jharel Cotton parceled out seven hits and one earned run over seven innings and got a burst of offensive support before heading to the showers to earn his fourth victory and help East Carolina claim a 7-4 win over Penn State on Sunday at Clark-Leclair Stadium.

Facing a 4-2 deficit going into the bottom of the seventh, the Pirates used a single, six walks and a pair of wild pitches to manufacture four runs and take what turned out to be a decisive 6-4 lead. The unconventional scores served to more than offset three unearned runs gifted to the Nittany Lions in East Carolina's error-prone fourth inning.

Sophomore righthander Austin Chrismon took over for Cotton (4-0) in the eighth and retired the side to set the stage for designated hitter-turned-pitcher Drew Reynolds to finish the job. A sophomore lefthander, Reynolds closed out the game with a strikeout and a pair of groundouts to pick up his sixth save of the season.

Senior third baseman Corey Thompson and senior second baseman Tim Younger each had a pair of hits and an RBI for the Pirates (14-4).

Junior righthander Steven Hill started for Penn State (3-14) and lasted six innings, giving up nine hits and a pair of runs before giving way to junior righthander Cody Lewis in the seventh. Lewis (1-4) began the series of walks and wild pitches that led to East Carolina's game-winning rally and got credit for the loss.

With the triumph, the Pirates completed a sweep of Penn State. East Carolina beat the Nittany Lions 5-4 on Friday on junior outfielder Jay Cannon's walk-off blast in the bottom of the ninth. Dramatic home runs by Thompson and junior first baseman John Wooten helped the Pirates win a 6-5, 10-inning thriller over Penn State on Saturday.

East Carolina hosts North Carolina State on Tuesday (6 p.m.) and travels to High Point for a Wednesday matchup (6 p.m.) before opening its Conference USA season with a three-game series this weekend at Central Florida.

BOX SCORE #18

EAST CAROLINA PIRATES 7, PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS 4

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• PSU SID GAME STORY

Date: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Venue: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 2,515

Records: ECU 14-4; PSU 3-14.

PENN STATE AB R H BI
Deegan, Sean cf........ 5 0 2 1
Montesinos, Luis 2b.... 5 0 1 0
DeBernardis, Joey 3b... 4 0 0 0
Steranka, Jordan 1b.... 4 0 0 0
Novak, Aaron rf........ 3 1 1 0
Ell, Zach lf........... 3 2 1 0
Coban, JC c............ 3 0 0 0
Parvin, Sean dh........ 4 0 0 0
Searer, Elliot ss...... 4 1 2 2
Hill, Steven p......... 0 0 0 0
Lewis, Cody p.......... 0 0 0 0
Dixon, Evan p.......... 0 0 0 0
Herring, Neal p........ 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................35 4 7 3

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Bass, Bryan lf.......... 4 1 1 1
Fultz, Ben cf........... 0 0 0 0
Clark, Philip cf/rf..... 4 1 1 1
Thompson, Corey 3b...... 3 2 2 1
Wooten, John 1b......... 5 1 1 0
Reynolds, Drew dh/p..... 3 0 1 1
Wright, Zach c.......... 5 0 1 1
Cannon, Jay rf/lf....... 4 1 1 0
Reinheimer, Jack ss..... 3 0 1 0
Younger, Tim 2b......... 3 1 2 1
Cotton, Jharel p........ 0 0 0 0
Chrismon, Austin p...... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS..................34 7 11 6

SCORE BY INNINGS....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - R H E
PENN STATE............. 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0
EAST CAROLINA.......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 X - 7 11 4

E - Reinheimer 2(8); Younger(2); Cotton(1).
DP - PSU 1.
LOB - PSU 8; ECU 12.
2B - Deegan 2(5); Montesinos(5); Searer(2); Wright(4).
HBP - DeBernardis; Reynolds.
SH - Ell(1); Coban(1).
SB - Searer(3).

PSU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Hill, Steven........ 6.0 9 2 2 1 2
Lewis, Cody......... 0.2 1 4 4 3 1
Dixon, Evan......... 0.0 0 0 0 2 0
Herring, Neal....... 1.1 1 1 1 2 0

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Cotton, Jharel...... 7.0 7 4 1 1 4
Chrismon, Austin.... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Reynolds, Drew...... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Win - Cotton (4-0).
Loss - Lewis (1-4).
Save - Reynolds (6).
WP - Lewis(3).
HBP - by Cotton (DeBernardis); by Herring (Reynolds).
Umpires - HP: Stan Johnson; 1B: Bryant Woodall; 3B: Bret Tharp.
Start: 1:01 pm; Time: 2:43.
Attendance: 2,515.
Game notes: Penn State Head Coach Robby Wine ejected in bottom of 3rd;
Dixon faced 2 batters in 7th.

Page updated: 03/19/2012 04:14 AM.

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