NCAA Baseball : Recap & Box Score : Memphis 5, East Carolina 2 [Ba-041412]

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2012 Game No. 35 \Jump to Box Score/

Memphis topples Pirates to even series

From staff and electronic reports

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Memphis banged out 12 hits, including a pair of home runs, and sophomore lefthander Sam Moll constrained East Carolina's bats during a solid start as the Tigers squared the weekend series between the teams with a 5-2 Conference USA victory Saturday afternoon at FedExPark.

Moll (4-3) earned the win, parceling out nine hits and one walk over 7 1/3 innings before handing off a 4-2 lead to reliever Jonathan Van Eaton. A sophomore righthander, Van Eaton finished the job, retiring all five batters he faced and picking up the save.

Sophomore rightfielder Derrick Thomas and freshman second baseman Tucker Tubbs each had a homer and two RBIs for Memphis.

The Tigers (16-19, 6-5 C-USA) got to ECU starter Tyler Joyner (5-1) for four runs on nine hits and a walk in five innings, dealing the junior southpaw his first defeat of the season. Andy Smithmyer (2 2/3 innings) and Dylan Dickens (1/3 inning) limited Memphis to one run on three hits and a walk the rest of the way.

Sophomore shortstop Jack Reinheimer and senior second baseman Tim Younger each had two hits and an RBI for the Pirates.

East Carolina (24-10-1, 7-3-1) beat the Tigers 5-2 on Friday. The decisive game in the series will be played at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

BOX SCORE #35

Memphis 5, East Carolina 2

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• UM SID GAME STORY

Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Venue: FedExPark, Memphis, TN
Attendance: 713

Records: ECU 24-10-1, Conference USA 7-3-1; UM 16-19, 6-5.

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Younger, Tim 2b........ 4 0 2 1
Cannon, Jay cf......... 4 0 1 0
Thompson, Corey 3b..... 3 0 0 0
Wooten, John lf........ 3 0 1 0
Wright, Zach c......... 4 1 2 0
Thompson, Nick dh...... 3 0 0 0
Bass, Bryan ph......... 1 0 0 0
Reinheimer, Jack ss.... 4 1 2 1
McDonald, Chase 1b..... 3 0 0 0
Reynolds, Drew ph...... 1 0 0 0
Clark, Philip rf....... 3 0 1 0
Joyner, Tyler p........ 0 0 0 0
Smithmyer, Andy p...... 0 0 0 0
Dickens, Dylan p....... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................33 2 9 2

MEMPHIS AB R H BI
Ethan Gross ss.......... 5 1 2 0
Ford Wilson cf.......... 4 0 1 0
Adam McClain lf......... 4 1 2 1
Jacob Wilson 3b......... 4 1 2 0
Eli Hynes 1b............ 3 0 1 0
Zach Willis 2b.......... 0 0 0 0
Derrick Thomas rf....... 3 1 2 2
Tucker Tubbs 2b......... 2 1 1 2
T.J. Rich 1b............ 1 0 0 0
Colton Simbeck dh....... 2 0 0 0
Carter White ph/dh...... 2 0 0 0
Keaton Aldridge c....... 3 0 1 0
Sam Moll p.............. 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Van Eaton p.... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS..................33 5 12 5

SCORE BY INNINGS....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - R H E
EAST CAROLINA.......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
MEMPHIS................ 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 X - 5 12 2

E - J. Wilson(6); Thomas(1).
DP - UM 2.
LOB - ECU 6; UM 8.
HR - Thomas(3); Tubbs(1).
SH - C. Thompson(1); Thomas(3).
SF - Tubbs(2).
SB - Cannon(3).
CS - Reinheimer(1); Gross(3).

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Joyner, Tyler....... 5.0 9 4 4 1 2
Smithmyer, Andy..... 2.2 3 1 1 1 3
Dickens, Dylan...... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

UM PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Sam Moll............ 7.1 9 2 2 1 4
Jonathan Van Eaton.. 1.2 0 0 0 0 0

Win - Moll (4-3).
Loss - Joyner (5-1).
Save - Van Eaton (3).
WP - Joyner(2).
Umpires - HP: Scott Johnston; 1B: Darin Stiers; 3B: Mike Morris.
Start: 2:00 pm; Time: 2:05.
Attendance: 713.
Note: Joyner faced 4 batters in 6th.

Page updated: 04/15/2012 06:02 AM.

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