|
COLLEGE BASEBALL
2012 Game No. 46
\Jump to
Box Score/
Brandt corrals Herd as ECU
sails
From staff and electronic reports
View the Mobile Alpha version of this report.
East Carolina jumped on Marshall for five early
runs and Kevin Brandt handcuffed the Thundering Herd on six hits and one run
over eight innings as the Pirates coasted to an 8-2 Conference USA victory
Friday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
ECU scored an unearned run in the first and chased
Marshall starter Lance Elder (1-5) with four more scores in the second to
give Brandt (6-4) all the margin he needed to achieve his 25th career win.
A key hit in the second inning outburst was a
two-run single down the right field line by sophomore outfielder Ben Fultz.
The Pirates (29-16-1, 11-7-1 C-USA) earned another run in the sixth on three
singles and a balk, and they realized their biggest lead at 8-0 when Chase
McDonald blasted a two-run homer to right field in the seventh.
Brandt kept the Herd (15-29, 3-13) penned up until
giving up a pair of walks and a run-scoring double in the eighth.
Altogether, the senior southpaw issued four walks but picked off three of
the beneficiaries before they could do damage.
Sophomore righthander Austin Chrismon pitched the
ninth for the Pirates and surrendered a run on three hits. But for Marshall,
it was too little, too late.
East Carolina banged out 14 hits overall, led by
sophomore designated hitter Drew Reynolds and junior outfielder John Wooten
with three hits apiece.
Senior third baseman Corey Thompson, sophomore
shortstop Jack Reinheimer and McDonald, a sophomore first baseman, each
collected two hits for the Pirates.
Eric Semeniuk, a senior outfielder, was the lone
Marshall player to hit safely twice.
The teams meet again on
Saturday (2 p.m.) with ECU junior lefthander Tyler Joyner (5-2)
expected to go against sophomore rightie Aaron Blair (1-7).
Junior righthander
Jharel Cotton (8-0) and Marshall senior leftie Mike Mason (4-5)
are the projected starters when the series wraps up on Sunday (1 p.m.)
BOX SCORE #46
East Carolina 8, Marshall 2
•
ECU SID GAME STORY
•
MU SID GAME STORY
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Venue: Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 2,605
Records: ECU 29-16-1, 11-7-1 Conference USA;
MU 15-29, 3-13.
|
