NCAA Baseball :: USM puts double whammy on Pirates [Ba-051312]

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2012 Game No. 51 and Game No. 52
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USM puts double whammy on Pirates

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Southern Miss used clutch hitting and game-saving defensive plays to capture a pair of Sunday victories over East Carolina, completing a sweep of the teams' weekend series at Pete Taylor Park.

Blake Brown's two-run double in the bottom of the seventh wiped out a 3-2 deficit and sent the Golden Eagles (28-22, 12-9 Conference USA) on their way to a 5-3 win in the completion of a contest that was halted by rain on Saturday.

Later, in Sunday's regularly scheduled series finale, Southern Miss centerfielder Dillon Day cut down runners at the plate in the 8th and 11th innings, preventing ECU from scoring the potential winning run on each occasion.

Day then delivered a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 12th to seal USM's third triumph over the Pirates (32-19-1, 13-10-1) in three days. The Golden Eagles eked out a 1-0 win in an epic pitcher's duel in Friday's opener.

East Carolina closes its home season against High Point on Tuesday (6 p.m.) and then hits the road for games with Virginia Military Institute on Friday (1 p.m.) and Virginia Commonwealth on Saturday (2 p.m.)

BOX SCORE #51

Southern Mississippi 5, East Carolina 3

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• USM SID GAME STORY

Date: Saturday, May 12, and Sunday, May 13, 2012
Venue: Pete Taylor Park, Hattiesburg, MS
Attendance: 3,155.

Records: ECU 32-18-1 (13-9-1 Conference USA); USM 27-22 (11-9).

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Younger, Tim 2b........ 5 0 1 0
Reynolds, Drew dh/p.... 5 1 0 0
Thompson, Corey 3b..... 4 0 1 0
Wooten, John lf........ 4 1 2 1
Wright, Zach c......... 5 1 1 0
Reinheimer, Jack ss.... 4 0 0 1
McDonald, Chase 1b..... 4 0 2 1
Clark, Philip rf....... 4 0 1 0
Fultz, Ben cf.......... 3 0 0 0
Hoffman, Jeff p........ 0 0 0 0
Merritt, Tanner p...... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................38 3 8 3

SOUTHERN MISS AB R H BI
Connor Barron dh........ 4 1 1 0
Austin Roussel c........ 2 0 1 0
Chase Fowler c.......... 0 0 0 0
Ashley Graeter ss....... 3 0 1 1
Mason Robbins rf........ 4 1 1 1
Michael Sterling rf..... 0 0 0 0
Isaac Rodriguez 2b...... 4 0 0 0
Kameron Brunty lf....... 3 1 1 0
Travis Creel 3b......... 2 1 0 0
Dillon Day cf........... 2 0 0 0
Blake Brown 1b.......... 2 1 1 2
Jake Drehoff p.......... 0 0 0 0
Chase Horn p............ 0 0 0 0
Cody Livingston p....... 0 0 0 0
Bradley Roney p......... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS..................26 5 6 4

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

E - Graeter 3(11); Drehoff(2).
DP - ECU 2.
LOB - ECU 12; USM 4.
2B - Younger(9); Wooten(8); Wright(10); Brown(9).
HR - Robbins(3).
HBP - Fultz; Brown.
SH - c. Thompson(2); Day(4).
SB - Reinheimer(8).

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Hoffman, Jeff......... 6.0 3 2 2 4 5
Merritt, Tanner....... 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
Reynolds, Drew........ 1.2 2 1 1 0 0

USM PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Jake Drehoff.......... 6.1 6 3 2 1 8
Chase Horn............ 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Cody Livingston....... 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Bradley Roney......... 1.1 1 0 0 1 1

Win - Horn (1-3).
Loss - Merritt (3-5).
Save - Roney (10).
WP - Drehoff(4); Horn(6); Roney(2).
HBP - by Hoffman (Brown); by Drehoff (Fultz).
PB - Wright(5).

Umpires - HP: Ryan Morehead; 1B: Marc Lewis; 3B: Mark McDonald.
Start: 10:04 am; Time: 2:31.
Attendance: 3,155.
Game note: May 13 continuation and completion of game that was suspended in top of 7th on May 12 with score tied 2-2 after a 2 1/2-hour rain delay.

BOX SCORE #52

Southern Mississippi 5, East Carolina 4 (12 innings)

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• USM SID GAME STORY

Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012
Venue: Pete Taylor Park, Hattiesburg, MS
Attendance: 3,070.

Records: ECU 32-19-1 (13-10-1 Conference USA); USM 28-22 (12-9).

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Younger, Tim lf/2b..... 6 0 3 1
Reynolds, Drew dh...... 5 0 1 0
Wright, Zach c......... 6 0 1 0
Wooten, John rf/lf..... 6 1 2 1
McDonald, Chase 1b..... 5 1 0 0
Thompson, Corey 3b..... 4 1 2 0
Reinheimer, Jack ss.... 4 1 1 0
Clark, Philip cf/rf.... 3 0 1 1
Bass, Bryan ph/lf...... 2 0 2 0
Ussery, Mike 2b........ 3 0 1 0
Fultz, Ben cf.......... 1 0 0 0
Joyner, Tyler p........ 0 0 0 0
Smithmyer, Andy p...... 0 0 0 0
Merritt, Tanner p...... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................45 4 14 3

SOUTHERN MISS AB R H BI
Michael Sterling rf/3b.. 5 1 1 0
Kameron Brunty lf....... 5 1 1 0
Ashley Graeter ss....... 6 0 2 1
Mason Robbins p/dh...... 6 1 1 1
Isaac Rodriguez 2b...... 5 0 1 0
Blake Brown 1b.......... 5 2 3 1
Dillon Day cf........... 5 0 3 1
Travis Creel 3b......... 3 0 1 1
Connor Barron ph/rf..... 0 0 0 0
Chase Fowler c.......... 3 0 0 0
Austin Roussel ph/c..... 2 0 0 0
Cameron Giannini p...... 0 0 0 0
James McMahon p......... 0 0 0 0
Cody Livingston p....... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS..................45 5 13 5

SCORE BY INNINGS....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 - R H E
EAST CAROLINA.......... 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 14 2
SOUTHERN MISS.......... 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 13 0

Note: 1 out, 1 runner LOB when game ended.

E - Wooten(3); Merritt(4).
DP - ECU 1; USM 1.
LOB - ECU 10; USM 13.
2B - Wright(11); Brunty(4); Graeter(13); Robbins(10); Brown(10).
HR - Wooten(8).
HBP - Sterling; Rodriguez; Brown; Barron.
SH - Fultz(3); Day(5).
CS - Younger(3).

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Joyner, Tyler......... 6.2 9 4 3 0 7
Smithmyer, Andy....... 2.2 2 0 0 2 2
Merritt, Tanner....... 2.0 2 1 0 0 1

USM PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Mason Robbins......... 5.0 8 4 4 1 1
Cameron Giannini...... 2.2 2 0 0 2 0
James McMahon......... 2.1 2 0 0 1 0
Cody Livingston....... 2.0 2 0 0 0 0

Win - Livingston (2-1).
Loss - Merritt (3-6).
Save - None.
HBP - by Joyner (Sterling); by Smithmyer (Barron);
by Smithmyer (Rodriguez); by Smithmyer (Brown).
Umpires - HP: Marc Lewis; 1B: Mark McDonald; 3B: Ryan Morhead.
Start: 11:00 am; Time: 3:19.
Attendance: 3,070.

Page updated: 05/14/2012 02:17 AM.

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