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2012 Game No. 54 • \Jump to Box Score/

Bass, Smithmyer deliver in Classic win

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Junior outfielder Bryan Bass put in a stellar performance at the plate and junior righthander Andy Smithmyer pitched 4 1/3 hitless relief innings to help East Carolina capture a 14-8 victory over Virginia Military Institute Friday afternoon in the opening game of the Terry Sisisky Classic.

Bass went 4-for-5, scored a pair of runs and had an RBI to spearhead an 18-hit attack as the Pirates stormed back from a 6-2 deficit and won going away in the opener of the Classic at The Diamond in Richmond, VA. Junior outfielder/first baseman John Wooten aided the East Carolina cause by going 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs.

VMI jumped on ECU freshman righthander Jeff Hoffman for six runs in the top of the 4th to take a 6-2 lead. After hitting the leadoff batter, Hoffman served up a two-run homer to left center by Jacob Morley. Hoffman, who gave up only one hit in the first three frames, then surrendered four more runs on three walks, a single and a bases-clearing double before getting the last out on a fly ball.

Smithmyer (5-2) took over the mound duties for East Carolina in the 5th and earned the win by muzzling the Keydets while the Pirates scored 12 runs in their next five at-bats.

Freshman righthander Dylan Dickens came in from the ECU bullpen with one out in the 9th after Smithmyer issued a pair of walks and dinged two batters to force in a run. Dickens hit a batter to send another run across the plate before closing out the triumph with a fly-out and a force-out.

VMI starter Coby Cowgill (5-5) lasted four innings and absorbed the loss after being roughed up for seven runs on nine hits and three walks.

In the evening game, the Keydets (15-36) regrouped to defeat host Virginia Commonwealth 7-6.

East Carolina (34-19-1) finishes its regular season and closes out the Classic by meeting host VCU (31-23) on Saturday (2 p.m.) The Pirates then head to Pearl, Mississippi, for next week's Conference USA Tournament.

BOX SCORE #54

East Carolina 14, Virginia Military Institute 8

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• VMI SID GAME STORY

Date: Friday, May 18, 2012
Venue: The Diamond, Richmond, VA
Attendance: 279

Records: ECU 34-19-1; VMI 15-36.

VIRGINIA MILITARY AB R H BI
Dickinson, Rob cf........ 4 0 2 3
Shifflett, Sheldon ph.... 0 0 0 1
Piccirilli, George 1b.... 3 1 0 0
Walter, Cameron 1b....... 0 0 0 1
Morley, Jacob rf......... 4 1 1 2
Diamond, Brandon dh...... 3 0 0 0
Hawkins, Berkley ph...... 2 0 0 0
Dwyer, Nick ss........... 1 0 0 0
Stallings, Thomas ph/2b.. 2 0 0 0
Donovan, Michael 2b...... 1 0 0 0
Winn, Matt c............. 1 1 0 0
Montague, Andrew c....... 1 0 0 0
Angus, Brandon lf........ 3 2 1 0
Worthington, Chase 3b.... 2 1 0 0
LeClair, Gary ph......... 0 1 0 0
Bryan, Drew 2b/ss........ 2 1 0 1
Mayers, Eric ph.......... 0 0 0 0
Cowgill, Coby p.......... 0 0 0 0
Devine, Michael p........ 0 0 0 0
Deal, Andrew p........... 0 0 0 0
McQuaig, Miles p......... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS...................29 8 4 8

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Younger, Tim lf/2b........ 5 1 2 1
Reynolds, Drew dh......... 2 0 0 0
Thompson, Nick ph/dh...... 2 2 1 0
Cannon, Jay ph............ 1 0 0 0
Wooten, John rf/1b........ 4 1 3 2
Wright, Zach c............ 3 3 1 0
Thompson, Corey 3b........ 5 2 2 4
McDonald, Chase 1b........ 3 1 2 3
Clark, Philip pr/rf....... 0 0 0 0
Reinheimer, Jack ss....... 5 1 2 0
Bass, Bryan cf/lf......... 5 2 4 1
Ussery, Mike 2b........... 3 1 1 1
Fultz, Ben cf............. 1 0 0 1
Hoffman, Jeff p........... 0 0 0 0
Smithmyer, Andy p......... 0 0 0 0
Dickens, Dylan p.......... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS....................39 14 18 13

SCORE BY INNINGS....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - R H E
VIRGINIA MILITARY...... 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 - 8 4 0
EAST CAROLINA.......... 1 0 1 3 2 3 3 1 X - 14 18 0

DP - VMI 2; ECU 2.
LOB - VMI 5; ECU 9.
2B - Dickinson 2(11); Younger(10); C. Thompson 2(13); McDonald 2(4).
3B - Bass(1).
HR - Morley(11).
HBP - Shifflett; Piccirilli; Walter; Winn; Mayers.
SF - Wooten(3).
SB - Ussery(1).

VMI PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Cowgill, Coby......... 4.0 9 7 7 3 3
Devine, Michael....... 1.2 5 3 3 3 0
Deal, Andrew.......... 1.1 3 3 3 1 0
McQuaig, Miles........ 1.0 1 1 1 0 2

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Hoffman, Jeff......... 4.0 4 6 6 3 7
Smithmyer, Andy....... 4.1 0 2 2 3 6
Dickens, Dylan........ 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Win - Smithmyer (5-2).
Loss - Cowgill (5-5).
Save - None.
WP - Cowgill(9).
HBP - by Hoffman (Piccirilli); by Smithmyer (Winn);
by Smithmyer (Mayers); by Smithmyer (Shifflett);
by Dickens (Walter).
Umpires - HP: Chet Horton; 1B: Chris Cali; 3B: Jim Stuck.
Start: 2:04 pm; Time: 2:53.
Attendance: 279.
Note: Cowgill faced 2 batters in 5th.

Page updated: 05/19/2012 04:11 AM.

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