ECU Baseball | Pirates go down in grand fashion [Ba-021513]

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2013 Game No. 1

Pirates go down in grand fashion

From staff and electronic reports

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Sophomore designated hitter/third baseman Kenny Towns belted grand slams in the first and seventh innings to propel No. 25 Virginia to a 14-4 victory over East Carolina Friday afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

Story continues below the following two pictures.

Jeff Hoffman delivers against UVa. The sophomore right-hander took the
loss despite 7 strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings. (W.A. Myatt photos)

Senior Jay Cannon, wearing former ECU coach Keith LeClair's legacy
number 23, strokes a first inning hit. (W.A. Myatt photos)

The Cavaliers lashed out 12 hits and benefitted from seven bases on balls and five hit batsmen in the season opener for both teams.

ECU countered with 8 hits, highlighted by an eighth inning homer by junior shortstop Jack Reinheimer.

Starter Jeff Hoffman took the loss for the Pirates. The sophomore right-hander fanned 7 in 4 2/3 innings, but gave way to the first of four relievers after surrendering four hits, issuing four bases on balls and hitting three batters. One of the hits was Towns' first inning slam, which produced the only runs given up by Hoffman.

Freshman righthander Josh Sborz got the win after going 2 1/3 inning in relief of UVa starter Brandon Waddell.

The teams will face off at 10 a.m. Saturday morning in game two of their three-game weekend set. Junior right-hander Ryan Williams, a transfer from West Valley (CA) College, is expected to get the start for ECU.

BOX SCORE #1

VIRGINIA CAVALIERS 14, EAST CAROLINA PIRATES 4

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• UVa SID GAME STORY

Date: Friday, February 15, 2013
Venue: Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 3,511

Records: ECU 0-1; UVa 0-1.

VIRGINIA AB R H BI
Branden Cogswell ss.... 5 3 3 1
Jared King 1b.......... 4 2 2 1
Derek Fisher lf........ 2 2 0 1
Mike Papi ph/cf........ 1 0 0 0
Brandon Downes cf...... 5 1 2 3
Rob Bennie lf.......... 0 0 0 0
Joe McCarthy rf........ 3 2 1 0
John LaPrise ph........ 1 0 0 0
Colin Harrington rf.... 0 0 0 0
Kenny Towns dh/3b...... 5 2 2 8
Nick Howard 3b......... 4 1 0 0
Reed Gragnani 2b....... 4 1 1 0
Nate Irving c.......... 5 0 1 0
Brandon Waddell p...... 0 0 0 0
Josh Sborz p........... 0 0 0 0
David Rosenberger p.... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................39 14 12 14

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Brooks, Garrett cf...... 5 0 1 0
Reynolds, Drew dh....... 4 1 1 0
Lowery, Luke ph......... 1 0 0 0
Cannon, Jay rf/3b....... 3 1 1 0
Holt, Jonathan ph....... 1 0 0 0
Thompson, Nick lf....... 4 0 0 0
Fultz, Ben lf........... 0 0 0 0
McDonald, Chase 1b...... 4 0 2 1
Houchins, Zach 3b....... 2 0 0 0
Brown, D. ph/rf......... 2 0 0 0
Reinheimer, Jack ss..... 4 1 2 1
Bass, Bryan 2b.......... 3 1 1 0
Watkins, Travis c....... 3 0 0 1
King, Sam ph/c.......... 1 0 0 0
Hoffman, Jeff p......... 0 0 0 0
Bolton, Tyler p......... 0 0 0 0
Dickens, Dylan p........ 0 0 0 0
White, Hayden p......... 0 0 0 0
Mabry, Brett p.......... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS..................37 4 8 3

SCORE BY INNINGS....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - R H E
VIRGINIA............... 4 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 - 14 12 3
EAST CAROLINA.......... 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 4 8 1

E - Fisher, D.; Downes, B.; Gragnani, R.; McDonald.
DP - ECU 1.
LOB - UVa 10; ECU 8.
2B - King, J.; Downes, B.; McDonald.
HR - Towns, K. 2; Reinheimer.
HBP - Fisher, D. 3; Downes, B.; Towns, K.

UVA PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Brandon Waddell..... 4.2 5 2 1 2 5
Josh Sborz.......... 2.1 2 1 0 0 4
David Rosenberger... 2.0 1 1 1 0 2

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Hoffman, Jeff....... 4.2 4 4 4 4 7
Bolton, Tyler....... 1.2 4 4 4 1 0
Dickens, Dylan...... 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
White, Hayden....... 0.1 2 4 4 1 0
Mabry, Brett........ 2.0 1 0 0 0 1

Win - Sborz, J. (1-0).
Loss - Hoffman (0-1).
Save - None.
WP - Mabry 2.
HBP - by Hoffman (Fisher, D.); by Hoffman (Towns, K.); by Hoffman (Fisher, D.); by White, H. (Fisher, D.); by Mabry (Downes, B.)
Umpires - HP: Greg Street; 1B: Bryant Woodall; 3B: Tim O'Toole.
Start: 3:03 PM; Time: 3:24.
Attendance: 3,511.

Page updated: 02/16/2013 04:51 AM.

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