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ECU wins opener in ninth
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GREENVILLE � East Carolina scored the winning run in the
bottom of the ninth inning to top James Madison 6-5 in the 2014 baseball
season opener for both teams at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Friday.
Travis Watkins got his second hit for the Pirates in
their last turn at the plate and Garrett Brooks replaced him as a pinch
runner. A sacrifice bunt by Kirk Morgan moved Brooks to second.
Drew Reynolds was hit by a pitch with one out before a
throwing error on a ball hit to third by Zach Houchins allowed the winning
run to score.
The unearned run got Ryan Williams the win. Williams,
who is wearing Keith LeClair's No. 23, pitched 2 1/3
innings. He allowed two hits, an unearned run and struck out two without a
walk.
Jeff Hoffman started for ECU and went 6 2/3 innings. He
allowed four hits, four runs, three earned, with six strikeouts and two
walks.
Reynolds and Houchins had hits in the sixth before
transfer Ian Townsend homered to right field for a 4-3 Pirates lead. An RBI
single by Watkins later in the sixth pushed ECU's lead to 5-3.
JMU added lone runs in the seventh and eighth to tie the
score.
Dylan Brown homered for the Pirates in the second inning.
A crowd of 2,465 was on hand.
The teams are scheduled to play the second of a
three-game series at 2 p.m. today.
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