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ECU takes two from Tulane
Reliever Ryan Williams
picks up both wins
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GREENVILLE � East Carolina launched four home runs
in an eight-run second inning, including two by Ian Townsend, to defeat
Tulane 13-3 in eight innings and complete a doubleheader sweep of the Green
Wave on Saturday on Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
The Pirates won the Conference USA series two games to
one in improving to 10-10 overall. The Bucs evened their league record at
3-3.
Three runs in the bottom of the eighth lifted the Pirates
to a 5-2 win in the first game. Townsend had the go-ahead RBI on a two-out
single to center field.
Ryan Williams (6-1) won both games in relief. The senior
right-hander scattered seven hits and gave up no runs in his 8 1/3 innings
of work in the two contests.
Left-hander Reid Love held the Wave hitless through six
innings in the opener. Brett Mabry struggled at the outset of the second
game as Tulane scored three times in the first frame before Williams was
summoned to the mound and ECU took control with its power surge in the
second.
Bryce Harman also had two homers in the second game as
the Pirates scored a season high 13 runs to close the contest on the 10-run
mercy rule. ECU homered five times in the second game.
Townsend's RBI single to right fittingly ended the day.
The transfer from St. Johns River Community College went 7-for-9 for the
twinbill with seven RBIs and he scored three runs.
Brunswick Community College transfer Hunter Allen went
2-for-4 in the first game.
Drew Reynolds led off with a walk to start ECU's decisive
three-run eighth in the first game. Zach Houchins' sacrifice bunt moved him
to second. Townsend's single scored Reynolds for a 3-2 ECU lead. Townsend
went to third on an error on the center fielder.
Andrew LaMura's single scored Townsend and pinch runner
Jonathan Holt came home for an additional insurance run on a single to left
by Eric Tyler.
Williams struck out the side in the top of the ninth,
whiffing all four in one and one-third innings. Love fanned four in seven
and two-thirds.
Harman was 2-for-4 in the second game with two RBIs and
two runs scored. Reynolds, who continued to show his versatility at first
base, was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Houchins went 2-for-5,
scoring once and driving in a run. Charlie Yorgen, who played second, was
2-for-3.
Fultz had a three-run homer with two out that put the
Pirates ahead 5-3 in the second-inning eruption.
ECU bounced back from
a 7-2
loss to Tulane (10-8, 3-3) on Friday night.
The Pirates host Virginia Commonwealth on Wednesday at 6
p.m. The Rams
topped ECU 3-0 in Richmond on Feb. 25.
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