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Bases-loaded walk lifts ECU in
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Conference USA Championship
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Wednesday, May
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(4) Middle Tennessee 3, (5) ODU 2
(1) Rice 9, (8) Florida International 2
(7) Texas-San Antonio 4, (2) UAB 1
(6) ECU
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Thursday, May
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ODU vs. Florida International, 10 am
UAB vs. Southern Miss, 1:30 pm
Middle Tennessee vs. Rice, 5 pm
UT-San Antonio vs. ECU, 8:30 pm |
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HATTIESBURG, MS � Hunter Allen drew a bases-loaded
walk in the top of the 11th inning to score Eric Tyler and Ryan Williams
retired Southern Miss in order in the bottom of the frame as sixth-seeded
East Carolina topped the third-seeded hosts, 9-8, in the last game Wednesday
on opening day of the 2014 Conference USA Tournament.
The Pirates will meet Texas-San Antonio at 8:30 tonight.
The seventh-seeded Roadrunners defeated second-seeded Alabama-Birmingham,
4-1, on Wednesday.
Williams inherited an 8-4 lead with two runners on base
after Reid Love went the first six and one-third innings. Williams (11-3)
allowed four hits and two earned runs after the inherited runners came home.
He walked two and struck out four.
A five-run fifth put the Pirates ahead 7-4. Another run
in the seventh on an RBI double by Bryce Harman extended the lead to 8-4.
"I'm just really proud of our kids to have (a four-run)
lead and squander it," ECU coach Billy Godwin said. "A lot of times, you
lose that game. But we showed great resiliency and I'm proud of our team."
Garrett Brooks was 3-for-5 for ECU and Harman was 2-for-4
with a solo home run to lead off ECU's two-run third. Charlie Yorgen was
2-for-6, bunting to score Brooks in the third.
Luke Lowery had a hit and two RBIs for the Pirates
(33-24).
Dylan Brown led off ECU's 11th with a double to the
right-field corner off Sean Bucholz (0-1).
Brown moved to third on a fly to center before catcher
Eric Tyler managed a walk after falling behind 0-2 in the count.
USM coach Scott Berry was ejected by home plate umpire
Scott Wilkerson in the top of the 11th.
The Pirates attempted to bunt Brown home but Bucholz
fielded and threw to Golden Eagles catcher Austin Roussel for the tag out.
A walk to Brooks reloaded the bases and Allen walked on
four pitches to force in the go-ahead run.
Southern Miss (32-24) committed six errors, contributing
to four unearned runs for ECU.
The Pirates played errorless in winning their 14th
one-run game of the season.
ECU is 6-0 in extra-inning games this year.
In other action Wednesday, fourth-seeded Middle Tennessee
State topped fifth-seeded Old Dominion, 3-2, and top-seeded Rice downed
eighth-seeded Florida International, 9-2.
In elimination games today, FIU plays ODU at 10 a.m. and
Southern Miss meets UAB at 1:30 p.m.
Middle Tennessee and Rice play at 5 p.m. today.
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