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UConn, Pirates split
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 GREENVILLE
— East Carolina split its
American Athletic Conference
doubleheader with Connecticut at
Clark-LeClair Stadium as the
Pirates took a 2-1 win in the
first game before the Huskies
prevailed 5-1 in the nightcap.
Parker Lamm singled in the third
and scored on a double by Eric
Tyler as ECU took a 1-0 lead in
the third inning of the second
game.
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Pictured:
Junior Evan
Kruczynski
deals
against
Connecticut
in game one
of an
American
Athletic
Conference
doubleheader
on Saturday
at
Clark-LeClair
Stadium.
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Pirates adjust schedule |
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East
Carolina postponed the start of
its American Athletic Conference
series with Connecticut on
Friday due to rain. The teams
will play a doubleheader
beginning at 11 a.m. today with
the second game scheduled to
follow approximately 45 minutes
after the conclusion of the
first game.
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Amos, Pirates buy in, focus
forward |
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 DaShaun
Amos's junior football season at
East Carolina was followed
shortly by the announcement that
Ruffin McNeill would not be
returning as coach. Some stormy
seas ensued for the Pirates but
Amos and his fellow
upperclassmen helped steady the
ship.
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A low point at High Point |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina lost
5-1 at High Point on Wednesday
night following a 15-3 home win
over N.C. State the preceding
night. The Pirates sought to
avoid a letdown and took a 1-0
lead in the top of the first,
but the offensive production
subsequently faltered as ECU
fell to 24-13.
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Pirates reward big crowd with
big win |
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GREENVILLE
— The last time East Carolina
hosted a regional rival from the
ACC, the game didn't go nearly
as well as the Pirates' 15-3 win
over N.C. State on Tuesday
night. On March 15 when North
Carolina played at Clark-LeClair
Stadium, ECU absorbed a 17-4
loss before a crowd of 5,213.
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Goldsboro
product Zack
Mozingo
takes a cut
in a win
over
in-state
rival N.C.
State
Tuesday
evening at
Clark-LeClair
Stadium. The
junior left
fielder
belted a
grand slam
in the
fourth
inning in
the 15-3
rout. (W.A.
Myatt photo) |
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Staff report
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Post-game
audio: Godwin,
Wolfe,
Watkins...
GREENVILLE — A two-run homer
by Travis Watkins in the bottom of the fourth inning on Sunday lifted
East Carolina to a 3-2 win over Connecticut in the deciding contest of a
three-game American Athletic Conference series.
Watkins' blast overcame
a 2-1 Huskies lead. ECU pitchers Jacob Wolfe, Sam Lanier and Joe
Ingle kept UConn scoreless the rest of the way.
The Pirates improved to
26-14 overall and 7-5 in the AAC. The Huskies slipped to 21-18 on
the season and 6-5 in the league.
ECU visits UConn for
another three-game conference series, May 6-8.
Parker Lamm doubled to
lead off for the Pirates in the bottom of the first and a sacrifice
bunt by Charlie Yorgen moved him to third. Eric Tyler picked up an
RBI on a grounder to short as ECU took a 1-0 lead.
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ECU third
baseman Eric Tyler brings Parker Lamm home from third
with a groundout to short to put the Pirates on the
board in the first inning of their series-deciding
matchup with UConn on Sunday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. (W.A. Myatt
photo) |
A walk to Tyler
Gnesda, a double by Bryan Daniello and a sacrifice fly by
Connor Buckley tied the score at 1 in the top of the second.
The Huskies went ahead
2-1 in the third after Aaron Hill bunted his way aboard and stole
second. Jack Sundberg's ground out to second allowed Hill to take
third and he scored on a ground out by Willy Yahn.
Kirk Morgan was hit by a
pitch in the fourth before Watkins connected against William
Montgomerie (3-2) for his third home run of the season.
"It was a fastball in,
the same pitch I had been beaten on earlier in the game, but I
backed off the plate a little but and got the head of the bat to
it," said the Pirates catcher of the blast to left.
Wolfe (5-3) pitched
seven and two-thirds innings. He allowed four hits, two earned runs
and walked three while striking out five.
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ECU coach
Cliff Godwin and the Pirate infield acknowledge starter
Jacob Wolfe as he gets relieved after seven and two
thirds innings. (W.A. Myatt
photo) |
Lanier worked
briefly, throwing two pitches and yielding a hit before
Ingle came on.
Ingle went the last
inning and one-third, stranding one baserunner in the eighth and two
in the ninth. He allowed one hit and struck out two, including a
whiff to end the game with the potential tying run at second.
UConn outhit the
Pirates, 6-3, the third time in the series the visitors had more
hits.
"This weekend every
single pitch was the difference between winning and losing," said
ECU coach Cliff Godwin. " ... It's good for us because you learn
from it. I thought we played looser today.
"Our guys have pressed
and played under some pressure from expectations. Last year nobody
had any expectations for us. This year, media, fans, me included,
our guys have played differently.
"They've played tight at
times. Yesterday, I wasn't proud of the way we played because we
didn't play loose and aggressive. We played tentative and complained
a lot to the umpires. That's not us. Today, I thought we played more
like ourselves, even though we only got three hits."
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ECU head
coach Cliff Godwin and staff look on as the Pirates win
Sunday's rubber match with Connecticut 3-2. (W.A. Myatt
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The Pirates
visit N.C. State at 6 p.m. tonight.
ECU
downed the Wolfpack 15-3
on Tuesday in Greenville. The Pirates have scored just seven runs in
going 2-2 since then.
State is No. 7 in the
NCAA RPI standings. ECU was No. 32 in the rankings of April 22.
East
Carolina coach Jeff Lebo has plugged
a big hole in the post by luring
Wake Forest graduate transfer Andre
Washington to finish his college
career with the Pirates. The
seven-footer will be eligible to
play immediately. ...