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GREENVILLE
Luke
Borders hit a three-run homer in a
four-run ninth inning for South
Florida on Saturday for a 5-1 win
over East Carolina that evened a
best-of-three American Athletic
Conference series at one win each.
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Pictured: ECU right-hander Jimmy
Boyd delivers against South
Florida on Saturday. The senior
from Raleigh limited the Bulls
to four hits over 8 and 1/3
innings and was charged with
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Pirates erupt to overcome USF |
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GREENVILLE
East Carolina scored nine runs
in the sixth inning in defeating
South Florida 14-7 on Friday
night in the opener of a
three-game American Athletic
Conference series. The Pirates
improved to 31-17-1 overall and
12-6-1 in the AAC going into a 4
p.m. game today with the Bulls
(21-28, 6-13).
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Pictured: ECU centerfielder
Garrett Brooks stands in a
blanket of fog in the Pirates'
Friday night matchup with USF.
The senior captain was 2-for-4
with two RBIs in ECU's comeback
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Transition to adidas approaching |
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Carolina will become an adidas
program in July after a lengthy
association with Nike. The deal
with adidas is for 10 years and
$16.5 million. "For everybody at
East Carolina, it means that
we're going to get more stuff,"
ECU head baseball coach Cliff
Godwin said. ...
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CHAPEL HILL North Carolina scored five
runs on one hit in the sixth inning and
defeated East Carolina 9-1 on Tuesday night.
UNC (31-17) got the benefit of five walks, a
hit batter and two wild pitches in its big
frame.
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Staff report
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Post-game
audio: Godwin,
Brooks,
Harman...
GREENVILLE For the second
straight game a home run by Luke Borders proved decisive as South
Florida topped East Carolina 6-5 Sunday to take a 2-1 American Athletic
Conference series win.
Borders had a three-run
blast to break at tie at 1 in the top of the ninth
and lift the Bulls to a 5-1 win Saturday.
A solo homer by Borders
in the sixth inning Sunday put the Bulls ahead 6-5 after ECU had
taken a 5-1 lead in the bottom of the second.
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USF
designated hitter Luke Borders steals second base as ECU
shortstop Turner Brown saves a high throw. Borders' solo
home run in the sixth inning put the Bulls ahead for
good in the series-deciding contest. (W.A. Myatt
photo) |
Garrett Brooks
had a two-run double and Bryce Harman had a two-run homer in
the Pirates' big inning.
Jeff Nelson was
subsequently hit by a pitch, stole second and went to third on a
wild pitch. He scored on a ground out to second by Parker Lamm as
ECU went ahead, 5-1.
"We didn't do anything
after that and that was unfortunate," said Pirates coach Cliff
Godwin.
The ECU skipper said
starting left-hander Jacob Wolfe didn't have his best stuff.
"I knew it and he knew
it," Godwin said.
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ECU
centerfielder Garrett Brown catches a fly ball against
USF on Sunday. The senior captain was 1-for-4 at the
plate with two RBIs in the Pirates' 6-5 loss. (W.A. Myatt
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Joe Genord had
a two-run homer off Wolfe with two down in the third after a
leadoff single by Borders to trim the lead to 5-3.
The Bulls tied the
score at 5 in the fifth after an ECU error with two out prolonged
the inning and USF got a two-run double from Kevin Merrell off
Pirates freshman reliever Sam Lanier.
Chris Holba (3-1)
yielded the homer to Borders.
Joe Cavallaro (5-3)
went seven innings for the win and Tommy Eveld pitched the last two
frames for his ninth save.
The Bulls outhit ECU
10-5 and left 16 runners on base compared to two for the Pirates.
USF improved to 23-28
overall and 8-13 in the league.
ECU (31-19-1, 12-8-1
AAC) hosts Campbell on Senior Night on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
"It's Senior Night and
it's important for us to come out and play well," Godwin said. "I
remember my Senior Night and it's special."
East
Carolina coach Cliff Godwin said his
team would play even better when
exams ended. Its all baseball now,
and the Pirates opened this new
stage of the year with three huge
conference wins at Connecticut.
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this week was
Pirate Radio Network color
commentator and former ECU
baseball
coach Gary Overton (left):