USM puts double whammy on Pirates

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Southern Miss used clutch hitting and game-saving defensive plays to capture a pair of Sunday victories over East Carolina, completing a sweep of the teams' weekend series at Pete Taylor Park.

Blake Brown's two-run double in the bottom of the seventh wiped out a 3-2 deficit and sent the Golden Eagles (28-22, 12-9 Conference USA) on their way to a 5-3 win in the completion of a contest that was halted by rain on Saturday.

Later, in Sunday's regularly scheduled series finale, Southern Miss centerfielder Dillon Day cut down runners at the plate in the 8th and 11th innings, preventing ECU from scoring the potential winning run on each occasion.

Day then delivered a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 12th to seal USM's third triumph over the Pirates (32-19-1, 13-10-1) in three days. The Golden Eagles eked out a 1-0 win in an epic pitcher's duel in Friday's opener.

East Carolina closes its home season against High Point on Tuesday (6 p.m.) and then hits the road for games with Virginia Military Institute on Friday (1 p.m.) and Virginia Commonwealth on Saturday (2 p.m.)

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