ECU holds off Huskies

By Al Myatt
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CLEARWATER, FL � East Carolina freshman right-hander Joe Ingle survived a bases-loaded Connecticut threat with a game-ending fly out to left as the Pirates moved into the championship game of the American Athletic Conference tournament with a 4-2 win at Bright House Field on Saturday.

Ingle earned his eighth save as the Pirates (39-20) moved into today's noon championship game against Houston (ESPNU).

ECU was designated the visiting team in its fifth win in seven contests with Connecticut in 2015. The Pirates scored twice in the top of the first and led the rest of the way.

Walks to Hunter Allen, Charlie Yorgen and Reid Love started the game for ECU. Kirk Morgan's ground ball to short brought in the first run and Luke Lowery had an RBI single to center field for a 2-0 Pirates lead.

Allen tripled in the fifth and Yorgen's sacrifice bunt provided a 3-1 ECU advantage.

Love singled to start the eighth and Morgan's sacrifice bunt moved him to second. Pinch runner Parker Lamm came home on a throwing error on a single to left field by Lowery as the Pirates extended their lead to 4-1.

UConn (35-25) outhit ECU 10-6 but had only lone runs in the first and ninth to show for it. Blake Davey drove in a run in the bottom of the first and Bobby Melley had an RBI in the ninth.

Jacob Wolfe (5-2) went seven innings for the Pirates. He yielded seven hits and one earned run while striking out six without a walk.

Nick Durazo allowed two hits in two-thirds of an inning with no walks and two strikeouts.

Ingle went the final one and one-third. He allowed one hit and one earned run while walking two with one whiff.

Allen and Lowery each had two hits for the Pirates. Love and Garrett Brooks also had hits in ECU's seventh straight win.

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