East Carolina Takes Purple-Gold Series, 14-7
October 08, 2009 | Baseball
Oct. 8, 2009
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Corey Thompson collected a game-high five hits and drove in three runs to lead East Carolina (2-0) to a 14-7 win over the Pirates (0-2) Wednesday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium in game two of the Purple-Gold Series.
Thompson, who has collected six hits in the two games, joined Daniel Warzon (3-for-5), Kyle Roller (2-for-5) and Devin Harris (2-for-6) with multi-hit games for East Carolina. Roller and walk-on Billy Walling each cranked home runs in the game, while freshman Bryan Bass set the table with four walks and scored three runs.
Cam Freeman led the Pirates going 3-for-5 with a pair of triples, while Philip Clark, Chris Gosik and John Wooten each added two hits.
Freshman right-hander D.J. Jauss (1-0) got the win after allowing one run on one hits in three innings. Starter Sthil Sowers worked four innings giving up six runs (all earned) on 10 hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Taylor Ballard tossed a scoreless eighth inning walking one.
Mike Anderson (0-1) suffered the loss after lasting just 1.2 innings for the Pirates where he allowed six runs on six hits with four walks and a strikeout before being relieved by Kevin Brandt, who entered the game in the second inning with the bases loaded and got Harrington to fly out to center field. Brandt surrendered two runs on three hits with three punch outs. Mark Wilder gave up six runs on five hits in 1.1 innings and Bud Robertson struck out three of six batters faced allowing one run.
Thompson's two-RBI single through the left side put East Carolina up 2-0 in the top of the first inning. Bass drew a leadoff walk then moved to second on Roller's one-out walk. Harris loaded the bases with a single to right before Thompson plated Bass and Roller on a hard hit ball to left.
The Pirates drew within one, 2-1, on Wooten's single up the middle. Clark and Freeman stroked back-to-back singles before Austin Homan's sac bunt down the third base line pushed the runners into scoring position setting up Wooten's at-bat.
East Carolina scored four runs in the top of the second to extend its lead to 6-1. Harris roped his second hit of the game with a shot to center field that looked to be out of the ball park, but fell to the left of Clark scoring Bass and Dustin Harrington. Thompson pushed across Harris with a single through the right side and Warzon's single up the middle plated Thompson to cap the scoring.
Homan's groundout to third pushed across Freeman for the Pirates drawing the score to 6-2. With one out, Freeman tripled to center field then trotted home when Homan hit a shot to the left of Thompson.
Walling extended East Carolina's lead to seven, 9-2, on a two-run shot down the left field line in the top of the fourth frame. Warzon reached on an infield single then touched home on Walling's shot.
The Pirates strung together five hits in the bottom of the fourth that cut the lead to two, 8-6. Jared Avchen doubled down the left field line, which was followed by an RBI double from Gosik. Jacob Davis singled to right just before Luke Harmer plated Gosik on his ground-out to short. With one down, Clark laced a shot back up the middle before Freeman cleared the bases with his second triple of the night. East Carolina added two runs in the sixth and four in the seventh, which was highlighted by a three-run shot down the right field line by Roller, which pushed the lead to eight, 14-6.
Wooten scored the games final run in the bottom of the seventh for the Pirates on a Thompson throwing error to first off the bat of Davis for a 14-7 final.
The final game of the Purple-Gold Series is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon in Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Hitting Stats:
EAST CAROLINA: Bryan Bass (0-for-3, RBI, 3 runs, 4 walks); Dustin Harrington (1-for-5, 2 runs, RBI, SB); Kyle Roller (2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, 3 runs); Devin Harris (2-for-6, 2 RBI, 2 runs); Corey Thompson (5-for-6, double, 3 RBI, run); Zach Wright (1-for-6); Daniel Warzon (3-for-5, double, RBI, 2 runs); Billy Walling (1-for-6, HR, 2 RBI, run).
PIRATES: Philip Clark (2-for-4, 2 runs); Cam Freeman (3-for-5, 2 triples, 2 RBI, run); Austin Homan (1-for-3, RBI); John Wooten (2-for-4, RBI, run); Jared Avchen (1-for-3, double, run); John Tyndall (walk); Chris Gosik (2-for-4, double, RBI, run); Jacob Davis (1-for-3, run); Luke Harmer (0-for-3, RBI).
Pitching Stats:
EAST CAROLINA: Sthil Sowers (4.0 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 Ks, 21 BF); D.J. Jauss (3.0 IP, H, R, BB, 2 Ks, 11 BF); Taylor Bullard (1.0 IP, 2 BBs, 4 BF).
PIRATES: Mike Anderson (Loss, 1.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, K, 17 BF); Kevin Brandt (3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, , 3 K's, 15 BF); Mark Wilder (1.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 4 ER, BB, K, 11 BF); Bud Robertson (1.2 IP, H, 3 Ks, 6 BF).
