ECU-UCLA Game Two Suspended
March 13, 2009 | Baseball
March 13, 2009
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The second game of the double-header between No. 20 East Carolina and UCLA has been suspended due to rain and will resume tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. ECU officials announced Friday night.
At the time of the suspension, UCLA (4-11) held a 5-3 lead over the Pirates (10-3) in the midle of the sixth frame.
UCLA's hard-throwing freshman, Gerrit Cole, struck out 12 Pirates in five innings of work, while allowing three runs on three hits. ECU starter Chris Heston worked 5 1/3 innings allowing five runs on one hit with six walks and four punch outs. Sthil Sowers (2/3 IP) had just entered the contest closing out the top half of the sixth with a strike out.
Down 3-0 in the fourth, UCLA took advantage of some Pirate miscues scoring five runs on one hit to take a 5-3 lead. Eddie Murray reached on an error then took second on a fielder's choice and landed on third on Justin Uribe's fielder's choice. Murray scored the Bruins first run when Dustin Quist drew a bases-loaded free pass cutting into the Pirates lead, 3-1. Uribe scored on a Chris Heston wild pitch, while Quist and Alex Weber-Shapiro moved up 90 feet to put runners on second and third with two-outs.
Niko Gallego walked to load the bases and a passed ball pushed Weber-Shapiro across for the third run of the frame. Dunlap capped off the scoring with a two-RBI double down the left field line that scored both Quist and Gallego.
ECU jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the second inning when Kyle Roller blasted his third home run of the season and 26th of this career, a solo shot to center field.
Freshman Zach Wright gave ECU a 3-0 lead in the third on his second home run of the season. Devin Harris drew a walk prior to Wright's two-run shot to center field.
