East Carolina University
Memphis
ECU Drops Game Two Of Doubleheader, 3-2
March 28, 2015 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Seven different Pirates recorded hits, but Memphis got the big one when it counted off the bat of Jake Overbey in the ninth inning lifting them to a 3-2 win over East Carolina in game two of a doubleheader in American Athletic Conference action Saturday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
The Tigers improve to 16-6 overall and 1-1 in conference play, while the Pirates fall to 17-11 and 1-1.
Blake Myers (1-0) picked up the win in relief tossing 1.2 perfect frames with a strikeout for his first win of the year and second of his career. Nolan Blackwood allowed one hit in the ninth but notched his eighth save of the season for the Tigers. Starter Dylan Toscano worked 6.1 innings allowing two runs (both earned) on six hits with a walk and five strikeouts.
Jimmy Boyd (2-7) suffered the loss allowing the game-winning run in the top of the ninth. The right-hander scattered two hits over three innings with one punch out. Pirate starter Jacob Wolfe surrendered a pair of runs (both unearned) on three hits with two strikeouts in five frames. Joe Ingle, who inherited a bases loaded situation in the sixth, tossed a scoreless frame with one strikeout in relief.
The Pirates out-hit the Tigers 7-6 with seven different players (two through eight hitters) recording a base knock. Kirk Morgan extended his hit streak to six games with an RBI triple in the third frame, the first of his career. Garrett Brooks and Travis Watkins each scored a run, while Brooks drew the Pirates only free pass of the contest.
UP NEXT:
ECU and Memphis will play the rubber-match of the three-game conference series Sunday afternoon with a 1 p.m. (ET) scheduled first pitch at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
How It Happened:
Memphis' Overbey pushed across the go-ahead and would-be game-winner in the top of the ninth giving the Tigers a 3-2 win and a doubleheader split. Tucker Tubbs was hit by a pitch, took second on Chris Carrier's sac bunt and scored on Overbey's lone hit of the day - a shot to left field.
ECU jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the second frame thanks to Morgan's RBI triple. Watkins led off with a single up the middle, which was followed by Brooks' base hit to center. After Eric Tyler grounded into a double play, Morgan laced the three-bagger down the right field line easily plating Watkins from third.
Memphis took its first lead of the day, 2-1, in the top half of the sixth scoring a pair of runs on Tucker Tubbs' single to center. Zach Schritenthal started the frame when he was hit by a Boyd pitch. Darien Tubbs and Brandon Montgomery each followed when they reached on consecutive sac bunt errors by Wolfe loading the bases for Kane Barrow. ECU went to the bullpen and brought in Ingle, who fanned the first batter he faced before giving up a two-RBI single to Tucker Tubbs - both runs were credited to Wolfe.
The Pirates knotted the game at two-all in the seventh when Brooks darted home on a Myers wild pitch. Brooks drew a walk to start the inning, stole second and moved to third on Tyler's ground ball to second to move 90-feet away from pay dirt.
Inside The Box Score:
ECU managed to collect one hit with RISP (1-for-7), while Memphis was 2-for-7 ... The Pirates recorded three two-out hits (92 on season) which lead to one run pushing their season total to 65 two-out RBI ... ECU managed to go 4-for-9 with its leadoff batters compared to Memphis' 2-9 ... The Tigers advanced runners at a 61.5 percent clip (8-for-13), while ECU was 6-for-13 (46.2 percent).
Game Notes:
Morgan (6 games) and Tyler (3) extended their hit streaks in the game ... Charlie Yorgen had his 26-game streak of reaching base safely snapped with an 0-for-4 contest ... Bryce Harman extended his on-base streak to 24 games with a single to left in the sixth ... After drawing five walks and not striking out in game one, the Pirates worked just one free pass from the Tiger pitchers and fanned six times at the plate.
