No. 11 ECU Splits Double-Header At Washington

Friday, April 6

Seattle, Wash.

7:05 P.M.

East Carolina University

23-6

Washington

13-13

ECU

Washington

April 07, 2018 | Baseball

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SEATTLE, Wash. – No. 11 ECU split a day-night double-header against Washington getting a 5-1 win in Game 1 before falling 8-0 in the second contest Friday at Husky Ballpark. With the split, the Pirates are 23-7 on the season, while the Huskies are 14-13.

How It Happened (Game 1):
ECU jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first frame thanks to an RBI single by Spencer Brickhouse. With one out, Brady Lloyd single to left then took second on a ground out before scoring on Brickhouse's single back up the middle. Washington tied the game at one-all in the fifth thanks to some small-ball. Ben Baird doubled down the left field line to start the frame then moved around the bases on consecutive sac bunts, the last from Noah Hsue. Dwanya Williams-Sutton gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead in the sixth belting his first home run of the season to right field. From there, ECU put up two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth for a Game 1 series win, 5-1.

How It Happened (Game 2):
Joe DeMers tossed a five-hit complete-game shutout, while the Mason Cerrillo (3), Christian Jones (2), Levi Jordan (3) and Joe Wainhouse (2) combined for 10 of the Huskies 13 hits in an 8-0 shutout. Wainhouse staked Washington to an early 1-0 lead belting his third home run of the season to straight-away center field in the second inning. Washington extended its lead to 5-0 in the fifth after pushing across four runs. Jordan plated the first two runs with a two-run double down the left field line, while Wainhouse and Jones each added RBI singles. In the eighth, the Huskies added three more runs on base hits by Noah Hsue (single), Cerrillo (single) and Jordan (double) to cap the scoring at 8-0.

Godwin's Take:
"Game One we played really well. Chris Holba and Ryan Ross were awesome for us on the mound. We had a lot of quality at-bats against a very good pitcher and a pitcher-friendly zone. We put a lot of quality at-bats together, executed and played good defense. In Game Two, I didn't think we had tough at-bats. DeMers was really good tonight. He is their best guy numbers wise and he pitched unbelievable. We didn't do enough against him and pitching wise we didn't do enough. We just got beat in the second game and they just played much better than we did."

Pirate Pitchers (G1):
Chris Holba (7-0) picked up the win allowing one run (earned) on eight hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 7.1 innings. Ryan Ross notched his team-leading fourth save retiring all six batters he faced in 1.2 shutout frames.

Pirate Pitchers (G2):
Trey Benton (4-4) took the loss giving up five runs (all earned) on eight hits with six strikeouts in 4.1 innings. The Pirates would use four arms out of the bullpen in Alec Burleson (0.2 IP, 2 Hs), West Covington (1.1 IP, 2 BB, 1 K), Austin Covers (0.1 IP) and Cam Colmore (1.1 IP, 3 Hs, 3 Rs, 1 BB, 3 Ks).

Huskies Staff (G1):
Lucas Knowles (1-3) suffered the loss after allowing four runs (all earned) on 10 hits with four strikeout sin six innings of work. Dylan Lamb allowed one run (earned) on five hits with two walks and two punch outs in 2.2 innings, while Chris Micheles retired the lone batter he faced in the ninth.

Huskies Staff (G2):
DeMers (3-1) tossed his second complete game of the season (other was a perfect game) scattering five hits over his nine innings and striking out seven. The right-hander retired the Pirates in order seven times and four batters in the other two frames while only one Pirate reached second base.

ECU Bats (G1):
ECU pounded out 15 hits getting multiple base knocks from Brickhouse (2), Drew Henrickson (2), Lloyd (4), Packard (2) and Williams-Sutton (2). Washer drove in two of the Pirates five runs, while Brickouse, Lloyd and Williams-Sutton each plated one. Williams-Sutton belted his first home run of the season, 13th career, taking a Knowles pitch to right field.

ECU Bats (G2):
The Pirates managed just five hits (all singles) in the game. Litton was the lone Pirate to get into scoring position when he doubled in the second inning, which extended his hit streak to 12-straight games. Bryant Packard (8 games) and Brady Lloyd (7 games) also extended their current hit streaks on the night.

Player-of-the-Game (G1):
Holba notched his seventh win in eight starts working a season-high 7.1 innings, which tied his career-high. The right-hander retired the side twice and faced four or less batters in six of seven full frames. In the first four innings, he allowed just three singles with no runners not reaching second base. It was his fifth quality start of the season (eighth of his career). On the season he has 42 strikeouts to just 11 walks.

Things To Know:

With its 15 hits in Game 1, ECU improved to 13-1 when registering double-digit hits …
Litton collected a hit in each game pushing his hit streak to 12 games …
Lloyd tallied four hits in Game 1, the second most in a contest this season for the junior (had 5 vs. Maryland) … He now leads the team with 12 multi-hit games …
Williams-Sutton made his first start since March 9 going 2-for-5 with an RBI in game one …
Packard extended his on-base streak to 13 games when he was hit by a pitch to start Game 2 …

Up Next:
ECU and Washington will play the rubber-match of the three-game series Saturday, April 7 with a 4:05 p.m. (ET) scheduled first pitch.