Friday, May 4
New Orleans, La.
7:30 P.M.
East Carolina University
31-12, 0
9
at
5
Tulane
22-25, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| Tulane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
Photo by: Rob Goldberg
No. 12 ECU Takes Series Opener At Tulane, 9-5
May 05, 2018 | Baseball
NEW ORLEANS, La. – No. 12 ECU scored a pair of runs in the eighth and ninth innings en route to a 9-5 American Athletics Conference series opening win at Tulane Friday night at Greer Field inside Turchin Stadium. With the win the Pirates improve to 31-12 overall and 9-7 in league play, while the Green Wave drop to 22-25 and 7-9.
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How It Happened:
With the score knotted at five-all in the eighth frame, ECU pushed across a pair of runs without registering a hit to take a 7-5 lead. Andrew Henrickson walked to start the inning before Connor Litton was hit by a pitch. Jeremy Whitehead pushed the runners up 90 feet on a sac bunt before Turner Brown reached on a fielder's choice where Henrickson was called out at the plate. Bryant Packard walked to load the bases with two away before Brady Lloyd drew a bases loaded free pass scoring Litton. The Pirates jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Packard scored on a pair of errors by the Wave, after he lead off the game with a double. In the home half of the first inning, Trevor Jensen tied the game at one-all with a towering home run, his fifth of the year, to left field. But ECU retook the lead in the second on Chandler Jenkins' RBI single through the right side that scored Dwanya Williams-Sutton for a 2-1 lead. Williams-Sutton, who reached base three times, doubled to start the inning and moved to third on Henrickson's sac bunt. Grant Witherspoon tied the game at two-all with an RBI ground out to first that scored Jonathon Artigues from third, who singled to start the frame, moved to second on Chris Holba's failed pickoff and third on a balk. ECU broke the game open with a three-run fourth taking a 5-2 lead. Litton doubled home Williams-Sutton, Brown's sac fly plated Henrickson and Packard's single pushed across Litton. Once again Tulane responded with three runs in the fourth tying the game at five. With the bases loaded and no outs, Jake Agnos came in relief of Holba and struck out Acy Owen for the first out. But a walk to Tyler Heinrichs scored the first run and two batters later, Witherspoon singled in a pair with a shot to left field. After the Pirates took a 7-5 lead in the eighth, they scored two more in the ninth capping the scoring at 9-5.
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Pirate Pitchers:
Ryan Ross (1-3) picked up his first win of the season tossing 1.2 innings of relief allowing two hits. Starter Chris Holba lasted just three frames allowing a season-high five runs (four earned) on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts. ECU also got outings from Agnos (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks), Davis Kirkpatrick (2.1 IP, 1 BB, 1 K) and Trey Benton (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 K).
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Green Wave Staff:
Connor Pellerin (2-1) suffered the loss surrendering two runs (both earned) on one hit with four walks and two strikeouts in 3.2 innings. Starter Kaleb Roper gave up five runs (four earned) on four hits with three walks and one strikeout. Ben White was touched for two runs (both earned) on one hit with a pair of free passes and two punch outs.
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ECU Bats:
Henrickson and Packard led the Pirates with two hits each, while Brown drove in a team-best two runs. Williams-Sutton scored three runs, while Henrickson and Litton both crossed home twice. Jenkins, Litton and Williams-Sutton also registered a hit on the night for ECU.
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Things To Know:
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How It Happened:
With the score knotted at five-all in the eighth frame, ECU pushed across a pair of runs without registering a hit to take a 7-5 lead. Andrew Henrickson walked to start the inning before Connor Litton was hit by a pitch. Jeremy Whitehead pushed the runners up 90 feet on a sac bunt before Turner Brown reached on a fielder's choice where Henrickson was called out at the plate. Bryant Packard walked to load the bases with two away before Brady Lloyd drew a bases loaded free pass scoring Litton. The Pirates jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Packard scored on a pair of errors by the Wave, after he lead off the game with a double. In the home half of the first inning, Trevor Jensen tied the game at one-all with a towering home run, his fifth of the year, to left field. But ECU retook the lead in the second on Chandler Jenkins' RBI single through the right side that scored Dwanya Williams-Sutton for a 2-1 lead. Williams-Sutton, who reached base three times, doubled to start the inning and moved to third on Henrickson's sac bunt. Grant Witherspoon tied the game at two-all with an RBI ground out to first that scored Jonathon Artigues from third, who singled to start the frame, moved to second on Chris Holba's failed pickoff and third on a balk. ECU broke the game open with a three-run fourth taking a 5-2 lead. Litton doubled home Williams-Sutton, Brown's sac fly plated Henrickson and Packard's single pushed across Litton. Once again Tulane responded with three runs in the fourth tying the game at five. With the bases loaded and no outs, Jake Agnos came in relief of Holba and struck out Acy Owen for the first out. But a walk to Tyler Heinrichs scored the first run and two batters later, Witherspoon singled in a pair with a shot to left field. After the Pirates took a 7-5 lead in the eighth, they scored two more in the ninth capping the scoring at 9-5.
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Pirate Pitchers:
Ryan Ross (1-3) picked up his first win of the season tossing 1.2 innings of relief allowing two hits. Starter Chris Holba lasted just three frames allowing a season-high five runs (four earned) on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts. ECU also got outings from Agnos (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks), Davis Kirkpatrick (2.1 IP, 1 BB, 1 K) and Trey Benton (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 K).
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Green Wave Staff:
Connor Pellerin (2-1) suffered the loss surrendering two runs (both earned) on one hit with four walks and two strikeouts in 3.2 innings. Starter Kaleb Roper gave up five runs (four earned) on four hits with three walks and one strikeout. Ben White was touched for two runs (both earned) on one hit with a pair of free passes and two punch outs.
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ECU Bats:
Henrickson and Packard led the Pirates with two hits each, while Brown drove in a team-best two runs. Williams-Sutton scored three runs, while Henrickson and Litton both crossed home twice. Jenkins, Litton and Williams-Sutton also registered a hit on the night for ECU.
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Things To Know:
- Packard extended his hit streak to 21 games, which is tied for the fifth-longest in program history … He has also reached base in 26-straight games … Tallied his team-leading 18th multi-hit game with a single in the fourth …
- Williams-Sutton pushed his on-base streak to nine games with a leadoff double in the second inning …
- Ross notched his first win of the season with 1.2 scoreless frames out of the bullpen …
- ECU snapped its three-game losing streak and pushed its road streak to seven games (15-2 in true road contests) …
Up Next:
ECU and Tulane will return to the diamond Saturday, May 5 for Game Two of the weekend series with a 3 p.m. (ET) scheduled first pitch.
ECU and Tulane will return to the diamond Saturday, May 5 for Game Two of the weekend series with a 3 p.m. (ET) scheduled first pitch.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ross, Ryan (1-3)
L: PELLERIN, Connor (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Packard, Bryant 1 ; Williams-Sutton, Dwanya 1 ; Litton, Connor 1
RBI: Packard, Bryant 1 ; Lloyd, Brady 1 ; Brickhouse, Spencer 1 ; Litton, Connor 1 ; Jenkins, Chandler 1 ; Whitehead, Jeremy 1 ; Brown, Turner 2
SH: Henrickson, Andrew 1 ; Whitehead, Jeremy 1
SF: Whitehead, Jeremy 1 ; Brown, Turner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Packard, Bryant 1 ; Williams-Sutton, Dwanya 3 ; Henrickson, Andrew 2 ; Litton, Connor 2 ; Brown, Turner 1
HBP: Brickhouse, Spencer 1 ; Williams-Sutton, Dwanya 1 ; Litton, Connor 1
Batting:
HR: JENSEN, Trevor 1
RBI: WITHERSPOON, Grant 3 ; JENSEN, Trevor 1 ; HEINRICHS, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ARTIGUES, Jonathon 1 ; JENSEN, Trevor 1 ; BEDGOOD, David 1 ; MATHEWS, Grant 1 ; GOZZO, Sal 1
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