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ECU Drops Regional Game To South Carolina, 4-2
June 03, 2018 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – NCAA Greenville Regional No. 2 seed South Carolina used a strong outing from starting pitcher Cody Morris to knock off No. 1 seed and host ECU 4-2 in a winners' bracket game late Saturday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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The Gamecocks (35-24) advance to the regional final Sunday at 6 p.m. while the Pirates (44-17) will face off against No. 4 seed UNCW at 2 p.m. in an elimination game. The Seahawks beat No. 3 seed Ohio State 4-3 in 13 innings earlier Saturday to stay alive in the tournament.
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Morris (8-3) went 7.1 innings on the mound, allowing just two runs on five hits with four walks and seven strikeouts. Freshman LHP Alec Burleson (5-2) was saddled with the loss for ECU as he surrendered three runs on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 3.1 innings pitched.
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Danny Blair paced the South Carolina offense with a three-hit performance while also scoring a run. Additionally, LT Tolbert recorded two hits and Jonah Bride drove in a pair of runs. Sophomore outfielder Bryant Packard led the Pirates with three hits and two runs scored.
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Blair led off the bottom of the first with an infield single before advancing to second on a balk. After Madison Stokes drew a walk, Bride laced a two-run double down the left field line to put South Carolina in front 2-0. Tolbert added a run on a RBI single with two outs to leave the Gamecocks with a 3-0 advantage after one complete.
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ECU answered with a run in the top of the fourth when Packard led off with a single to right field and advanced to third on a base knock by junior outfielder Dwanya Williams-Sutton before scoring on a Spencer Brickhouse sacrifice fly. While the Pirate bullpen kept the South Carolina bats at bay for much of the middle part of the contest, ECU drew within a run in the top of the sixth thanks to Packard taking home on a throw down to second base with one out to make the score 3-2.
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The Gamecocks added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth via a Jacob Olsen RBI double that put South Carolina ahead 4-2. The Pirates got the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth following a Brickhouse leadoff walk, but could not complete the comeback.
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ECU Notes:
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The Gamecocks (35-24) advance to the regional final Sunday at 6 p.m. while the Pirates (44-17) will face off against No. 4 seed UNCW at 2 p.m. in an elimination game. The Seahawks beat No. 3 seed Ohio State 4-3 in 13 innings earlier Saturday to stay alive in the tournament.
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Morris (8-3) went 7.1 innings on the mound, allowing just two runs on five hits with four walks and seven strikeouts. Freshman LHP Alec Burleson (5-2) was saddled with the loss for ECU as he surrendered three runs on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 3.1 innings pitched.
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Danny Blair paced the South Carolina offense with a three-hit performance while also scoring a run. Additionally, LT Tolbert recorded two hits and Jonah Bride drove in a pair of runs. Sophomore outfielder Bryant Packard led the Pirates with three hits and two runs scored.
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Blair led off the bottom of the first with an infield single before advancing to second on a balk. After Madison Stokes drew a walk, Bride laced a two-run double down the left field line to put South Carolina in front 2-0. Tolbert added a run on a RBI single with two outs to leave the Gamecocks with a 3-0 advantage after one complete.
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ECU answered with a run in the top of the fourth when Packard led off with a single to right field and advanced to third on a base knock by junior outfielder Dwanya Williams-Sutton before scoring on a Spencer Brickhouse sacrifice fly. While the Pirate bullpen kept the South Carolina bats at bay for much of the middle part of the contest, ECU drew within a run in the top of the sixth thanks to Packard taking home on a throw down to second base with one out to make the score 3-2.
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The Gamecocks added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth via a Jacob Olsen RBI double that put South Carolina ahead 4-2. The Pirates got the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth following a Brickhouse leadoff walk, but could not complete the comeback.
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ECU Notes:
- Packard collected his team-leading 28th multi-hit game (3-for-4) and scored a pair runs …
- Brickhouse extended his on-base streak to 31 games with a walk in the sixth inning … Drove in at least one run in 8 of last nine games with his sac fly in the fourth frame …
- Seth Caddell reached base twice (single, walk) to extend his on-base streak to eight games …
- With the loss, the Pirates fall to:
- 44-17 on the season (second-best record through 61 games since 2004/50-11) …
- 36-58 in NCAA postseason games …
- 10-7 vs. Top 25 teams on the season …
- 15-12 when its opponents score first in a contest …
- 4-4 in two-run games …
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cody Morris (8-3)
L: Burleson, Alec (5-2)
S: Sawyer Bridges (4)
Batting:
2B: Packard, Bryant 1
RBI: Brickhouse, Spencer 1
SF: Brickhouse, Spencer 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Packard, Bryant 2
SB: Williams-Sutton, Dwanya 1
CS: Williams-Sutton, Dwanya 1 ; Brickhouse, Spencer 1 ; Lloyd, Brady 1
Batting:
2B: Jonah Bride 1 ; Jacob Olson 1
RBI: Jonah Bride 2 ; LT Tolbert 1 ; Jacob Olson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Danny Blair 1 ; Madison Stokes 1 ; Jonah Bride 1 ; Justin Row 1
SB: Danny Blair 1
HBP: Madison Stokes 1 ; Jonah Bride 1 ; Justin Row 1
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3
RBI
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AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
1
R
0
H
0
RBI
1
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