Friday, February 19
Greenville, N.C.
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ECU Walks-Off Rhode Island, 3-2
February 19, 2021 | Baseball
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – For the second time in his career, Christian Smallwood came through in extra innings for No. 13 East Carolina with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th lifting the Pirates to a 3-2 win over Rhode Island Friday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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With one out and Lane Hoover standing on third base, Smallwood's high chopper over the Rams' third baseman Tino Salgado plated Hoover giving the Pirates their second-straight season opening win via a walk-off. Hoover, who was 1-for-2 on the night with a pair of runs scored, reached base to start the frame after being hit by a Jon Morrison pitch on the elbow and then took second on a wild pitch. Bryson Worrell laid down a sac bunt moving Hoover 90-feet away from a win.
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Cam Colmore (1-0) got the win working 1.2 scoreless frames with a strikeout in relief. Starter Tyler Smith went 5.1 innings where he allowed two runs (both earned) on two hits with a pair of walks and four strikeouts. Four hurlers bridged the gap to Colmore in Matt Bridges (0.1 IP, 1 H), A.J. Wilson (0.1 IP), C.J. Mayhue (2.0 IP, 2 Hs, 4 Ks) and Garrett Saylor (0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB).
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Morrison (0-1) took the loss giving up the winning run in the 10th inning. Starter Ryan Twitchell went five innings allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits with a pair of walks and one strikeout. Nick Robinson held the Pirates in check with four scoreless frames of relief with five strikeouts and a walk before passing the ball to Morrison.
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ECU broke a scoreless tie plating a pair of runs in the fifth inning for a 2-0 advantage. Hoover's two-out triple to right field, the Pirates second three-base hit of the contest, was followed by an infield single by Worrell. After a Worrell swiped second and took third on an errant throw by Jordan Laske behind the plate, Thomas Francisco's base knock up the middle scored another.
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The Rams answered with two runs in the top of the sixth knotting the game at two-all. Salgado singled through the left side and raced home on Austin White's double down the left field line. After Bridges took over for Smith and got a strikeout, Josh Brodeur singled through the right side scoring White from second.
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ECU and Rhode Island will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 20 with a 2 p.m. (EDT).
Post-Game Notes:
GREENVILLE, N.C. – For the second time in his career, Christian Smallwood came through in extra innings for No. 13 East Carolina with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th lifting the Pirates to a 3-2 win over Rhode Island Friday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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With one out and Lane Hoover standing on third base, Smallwood's high chopper over the Rams' third baseman Tino Salgado plated Hoover giving the Pirates their second-straight season opening win via a walk-off. Hoover, who was 1-for-2 on the night with a pair of runs scored, reached base to start the frame after being hit by a Jon Morrison pitch on the elbow and then took second on a wild pitch. Bryson Worrell laid down a sac bunt moving Hoover 90-feet away from a win.
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Cam Colmore (1-0) got the win working 1.2 scoreless frames with a strikeout in relief. Starter Tyler Smith went 5.1 innings where he allowed two runs (both earned) on two hits with a pair of walks and four strikeouts. Four hurlers bridged the gap to Colmore in Matt Bridges (0.1 IP, 1 H), A.J. Wilson (0.1 IP), C.J. Mayhue (2.0 IP, 2 Hs, 4 Ks) and Garrett Saylor (0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB).
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Morrison (0-1) took the loss giving up the winning run in the 10th inning. Starter Ryan Twitchell went five innings allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits with a pair of walks and one strikeout. Nick Robinson held the Pirates in check with four scoreless frames of relief with five strikeouts and a walk before passing the ball to Morrison.
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ECU broke a scoreless tie plating a pair of runs in the fifth inning for a 2-0 advantage. Hoover's two-out triple to right field, the Pirates second three-base hit of the contest, was followed by an infield single by Worrell. After a Worrell swiped second and took third on an errant throw by Jordan Laske behind the plate, Thomas Francisco's base knock up the middle scored another.
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The Rams answered with two runs in the top of the sixth knotting the game at two-all. Salgado singled through the left side and raced home on Austin White's double down the left field line. After Bridges took over for Smith and got a strikeout, Josh Brodeur singled through the right side scoring White from second.
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ECU and Rhode Island will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 20 with a 2 p.m. (EDT).
Post-Game Notes:
- Christian Smallwood collected his second career walk-off hit with the other coming on March 9, 2019 against Marist in the 12th frame … His single also extended hit streak to six games ...
- The walk-off win was the second-straight in a season opener for the Pirates, other was Feb. 14, 2021 against William & Mary 2-1 in the 11th inning on Caddell's RBI single …
- Alec Makarewicz (LF) and Josh Moylan (DH) both made their first collegiate starts …
- ECU's first two hits of the season were triples … Last time the Pirates had two triples in a game was March 10, 2019 (Turner Brown had the pair) …
- Lane Hoover (triple in fifth) and Connor Norby (single in sixth) both extended their hit streaks to eight games dating back to last season …
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Colmore, Cam (1-0)
L: MORRISON, Jon (0-1)
Batting:
2B: WHITE, Austin 1 ; FORTIN, Joe 1
RBI: WHITE, Austin 1 ; BRODEUR, Josh 1
SH: COLEY, Mark 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WHITE, Austin 1 ; SALGADO, Tino 1
Batting:
3B: Makarewicz, Alec 1 ; Hoover, Lane 1
RBI: Worrell, Bryson 1 ; Francisco, Thomas 1 ; Smallwood, Christian 1
SH: Worrell, Bryson 1 ; Giles, Ryder 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Worrell, Bryson 1 ; Hoover, Lane 2
SB: Worrell, Bryson 1
HBP: Hoover, Lane 1
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3
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H
1
RBI
0
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