Saturday, May 29
Clearwater, Fla.
9:00 A.M.
East Carolina University
41-14
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UCF
30-29
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9
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UCF
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East Carolina
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Photo by: Ben Solomon (AAC)
No. 11 ECU Defeats UCF, 5-2
May 29, 2021 | Baseball
Box Score
CLEARWATER, Fla. - East Carolina defeated UCF, 5-2, in the 11th game of the 2021 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Saturday, May 29 at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla. The win by the Pirates forces a second game between the two teams later Saturday, which will take place approximately 47 minutes after Tulane and South Florida's matchup that begins at 1:03 p.m. ET/12:03 p.m. CT.
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Thomas Francisco recorded three hits and scored two runs and the Pirates (41-14) took advantage of a pair of errors by the Knights (30-29).
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Carson Whisenhunt (6-1) earned the win for ECU, allowing one run and one hit with six strikeouts in five innings of work. Kenny Serwa (3-5) took the loss allowing two runs (one earned) in three innings.
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The Pirates took an early lead on a Zach Agnos sacrifice fly that scored Thomas Francisco. ECU doubled the lead in the third as Josh Moylan scored an error.
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UCF got on the board in the fourth as Josh Crouch scored on an RBI groundout by Pablo Ruiz.
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Thomas Francisco made it 3-1 when the Pirate first baseman hit his 12th home run of the season to right center. The Pirates scored a pair of insurance runs in the seventh on a second Knight error.
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The Knights scored their second run in the ninth on an RBI single by Ruiz that scored Crouch.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. - East Carolina defeated UCF, 5-2, in the 11th game of the 2021 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Saturday, May 29 at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla. The win by the Pirates forces a second game between the two teams later Saturday, which will take place approximately 47 minutes after Tulane and South Florida's matchup that begins at 1:03 p.m. ET/12:03 p.m. CT.
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Thomas Francisco recorded three hits and scored two runs and the Pirates (41-14) took advantage of a pair of errors by the Knights (30-29).
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Carson Whisenhunt (6-1) earned the win for ECU, allowing one run and one hit with six strikeouts in five innings of work. Kenny Serwa (3-5) took the loss allowing two runs (one earned) in three innings.
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The Pirates took an early lead on a Zach Agnos sacrifice fly that scored Thomas Francisco. ECU doubled the lead in the third as Josh Moylan scored an error.
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UCF got on the board in the fourth as Josh Crouch scored on an RBI groundout by Pablo Ruiz.
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Thomas Francisco made it 3-1 when the Pirate first baseman hit his 12th home run of the season to right center. The Pirates scored a pair of insurance runs in the seventh on a second Knight error.
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The Knights scored their second run in the ninth on an RBI single by Ruiz that scored Crouch.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Whisenhunt, Carson (6-1)
L: Kenny Serwa (3-5)
Batting:
2B: Tom Josten 1
RBI: Pablo Ruiz 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Josh Crouch 2
Batting:
2B: Hoover, Lane 1
HR: Francisco, Thomas 1
RBI: Francisco, Thomas 1 ; Agnos, Zach 1
SF: Agnos, Zach 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Francisco, Thomas 2 ; Moylan, Josh 1 ; Agnos, Zach 1 ; Caddell, Seth 1
HBP: Agnos, Zach 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
5
R
2
H
3
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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