Friday, June 3
Greenville, N.C.
1:00 P.M.
East Carolina University
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No. 8 ECU Defeats Coppin State, 17-1
June 03, 2022 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Bryson Worrell hit a pair of home runs in the in the third inning, one each from the right and left side of the plate, while Danny Beal struck out a career-high six batters helping No. 8 National Seed East Carolina to a 17-1 opening round win over Coppin State in the 2022 NCAA Greenville Regional at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. With the victory, the Pirates improved to 43-18 overall and extended their winning streak to a nations-best 19 games while the Eagles dropped to 24-29.
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ECU pushed across three runs in the first inning taking an early 3-0 lead. Zach Agnos, Lane Hoover and Worrell opened the frame with three consecutive walks before Jacob Jenkins-Cowart singled home a pair with a shot back up the middle. Two batters later, Josh Moylan plated Worrell with a sac fly to right field.
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Beal (5-1) earned the win after tossing four shutout relief frames allowing one hit and fanning six. Starter Josh Grosz gave up a run (earned) on five hits with two walks and three punch outs over two-plus innings Trey Yesavage tossed an scoreless frame after entering the game with the bases loaded in the third where he registered one strikeout. Merritt Beeker (1 H, 1 K) and Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman (1 H) both worked a scoreless stanza for the Pirates.
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Jordan Hamberg (6-3) suffered the loss after surrendering nine runs (all earned) on four hits with seven walks, one strikeout in 2.1 innings. John Neeld (4.0 IP, 6 Hs, 6 Rs, 3 BBs, 1 K) and Matt Perkins (1.2 IP, 4 Hs, 2 Rs, 1 BB, 1 K) worked out of the bullpen for the Eagles.
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Agnos added to the Pirates lead with a sac fly to center in the second plating Jacob Starling making it a 4-0 ball game.
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Coppin State scratched across a run in the third cutting the lead to 4-1. Josh Hankins singled to left to kick off the third, which was followed by Hamberg's base knock through the left side and a Sebastien Sarabia walk to load the bases and chase Grosz from the contest. Yesavage stepped in and struck out Marcos Castillo for the first out before Corey Miley reached on a fielder's choice plating Hankins. Yesavage ended any potential threat retiring Mike Dorcean on a pop out to short.
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ECU exploded with eight runs on five hits in the third taking a commanding lead at 12-1. Worrell lead off with a solo blast to left field (right-handed) his 15th of the season to get the scoring underway. Three consecutive walks loaded the bases for Alec Makarewicz, who singled through the left side pushing across Jenkins-Cowart. After a pitching change, Justin Wilcoxen followed with an RBI base hit to right field scoring Ben Newton.
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The stanza continued with Agnos reached on an RBI infield single plating Josh Moylan and Lane Hoover's ground out to second scored Makarewicz. Worrell capped the frame with a three-run shot to right field (left-handed) for his 16th round-tripper of the 2022 campaign.
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Makarewicz' solo blast to right field pushed the Pirates lead to 13-1 in the fourth before ECU added a pair in the seventh and eighth innings.
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Offensively, the Pirates banged out 14 hits scoring on the way to its post-season high 17 runs. Ten different players tallied one hit on the day with Ryder Giles, Makarewicz, Joey Rezek and Worrell each collecting a pair. Worrell drove in a game-high four runs and scored three times, while Agnos (two), Makarewicz (two) and Rezek (three) plated multiple runs.
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ECU returns to action on Saturday, June 4 playing host to Virginia at 7 p.m. (ET). Coppin State will play Coastal Carolina in the early game Saturday - elimination game.
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ECU pushed across three runs in the first inning taking an early 3-0 lead. Zach Agnos, Lane Hoover and Worrell opened the frame with three consecutive walks before Jacob Jenkins-Cowart singled home a pair with a shot back up the middle. Two batters later, Josh Moylan plated Worrell with a sac fly to right field.
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Beal (5-1) earned the win after tossing four shutout relief frames allowing one hit and fanning six. Starter Josh Grosz gave up a run (earned) on five hits with two walks and three punch outs over two-plus innings Trey Yesavage tossed an scoreless frame after entering the game with the bases loaded in the third where he registered one strikeout. Merritt Beeker (1 H, 1 K) and Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman (1 H) both worked a scoreless stanza for the Pirates.
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Jordan Hamberg (6-3) suffered the loss after surrendering nine runs (all earned) on four hits with seven walks, one strikeout in 2.1 innings. John Neeld (4.0 IP, 6 Hs, 6 Rs, 3 BBs, 1 K) and Matt Perkins (1.2 IP, 4 Hs, 2 Rs, 1 BB, 1 K) worked out of the bullpen for the Eagles.
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Agnos added to the Pirates lead with a sac fly to center in the second plating Jacob Starling making it a 4-0 ball game.
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Coppin State scratched across a run in the third cutting the lead to 4-1. Josh Hankins singled to left to kick off the third, which was followed by Hamberg's base knock through the left side and a Sebastien Sarabia walk to load the bases and chase Grosz from the contest. Yesavage stepped in and struck out Marcos Castillo for the first out before Corey Miley reached on a fielder's choice plating Hankins. Yesavage ended any potential threat retiring Mike Dorcean on a pop out to short.
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ECU exploded with eight runs on five hits in the third taking a commanding lead at 12-1. Worrell lead off with a solo blast to left field (right-handed) his 15th of the season to get the scoring underway. Three consecutive walks loaded the bases for Alec Makarewicz, who singled through the left side pushing across Jenkins-Cowart. After a pitching change, Justin Wilcoxen followed with an RBI base hit to right field scoring Ben Newton.
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The stanza continued with Agnos reached on an RBI infield single plating Josh Moylan and Lane Hoover's ground out to second scored Makarewicz. Worrell capped the frame with a three-run shot to right field (left-handed) for his 16th round-tripper of the 2022 campaign.
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Makarewicz' solo blast to right field pushed the Pirates lead to 13-1 in the fourth before ECU added a pair in the seventh and eighth innings.
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Offensively, the Pirates banged out 14 hits scoring on the way to its post-season high 17 runs. Ten different players tallied one hit on the day with Ryder Giles, Makarewicz, Joey Rezek and Worrell each collecting a pair. Worrell drove in a game-high four runs and scored three times, while Agnos (two), Makarewicz (two) and Rezek (three) plated multiple runs.
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ECU returns to action on Saturday, June 4 playing host to Virginia at 7 p.m. (ET). Coppin State will play Coastal Carolina in the early game Saturday - elimination game.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Beal, Danny (5-1)
L: HAMBERG,Jordan (6-3)
Batting:
RBI: MILEY,Corey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HANKINS,Josh 1
SB: BALSLEY,Wellington 1
Batting:
2B: Rezek, Joey 1 ; Cunningham, Carter 1
HR: Worrell, Bryson 2 ; Makarewicz, Alec 1
RBI: Agnos, Zach 2 ; Hoover, Lane 1 ; Rezek, Joey 3 ; Worrell, Bryson 4 ; Jenkins-Cowart, Jacob 2 ; Cunningham, Carter 1 ; Moylan, Josh 1 ; Makarewicz, Alec 2 ; Clonch, Cam 1
SF: Agnos, Zach 1 ; Moylan, Josh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Agnos, Zach 2 ; Giles, Ryder 2 ; Hoover, Lane 1 ; Rezek, Joey 1 ; Worrell, Bryson 3 ; Jenkins-Cowart, Jacob 1 ; Newton, Ben 1 ; Moylan, Josh 1 ; Starling, Jacob 1 ; Berini, Joey 1 ; Makarewicz, Alec 2 ; Clonch, Cam 1
SB: Jenkins-Cowart, Jacob 2
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