Friday, March 17
Greenville, N.C.
2:30 P.M.
East Carolina University
19-7
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Cleveland State
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ECU Earns Split On Day One Of Jolly Roger Invite
March 17, 2023 | Softball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina softball team earned a split on day one of the Jolly Roger Invite, defeating Cleveland State 5-1 before getting shut out by Ohio State 7-0 on Friday inside Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.
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Jordan Hatch was the standout performer of the day for the Pirates (19-8), tossing a career-high 11 strikeouts in seven innings in the circle.
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Game One: East Carolina 5, Cleveland State 1
ECU jumped out to an early 2-0 lead over Cleveland State in the bottom of the first inning after a couple of Vikings' errors scored Taudrea Sinnie and Taylor Edwards and Bailee Wilson hit a single and advanced on the throw to score Anna Sawyer and put ECU up 3-0.
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The Pirates' offense would go quiet until the fifth inning where ECU tacked on two more runs to extend its lead to 5-0. Hatch (8-4) would continue her dominant game in the circle, not allowing a hit until the top of the seventh. Cleveland State would add a run on a sacrifice fly but Hatch would retire the next two batters to clinch the win for the Pirates.
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Game Two: Ohio State 7, East Carolina 0
After a 10-0 win over Cleveland State earlier in the day, Ohio State's offense would stay hot as Kami Kortokrax blasted a two-run shot over the wall to put the Buckeyes up 2-0. The Buckeyes would add two more runs in the top of the second for a 4-0 lead. Ohio State's Melina Wilkison would hit a two RBI single to extend the Buckeyes' lead to 7-0 and six of the Pirates' next seven batters would fail to get on base in the loss.
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Addy Bullis (10-3) gave up eight hits and seven runs against 28 batters faced for the loss while Allison Smith (7-3) tossed 11 strikeouts in seven innings of work for the win.
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Up Next
The Pirates square off with Ohio State again at 3 p.m. on ESPN+ for the second day of the Jolly Roger Invite.
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Jordan Hatch was the standout performer of the day for the Pirates (19-8), tossing a career-high 11 strikeouts in seven innings in the circle.
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Game One: East Carolina 5, Cleveland State 1
ECU jumped out to an early 2-0 lead over Cleveland State in the bottom of the first inning after a couple of Vikings' errors scored Taudrea Sinnie and Taylor Edwards and Bailee Wilson hit a single and advanced on the throw to score Anna Sawyer and put ECU up 3-0.
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The Pirates' offense would go quiet until the fifth inning where ECU tacked on two more runs to extend its lead to 5-0. Hatch (8-4) would continue her dominant game in the circle, not allowing a hit until the top of the seventh. Cleveland State would add a run on a sacrifice fly but Hatch would retire the next two batters to clinch the win for the Pirates.
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Game Two: Ohio State 7, East Carolina 0
After a 10-0 win over Cleveland State earlier in the day, Ohio State's offense would stay hot as Kami Kortokrax blasted a two-run shot over the wall to put the Buckeyes up 2-0. The Buckeyes would add two more runs in the top of the second for a 4-0 lead. Ohio State's Melina Wilkison would hit a two RBI single to extend the Buckeyes' lead to 7-0 and six of the Pirates' next seven batters would fail to get on base in the loss.
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Addy Bullis (10-3) gave up eight hits and seven runs against 28 batters faced for the loss while Allison Smith (7-3) tossed 11 strikeouts in seven innings of work for the win.
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Up Next
The Pirates square off with Ohio State again at 3 p.m. on ESPN+ for the second day of the Jolly Roger Invite.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hatch, Jordan (8-4)
L: Torrie Jenkins (0-7)
Batting:
RBI: Meridith Rankl 1
SF: Meridith Rankl 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jenna Deang 1
Batting:
2B: Edwards, Taylor 2
RBI: Alonso, Jocelyn 2 ; Wilson, Bailee 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Sinnie, Taudrea 1 ; Edwards, Taylor 2 ; Sawyer, Anna 2
SB: Sinnie, Taudrea 1 ; Sawyer, Anna 1
CS: Wilson, Bailee 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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Players Mentioned
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