
Pirates Defeat Towson To Open Pirate Invitational, 9-2
February 23, 2024 | Softball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina softball team started off the Pirate Invitational on a strong note as the Pirates defeated Towson 9-2 on Friday evening at Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.
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Emma Jackson continued her strong start to the season, going 2-for-3 at the plate for the Pirates (12-1) who rallied from a 2-0 first-inning deficit with runs in the next five innings to pull away for the win.
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After Towson's two-run homer, the Pirates would take advantage of a Towson error and load the bases before Logan Sutton's two RBI double evened the score and Makenzie Mason's RBI single put the Pirates in front 3-2.
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ECU would add a run in the third and fourth innings before blowing the game open with two runs in the fifth and sixth innings to put the game away.
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Jordan Hatch (6-1) tossed 10 strikeouts and only surrendered one earned run in seven innings of work for the win.
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Up Next
East Carolina face Rider at 12:30 p.m. and Towson at 3 p.m. tomorrow on ESPN+.
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Emma Jackson continued her strong start to the season, going 2-for-3 at the plate for the Pirates (12-1) who rallied from a 2-0 first-inning deficit with runs in the next five innings to pull away for the win.
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After Towson's two-run homer, the Pirates would take advantage of a Towson error and load the bases before Logan Sutton's two RBI double evened the score and Makenzie Mason's RBI single put the Pirates in front 3-2.
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ECU would add a run in the third and fourth innings before blowing the game open with two runs in the fifth and sixth innings to put the game away.
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Jordan Hatch (6-1) tossed 10 strikeouts and only surrendered one earned run in seven innings of work for the win.
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Up Next
East Carolina face Rider at 12:30 p.m. and Towson at 3 p.m. tomorrow on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hatch, Jordan (6-1)
L: Maddie Gardner (0-5)
Batting:
HR: Mackenzie Lake 1
RBI: Mackenzie Lake 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Elizabeth Yoskowitz 1 ; Mackenzie Lake 1

Batting:
2B: Jackson, Emma 1 ; Evans, Hannah 1 ; Sutton, Logan 1 ; Scott, Mary-Kathryn 1
HR: Johnson, Morgan 1
RBI: Jackson, Emma 1 ; Dalton, Annie Kate 1 ; Johnson, Morgan 1 ; Rolle, Malea 1 ; Fittante, Joie 1 ; Scott, Mary-Kathryn 2 ; Anderson, Kanisha 1 ; Mason, Makenzie 1
SF: Rolle, Malea 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jackson, Emma 1 ; Johnson, Morgan 1 ; Sawyer, Anna 1 ; Evans, Hannah 2 ; Sutton, Logan 1 ; Fittante, Joie 1 ; Hudson, Payton 1 ; Scott, Mary-Kathryn 1
SB: Sutton, Logan 1
HBP: Jackson, Emma 1
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