Friday, April 19
Greenville, N.C.
5:00 p.m.
East Carolina University
31-15, 8-11
6
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2
South Florida
30-17, 9-10
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South Florida
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2
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2
5
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East Carolina
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4
2
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6
12
0
Pirates Rally Past South Florida In Series Opener, 6-2
April 19, 2024 | Softball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Morgan Johnson went 2-for-4 at the plate including hitting the game-tying home run as East Carolina scored six unanswered runs to rally past South Florida 6-2 in the series opener on Friday evening at Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.
Hailey Massaro, Annie Kate Dalton and Taylor Woodring also tallied two hits each on the night for the Pirates (31-15, 8-11 AAC) who tied their most-ever AAC wins in a season with the victory as the 2018 team finished with an 8-13 AAC record.
Both teams would only combine for three hits through the first two innings of play before severe weather prompted a near three-hour delay. The offense for both teams would get going as play resumed in the top of the third with the Bulls scoring two runs in the fourth frame to take a 2-0 lead.
Emma Jackson would spark things for the Pirates in the bottom of the fourth with her 23rd double of the season and Johnson would blast one over the wall to knot the game at 2-2. The Pirates would take the lead after Kaleigh Ayscue was ruled safe at home and Massaro would notch an RBI single to give ECU a 4-2 edge at the end of the inning.
Anna Sawyer would put the game out of reach with a two RBI single in the bottom of the sixth and after a single from South Florida in the top of the seventh, Addy Bullis would retire the next three batters to secure the win.
Bullis (10-4) earned the win in relief, tossing two strikeouts and allowing just one hit in three innings.
Up Next
East Carolina will conclude its series with the Bulls tomorrow in a doubleheader with the first game scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.
Hailey Massaro, Annie Kate Dalton and Taylor Woodring also tallied two hits each on the night for the Pirates (31-15, 8-11 AAC) who tied their most-ever AAC wins in a season with the victory as the 2018 team finished with an 8-13 AAC record.
Both teams would only combine for three hits through the first two innings of play before severe weather prompted a near three-hour delay. The offense for both teams would get going as play resumed in the top of the third with the Bulls scoring two runs in the fourth frame to take a 2-0 lead.
Emma Jackson would spark things for the Pirates in the bottom of the fourth with her 23rd double of the season and Johnson would blast one over the wall to knot the game at 2-2. The Pirates would take the lead after Kaleigh Ayscue was ruled safe at home and Massaro would notch an RBI single to give ECU a 4-2 edge at the end of the inning.
Anna Sawyer would put the game out of reach with a two RBI single in the bottom of the sixth and after a single from South Florida in the top of the seventh, Addy Bullis would retire the next three batters to secure the win.
Bullis (10-4) earned the win in relief, tossing two strikeouts and allowing just one hit in three innings.
Up Next
East Carolina will conclude its series with the Bulls tomorrow in a doubleheader with the first game scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bullis, Addy (10-4)
L: SARDJA, Belle (12-8)
Batting:
2B: TRIVELPIECE, Marissa 1 ; BROOKS, DaNia 1
RBI: TRIVELPIECE, Marissa 1 ; BROOKS, DaNia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ELLIOTT, Olivia 1 ; BEVIS, Lauren 1
Batting:
2B: Jackson, Emma 1
HR: Johnson, Morgan 1
RBI: Johnson, Morgan 2 ; Sawyer, Anna 2 ; Sutton, Logan 1 ; Massaro, Hailey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jackson, Emma 1 ; Johnson, Morgan 2 ; Evans, Hannah 1 ; Ayscue, Kaleigh 1 ; Sutton, Logan 1
SB: Sutton, Logan 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
2
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
ph/2b
AB
2
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
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