Friday, April 5
Greenville, N.C.
5:00 p.m.
East Carolina University
27-11, 4-9
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UTSA
12-27, 3-10
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Pirates Defeat UTSA In Series Opener, 6-1
April 05, 2024 | Softball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Emma Jackson and Jayci Chamberlain each recorded two hits and tallied an RBI as East Carolina defeated UTSA 6-1 in the series opener on Friday night at Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.
Annie Kate Dalton recorded two RBI for the Pirates (27-11, 4-9 AAC) who recorded 10 hits for the second straight game and improved to 23-2 when scoring the first run of a game.
The Pirates would get into scoring position in the bottom of the second after Logan Sutton was hit by a pitch and Makenzie Mason later reached on a UTSA error to place Sutton on third. Mason would steal second allowing Sutton to score giving the Pirates an early 1-0 lead.
ECU would blow the game open in the bottom of the third with three runs to extend its lead to 4-0 but UTSA would avoid the shutout with a run in the top of fifth inning.Â
The Pirates would add a run in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings while retiring UTSA's next six batters to record the series-opening victory.
Taylor Apple (10-2) tossed two strikeouts but only surrendered one hit in six innings of work.
Up Next
East Carolina and UTSA will play the second game of the series tomorrow at 4 p.m. on ESPN+.
Annie Kate Dalton recorded two RBI for the Pirates (27-11, 4-9 AAC) who recorded 10 hits for the second straight game and improved to 23-2 when scoring the first run of a game.
The Pirates would get into scoring position in the bottom of the second after Logan Sutton was hit by a pitch and Makenzie Mason later reached on a UTSA error to place Sutton on third. Mason would steal second allowing Sutton to score giving the Pirates an early 1-0 lead.
ECU would blow the game open in the bottom of the third with three runs to extend its lead to 4-0 but UTSA would avoid the shutout with a run in the top of fifth inning.Â
The Pirates would add a run in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings while retiring UTSA's next six batters to record the series-opening victory.
Taylor Apple (10-2) tossed two strikeouts but only surrendered one hit in six innings of work.
Up Next
East Carolina and UTSA will play the second game of the series tomorrow at 4 p.m. on ESPN+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Apple, Taylor (10-2)
L: Jamie Gilbert (5-10)
Batting:
RBI: Taryn Madlock 1
SH: Caton Letbetter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lindsey Davis 1
Batting:
RBI: Jackson, Emma 1 ; Woodring, Taylor 1 ; Dalton, Annie Kate 2 ; Chamberlain, Jayci 1
SH: Chamberlain, Jayci 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sawyer, Anna 1 ; Jackson, Emma 2 ; Woodring, Taylor 1 ; Sutton, Logan 1 ; Mason, Makenzie 1
SB: Mason, Makenzie 1
CS: Mason, Makenzie 1
HBP: Sutton, Logan 1
Game Leaders
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