
East Carolina Drops Second AAC Baseball Championship Semifinal To Wichita State
May 25, 2024 | Baseball
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Top seed East Carolina bowed out of the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship with a 12-2 setback to No. 4 seed Wichita State Saturday evening inside BayCare Ballpark.
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The Pirates (43-15) now await their postseason destination which will be revealed Monday at Noon on the NCAA Selection Show broadcast on ESPN2.
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Brady Hamilton (2-3) allowed two runs in five innings with six strikeouts for the Shockers. Corey Costello (0-1) allowed five runs (two earned) in 2.2 innings of work for East Carolina (43-15). Jacob Jenkins-Cowart paced the ECU offense with three hits and two runs scored.
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The Shockers struck for five runs in the third and four more in the fifth inning to break open the game. In the third, Wichita State drew a pair of bases loaded walks, scored a few more runs on a Pirate error and utilized a Kam Durnin RBI single.
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Camden Johnson drove home Mauricio Millan on a sacrifice fly and Lane Haworth hit a three-run home run in the top of the fifth. Wichita State then added three more in the eighth inning on two-out RBI hits by Durnin, Seth Stroh and Johnson.
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Tuesday, May 21
Game 1: No. 4 Wichita State 8, No. 5 UAB 2
Game 2: No. 1 East Carolina 12, No. 8 Rice 4
Game 3: No. 7 Charlotte 9, No. 2 UTSA 5 (12 innings)
Game 4: No. 3 Tulane 14, No. 6 Florida Atlantic (7 innings)
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Wednesday, May 22
Game 5: Rice 9, UAB 0 (UAB Eliminated)
Game 6: Florida Atlantic 12, UTSA 5
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Thursday, May 23
Game 7: Wichita State 14, East Carolina 4
Game 8: Tulane 7, Charlotte 5
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Friday, May 24
Game 9: East Carolina 8, Rice 7
Game 10: Florida Atlantic 10, Charlotte 8
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Saturday, May 25
Game 11: East Carolina 5, Wichita State 4
Game 12: Tulane 13, Florida Atlantic 1 (7 innings)
Game 13: Wichita State 12, East Carolina 2 (8 innings)
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Sunday, May 26
Game 15: Wichita State vs. Tulane | Noon | ESPNEWS/ESPN+
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The Pirates (43-15) now await their postseason destination which will be revealed Monday at Noon on the NCAA Selection Show broadcast on ESPN2.
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Brady Hamilton (2-3) allowed two runs in five innings with six strikeouts for the Shockers. Corey Costello (0-1) allowed five runs (two earned) in 2.2 innings of work for East Carolina (43-15). Jacob Jenkins-Cowart paced the ECU offense with three hits and two runs scored.
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The Shockers struck for five runs in the third and four more in the fifth inning to break open the game. In the third, Wichita State drew a pair of bases loaded walks, scored a few more runs on a Pirate error and utilized a Kam Durnin RBI single.
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Camden Johnson drove home Mauricio Millan on a sacrifice fly and Lane Haworth hit a three-run home run in the top of the fifth. Wichita State then added three more in the eighth inning on two-out RBI hits by Durnin, Seth Stroh and Johnson.
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Tuesday, May 21
Game 1: No. 4 Wichita State 8, No. 5 UAB 2
Game 2: No. 1 East Carolina 12, No. 8 Rice 4
Game 3: No. 7 Charlotte 9, No. 2 UTSA 5 (12 innings)
Game 4: No. 3 Tulane 14, No. 6 Florida Atlantic (7 innings)
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Wednesday, May 22
Game 5: Rice 9, UAB 0 (UAB Eliminated)
Game 6: Florida Atlantic 12, UTSA 5
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Thursday, May 23
Game 7: Wichita State 14, East Carolina 4
Game 8: Tulane 7, Charlotte 5
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Friday, May 24
Game 9: East Carolina 8, Rice 7
Game 10: Florida Atlantic 10, Charlotte 8
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Saturday, May 25
Game 11: East Carolina 5, Wichita State 4
Game 12: Tulane 13, Florida Atlantic 1 (7 innings)
Game 13: Wichita State 12, East Carolina 2 (8 innings)
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Sunday, May 26
Game 15: Wichita State vs. Tulane | Noon | ESPNEWS/ESPN+
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hamilton, Brady (2-3)
L: Costello, Corey (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Stroh, Seth 1
HR: Haworth, Lane 1
RBI: Haworth, Lane 3 ; Livingston, Josh 1 ; Millan, Mauricio 1 ; Durnin, Kam 2 ; Stroh, Seth 1 ; Johnson, Camden 2
SF: Johnson, Camden 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Haworth, Lane 2 ; Johnson, Dayvin 1 ; Livingston, Josh 1 ; Millan, Mauricio 2 ; Gustafson, Jaden 2 ; Durnin, Kam 2 ; Stroh, Seth 1 ; Johnson, Camden 1
HBP: Millan, Mauricio 1

Batting:
HR: Jenkins-Cowart, Jacob 1
RBI: Jenkins-Cowart, Jacob 1 ; Clonch, Cam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jenkins-Cowart, Jacob 2
HBP: Williams, Dixon 1
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