No. 24 Coastal Carolina evened its series with East Carolina with a 9-1 victory on Saturday.
The Chanticleers led 5-0 after the second inning and never looked back in improving to 11-4 on the season. ECU fell back to .500 at 7-7. The two teams play again on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Buccaneer Scoreboard – ECU Baseball drops game two to Coastal Carolina. Series on the line Sunday as the two teams sit at one win a piece. pic.twitter.com/9RyeOZG8Ks
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Below is a full report from ECU Sports Information along with videos from Pirate Radio.
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No. 24 Coastal Carolina raced out to an early five-run advantage Saturday on the way to a 9-1 win over East Carolina in the middle contest of the teams’ three-game set inside Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
WATCH: ECU Baseball Coach Cliff Godwin after the game two loss to Coastal Carolina – “We didn’t do a good job with the plan that we put in place and their guy, tip his hat. I mean, look, he was really good. Sure. That was the longest outing of his season for sure. Just… pic.twitter.com/MZeZ1lTuUA
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The Pirates (7-7) and Chanticleers (11-4) play the series rubber game Sunday at 1 p.m.
Cameron Flukey (1-0) put together seven scoreless frames to earn the win, scattering four hits and striking out five against one walk. Sean Jenkins (1-1) was saddled with the loss, allowing five runs on five hits with two walks in 2.0 innings of work.
🏴☠️⚾️ Pirates are on the board after a WILD pitch brings in Colby Wallace. Pirates trail 7-1 in the bottom of the eighth. pic.twitter.com/aTGqhAqzEV
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The top of the Coastal Carolina lineup did the heavy lifting as Dean Mihos, Caden Bodine and Blake Barthol combined to go 7-for-15 with three runs scored and five RBI. Colby Wallace paced the ECU lineup with a pair of hits and a run scored.
🏴☠️⚾️ Pirates are on the board after a WILD pitch brings in Colby Wallace. Pirates trail 7-1 in the bottom of the eighth. pic.twitter.com/aTGqhAqzEV
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Both teams created some traffic on the base paths in the first inning, but the Chanticleers broke through in the second frame with a five spot, hitting a pair of two-run home runs sandwiched around a Bodine RBI double.
🏴☠️⚾️ Pirates are on the board after a WILD pitch brings in Colby Wallace. Pirates trail 7-1 in the bottom of the eighth. pic.twitter.com/aTGqhAqzEV
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Coastal Carolina added single tallies in the top of the fourth and sixth innings before the Pirates plated one in the bottom of the eighth on a wild pitch. The Chanticleers capped the evening with two runs in the top of the ninth.
🏴☠️⚾️ PITCHING CHANGE: Nick Moran enters for Ian White Jr in the top of the sixth inning. pic.twitter.com/sMGyHCkLoO
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- Dixon Williams extended his on base streak to 10 games by reaching on an error in the first inning.
- Coastal Carolina was 6-for-15 with two outs and produced six two-out RBI.
- The teams combined to leave 18 runners on base (12 by the Chanticleers).
- Wallace continued his fine work in the series and is 4-for-6 with three runs scored and six RBI in the two contests.