NCAA Baseball : Recap & Box Score : East Carolina 6, N.C. State 5 [Ba-032012]

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2012 Game No. 19 \Jump to Box Score/

No. 25 Pirates take out 11th-ranked N.C. State

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East Carolina used a pair of hits, a fielder's choice, a walk and a wild pitch to cobble together a two-run sixth inning that proved to be decisive in a 6-5 victory over North Carolina State Tuesday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

Junior righthander Andy Smithmyer (2-0) fanned five and pitched three key innings of scoreless, one-hit ball in relief to earn credit for the win. The Pirates trailed 4-3 when Smithmyer took over for starter Jeff Hoffman, a freshman righthander, in the sixth.

The 25th-ranked Pirates (15-4) had gained a 6-4 advantage by the time Smithmyer gave way to designated hitter/closer Drew Reynolds to start the ninth. The Wolpack (15-4) got to Reynolds for a run on a hit batsman, a single and a fielder's choice but came up short when junior Danny Canela flied out to end the game.

The teams were tied 4-4 when East Carolina came to bat in the bottom of the sixth. Senior second baseman Tim Younger led off with a double and moved to third on a bunt by sophomore shortstop Jack Reinheimer. Younger put the Pirates ahead by one when he crossed the plate on a single by junior rightfielder Philip Clark.

Reinheimer advanced to second on Clark's hit, moved to third when senior third baseman Corey Thompson walked, then scored on a wild pitch to give East Carolina an insurance run that it would need when No. 11 N.C. State scored on Reynolds in the ninth.

The Wolfpack grabbed a 3-0 lead in the second, getting to Hoffman for four consecutive hits. The outburst was highlighted by a three-run homer by Ryan Mathews.

But the Pirates responded with three runs of their own one inning later. Singles by sophomore centerfielder Ben Fultz, Reinheimer and junior first baseman John Wooten brought Fultz across the plate. Then a double to right center by Reynolds drove in Reinheimer and Wooten.

Sophomore southaw D.J. Thomas (0-1) took the loss. Thomas pitched 1 2/3 innings of effective relief before East Carolina chased him in the sixth with the beginnings of the winning rally.

East Carolina buses to High Point on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. matchup before opening its Conference USA season this weekend with a three-game series at Central Florida.

BOX SCORE #19

EAST CAROLINA PIRATES 6, N.C. STATE WOLFPACK 5

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• NCSU SID GAME STORY

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Venue: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 4,714

Records: ECU 15-4; NCSU 15-4.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE AB R H BI
Trea Turner 3b......... 4 2 1 0
Brett Austin dh........ 4 0 1 0
Andrew Ciencin 1b...... 5 0 0 1
Danny Canela c......... 5 1 2 1
Chris Diaz ss.......... 4 1 1 1
Ryan Mathews rf........ 4 1 1 2
Tarran Senay lf........ 4 0 1 0
John Gianis cf......... 3 0 0 0
Matt Bergquist 2b...... 2 0 0 0
Carlos Rodon ph........ 1 0 0 0
Ryan Wilkins p......... 0 0 0 0
D.J. Thomas p.......... 0 0 0 0
Danny Healey p......... 0 0 0 0
Chris Overman p........ 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................36 5 7 5

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Reinheimer, Jack ss..... 2 2 2 0
Clark, Philip rf........ 4 0 2 2
Thompson, Corey 3b...... 3 0 0 0
Wooten, John 1b......... 4 1 1 1
Reynolds, Drew dh/p..... 4 0 2 2
Wright, Zach c.......... 4 0 1 0
Cannon, Jay lf.......... 4 0 0 0
Younger, Tim 2b......... 4 1 1 0
Fultz, Ben cf........... 3 2 2 0
Hoffman, Jeff p......... 0 0 0 0
Smithmyer, Andy p....... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS..................32 6 11 5

SCORE BY INNINGS....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - R H E
NORTH CAROLINA STATE... 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 7 2
EAST CAROLINA.......... 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 X - 6 11 2

E - Turner(4); Bergquist(3); Reinheimer 2(10).
DP - NCSU 1.
LOB - NCSU 8; ECU 10.
2B - Canela(6); Senay(6); Reynolds(4); Younger(2).
HR - Mathews(4).
HBP - Turner; Gianis; Fultz.
SH - Reinheimer 2(4); Clark(3).
SB - Turner 2(21); Austin(4); Clark(3); Fultz(4).
CS - Clark(4).

NCSU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan Wilkins........ 3.2 5 4 4 1 4
D.J. Thomas......... 1.2 4 2 2 0 1
Danny Healey........ 0.2 0 0 0 2 1
Chris Overman....... 2.0 2 0 0 1 1

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Hoffman, Jeff....... 5.0 5 4 3 1 2
Smithmyer, Andy..... 3.0 1 0 0 1 5
Reynolds, Drew...... 1.0 1 1 1 0 0

Win - Smithmyer (2-0).
Loss - Thomas (0-1).
Save - Reynolds (7).
WP - Healey(2).
HBP - by Wilkins (Fultz); by Smithmyer (Gianis); by Reynolds (Turner).
Umpires - HP: Greg Howard; 1B: Jamie Roebuck; 3B: Greg Street.
Start: 6:02 pm; Time: 2:59.
Attendance: 4,714.

Page updated: 03/21/2012 05:01 AM.

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