COLLEGE BASEBALL Recap & Box Score — East Carolina 19, Duke 5: Pirates clobber Blue Devils

GREENVILLE — With the Keith LeClair Classic on deck, East Carolina powered past Duke 19-5 on Tuesday at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

Jake Smith and Ryan Tousley each collected a career-high five RBI's as the Pirates improved to 5-2. Duke dropped to 2-4 overall.

Smith finished the day 3-for-6, reaching base on all six plate appearances. Dale Mollenhauer and Adam Witter each finished the day with three hits. All three scored three runs.

Tousley and Jay Mattoxeach scored two runs while also collecting multiple hits with Tousley going 2-for-5 and Mattox hitting 2-for-3.

Scott Andrews got the win in relief for ECU as he allowed one run on four hits while striking out three in three innings. Starter Mike Flye lasted two innings, giving up two runs on five hits while striking out five before giving way to Andrews.

Michael Hill and Cody Leggett each made their first appearances of the season, with Hill allowing two runs in two innings of work and Leggett tossing a scoreless eighth. Rhodes came on to pitch a scoreless ninth, striking out a batter.

Duke starter Tony Bajoczky suffered his third loss of the season, giving up eight runs, seven earned, in 3 1/3 innings of work.

Brett Bartles, who finished 4-for-5 with a run scored, was Duke's offensive leader.

The Pirates broke the game open with a four-run fourth. Tousley hit his second homer of the season with a blast over the wall in right, pushing the Pirate lead to 9-2.

The Blue Devils got a run back in the fifth when Sherlock led off the inning with a solo home run to right.

ECU's biggest inning came in the six when the Pirates plated six more runs to increase the lead to 18-3. The inning included four singles, one double, two walks and a sac fly.

ECU will host the Third Annual Keith LeClair Classic this weekend, Feb. 24-26. This year's field, in addition to ECU, includes in-state clubs N.C. State and UNC-Wilmington in addition to Penn State, Virginia Tech, West Virginia.

The first game of the classic will feature Tech and UNC-W at 10 a.m. Friday morning with the Pirates' first game against Penn State starting at approximately 5 p.m. that afternoon.

2006 BASEBALL BOX SCORE

Game No. 7
East Carolina 19, Duke 5

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Date: Feb. 21, 2006
Place: Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, NC

Records: East Carolina 5-2; Duke 2-4.

DUKE AB R H BI
Anderson 1b/cf......... 4 0 0 0
Sherlock rf............ 5 1 2 1
Bartles ss............. 5 1 4 0
Gallagher cf........... 3 0 0 0
Kreick ph/1b........... 2 1 1 0
Nicolla 3b............. 5 1 2 1
Causey dh.............. 5 1 2 0
Socorro lf............. 4 0 2 1
Murray 2b.............. 4 0 0 1
Williams c............. 4 0 1 0
Bajoczky p............. 0 0 0 0
Perry p................ 0 0 0 0
Durfee p............... 0 0 0 0
Palmer p............... 0 0 0 0
Totals.................41 5 14 4

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Dale Mollenhauer ss.... 4 3 3 1
Ryan Wood ph/ss........ 1 1 0 0
Jay Mattox cf.......... 3 2 2 0
Jamie Ray cf........... 0 1 0 1
Jake Smith c/1b........ 6 3 3 5
Adam Witter 1b/c....... 5 3 3 2
Ryan Tousley rf........ 5 2 2 5
Stephen Batts lf....... 4 1 1 1
Brandon Henderson lf... 2 0 1 2
Adam Hodges dh......... 5 0 1 0
Drew Schieber 2b....... 2 2 1 0
Jake Dean 3b........... 5 1 1 0
Mike Flye p............ 0 0 0 0
Scott Andrews p........ 0 0 0 0
Michael Hill p......... 0 0 0 0
Cody Leggett p......... 0 0 0 0
Kevin Rhodes p......... 0 0 0 0
Totals.................42 19 18 17

SCORE BY INNINGS R H E
DUKE............. 020 010 200 - 5 14 4
EAST CAROLINA.... 104 436 01X - 19 18 1

E - Anderson (1); Sherlock (1); Bartles (2);
Nicolla (1); Schieber(4).
DP - Duke 2; ECU 1.
LOB - Duke 10; ECU 8.
2B - Sherlock (1); Mollenhauer (1); Mattox (1);
Smith 2 (3); Witter 2 (3); Batts (3); Henderson (1).
HR - Sherlock (1); Tousley (2).
SH - Schieber (3).
SF - Ray (1); Tousley (1).

DU PITCHING SUMMARY IP H R ER BB SO
Bajoczky.............. 3.1 9 8 7 1 0
Perry................. 1.0 4 4 4 2 0
Durfee................ 1.1 3 5 5 2 0
Palmer................ 2.1 2 2 1 1 2

ECU PITCHING SUMMARY IP H R ER BB SO
Mike Flye............. 2.0 5 2 2 0 2
Scott Andrews......... 3.0 4 1 1 0 3
Michael Hill.......... 2.0 5 2 2 0 2
Cody Leggett.......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Kevin Rhodes.......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Win - Andrews (1-0).
Loss - Bajoczky (0-3).
Save - None.
WP - Perry (1); Durfee (1); Palmer 2 (2); Flye (1).

Umpires - HP: Larry Howard; 1B: Rhett Raynor; 3B: Claude Kennedy.

Start: 3:00 pm; Time: 2:44.
Attendance: 2510.

Game notes: Flye faced 2 batters in the 3rd.

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