ECU Baseball | Hoffman notches victory over Illini [Ba-022113]

COLLEGE BASEBALL
KEITH LECLAIR CLASSIC
CLARK-LECLAIR STADIUM
GREENVILLE, NC

2013 Game No. 4

Hoffman notches victory over Illini

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Illinois struck first but East Carolina struck hardest Thursday night as the Pirates put up eight unanswered runs to defeat the Fighting Illini 8-2 in the opening game of the Tenth Annual Keith LeClair Classic at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

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Jay Cannon (23), Bryan Bass (6) and Chase McDonald (42) celebrate ECU's first win of the season. (Photo: W.A. Myatt)

After giving up a first-inning run on an RBI single by Illinois junior leftfielder Jordan Parr, ECU starter Jeff Hoffman settled into a rhythm and stymied the Illini through 6 2/3 innings as the Pirates took control with two runs in the fourth and four in the sixth.

Hoffman (1-1) fanned nine and scattered six hits before giving way to reliever Dylan Dickens with two outs in the seventh and the Pirates leading 6-2. The performance netted Hoffman, a sophomore righthander, his first win of the season.

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ECU starter Jeff Hoffman looks on from the dugout as the Pirates put up four runs in the sixth inning. (Photo: W.A. Myatt)

Junior third baseman Zach Houchins got East Carolina's offense going with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth. The blast gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead, an advantage that would grow when ECU sent nine batters to the plate and added four runs in the sixth.

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ECU second baseman Bryan Bass turns in a double play in the top of the eight. (Photo: W.A. Myatt)

After the Pirates added a pair of runs in the seventh for a seven-run cushion, Illinois ended its seven-inning scoreless stretch with a single run in the ninth to account for the final score.

Junior designated hitter Drew Reynolds was 2-for-5 and scored a pair of runs for the Pirates. ECU's seventh-inning outburst was highlighted by a two-run single by freshman catcher Travis Watkins.

Parr was 2-for-4, including a double, to pace the Illinois attack.

Illinois starter Kevin Johnson (1-1), a senior righthander, took the loss.

Today's rain-altered KLC schedule pits the Illini against Ohio at 11 a.m., Ohio against New Mexico State at 2 p.m., and the Pirates against Boston College at 6 p.m.

BOX SCORE #4

KEITH LECLAIR CLASSIC
EAST CAROLINA 8, ILLINOIS 2

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• UI SID GAME STORY

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Venue: Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 2,242

Records: ECU 1-3; UI 1-3.

ILLINOIS AB R H BI
Hendrickson, Davis rf.. 1 1 0 0
Krug, Will ph/rf....... 2 0 1 0
Hurwitz, Michael dh.... 3 0 1 0
Norris-Jones, Kelly ph. 1 0 0 0
Parr, Justin cf........ 4 0 2 0
Parr, Jordan lf........ 4 0 1 1
Roper, Reid 2b......... 3 0 0 0
Walton, Adam 2b........ 1 0 0 0
Hohl, Brandon 3b....... 4 0 0 0
Kerian, David 1b....... 3 0 1 0
Nagle, Ryan ph......... 0 1 0 0
Goldstein, Jason c..... 3 0 1 0
Lincoln, Alex c........ 0 0 0 0
Lindauer, Thomas ss.... 3 0 1 0
Johnson, Kevin p....... 0 0 0 0
McDonnell, Rob p....... 0 0 0 0
Naso, Charlie p........ 0 0 0 0
Mamlic, Andrew p....... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................32 2 8 1

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
RBass, Bryan 2b......... 3 0 1 0
Cannon, Jay ss.......... 5 0 1 0
Reynolds, Drew dh....... 5 2 2 0
McDonald, Chase 1b...... 5 1 1 0
Thompson, Nick lf....... 3 1 1 1
Clark, Philip pr/rf..... 0 0 0 0
Brown, Dylan rf/lf...... 4 1 1 0
Houchins, Zach 3b....... 3 2 1 2
Brooks, Garrett cf...... 3 1 1 1
Watkins, Travis c....... 3 0 1 3
Lowery, Luke c.......... 0 0 0 0
Hoffman, Jeff p......... 0 0 0 0
Dickens, Dylan p........ 0 0 0 0
Bailey, Grayson p....... 0 0 0 0
Bolton, Tyler p......... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS..................34 8 10 7

SCORE BY INNINGS....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - R H E
ILLINOIS............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 0
EAST CAROLINA.......... 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 X - 8 10 0

DP - ECU 1.
LOB - UI 8; ECU 8.
2B - Parr, Justin(2); Reynolds(1); Thompson, N.(3).
HR - Houchins(1).
SH - Hendrickson(1).
SB - Hendrickson(2); Parr, Jor.(4); Bass(1).

UI PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson, Kevin...... 5.2 7 6 6 3 6
McDonnell, Rob...... 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Naso, Charlie....... 0.2 3 2 2 2 1
Mamlic, Andrew...... 1.1 0 0 0 0 0

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Hoffman, Jeff....... 6.2 6 1 1 1 9
Dickens, Dylan...... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Bailey, Grayson..... 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Bolton, Tyler....... 1.1 0 1 1 3 2

Win - Hoffman (1-1).
Loss - Johnson, K. (1-1).
Save - None.
WP - Johnson, K.(1); Bolton(1).
BK - Hoffman(1).

Umpires - HP: Stan Johnson; 1B: Michael Parnell; 3B: Babe Allen.
Start: 5:04 PM; Time: 2:33.
Attendance: 2,242.

Bailey faced 1 batter in 8th.

Page updated: 02/22/2013 01:24 PM.

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