ECU Baseball | Flames torch East Carolina [Ba-022713]

Flames torch East Carolina

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The swagger that East Carolina rediscovered in its sweep through the Keith LeClair Classic reverted to a wobble Wednesday evening as the Pirates absorbed a 14-4 shellacking from Liberty at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

After sailing through last week's KLC with wins over Illinois, Boston College and New Mexico State, the Pirates trailed from start to finish and crashed hard on the rocks when the Flames erupted for six runs in the fourth and seven more in the eighth.

Liberty (5-2) snatched a 1-0 lead in the first on a walk, a single and senior second baseman Bryan Aanderud’s sacrifice fly. But the Flames landed their biggest blows when senior catcher Trey Wimmer belted a grand slam in the fourth and junior outfielder Ryan Cordell replicated the feat four innings later.

ECU (3-4) tallied what amounted to a pair of token runs in both the fourth and ninth innings.

Junior righthander Willi Martin (1-0) started for the Flames and got credit for the win. Martin hurled three no-hit innings before surrendering two runs in the fourth and heading to the showers.

Starter Brett Mabry (0-1) took the loss for the Pirates. The junior righthander gave up a run on a walk, a single and a run-scoring sacrifice fly in one inning of work.

Mabry's exit may have been premature as ECU's revolving door bullpen sent a parade of nine relievers to the mound who collectively gave up 13 hits, issued eight bases on balls, hit four batsmen and were charged with 13 runs.

The Pirates will regroup for a home weekend series with St. John's. The three-game set gets underway Friday at 5 p.m.

BOX SCORE #7

LIBERTY 14, EAST CAROLINA 4

• ECU SID GAME STORY
• LU SID GAME STORY

Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Venue: Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 2,367

Records: ECU 3-4; LU 5-2.

LIBERTY AB R H BI
PAXTON, Nick rf........ 2 3 1 0
CORDELL, Ryan cf....... 5 2 2 4
AANDERUD, Bryan 2b..... 3 2 3 2
KIMBLE, Jake 2b........ 0 0 0 0
SIZEMORE, Justin dh.... 4 2 1 1
WIMMER, Trey c......... 3 1 1 4
BREAM, Austin ph/1b.... 1 0 0 0
BRITT, Dalton ss....... 6 1 1 1
CLOSE, Alex 1b/c....... 6 0 1 0
LACIK, Nick lf......... 4 1 1 0
GOODSON, Brandon lf.... 0 0 0 0
SYPE, Dalton 3b........ 4 2 3 2
TAORMINA, Sammy 3b..... 0 0 0 0
MARTIN, Willi p........ 0 0 0 0
LYONS, Jared p......... 0 0 0 0
PARKS, Adam p.......... 0 0 0 0
MARSH, Matt p.......... 0 0 0 0
CLOWERS, Shawn p....... 0 0 0 0
BANKEMPER, Patrick p... 0 0 0 0
GRANT, Nick p.......... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................38 14 14 14

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Bass, Bryan 2b.......... 5 1 1 0
Reinheimer, Jack ss..... 4 1 2 0
Reynolds, Drew dh....... 4 0 0 0
McDonald, Chase 1b...... 4 0 2 1
Thompson, Nick lf....... 4 0 1 0
Cannon, Jay rf.......... 3 0 0 0
Clark, Philip rf........ 1 1 0 0
Ben Fultz cf............ 2 0 0 1
Brooks, Garrett ph...... 1 0 0 0
Houchins, Zach 3b....... 3 0 0 0
Brown, Dylan ph......... 1 1 1 1
Watkins, Travis c....... 2 0 0 0
Lowery, Luke c.......... 1 0 1 1
Mabry, Brett p.......... 0 0 0 0
Lake, Deshorn p......... 0 0 0 0
Dickens, Dylan p........ 0 0 0 0
Taylor, Justin p........ 0 0 0 0
White, Hayden p......... 0 0 0 0
Harris, Jake p.......... 0 0 0 0
Bolton, Tyler p......... 0 0 0 0
Durazo, Nick p.......... 0 0 0 0
Hughes, Joseph p........ 0 0 0 0
Bailey, Grayson p....... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS..................35 4 8 4

SCORE BY INNINGS....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - R H E
LIBERTY................ 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 0 - 14 14 2
EAST CAROLINA.......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 8 1

E - GOODSON, B.(1); SYPE, D.(1); Bolton(1).
DP - LU 1.
LOB - LU 11; ECU 6.
3B - Brown(1).
HR - CORDELL, R.(1); WIMMER, T.(1).
HBP - PAXTON, N. 3; SYPE, D.
SF - AANDERUD, B.(1); Lowery(1).
SB - CORDELL, R.(4).

LU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
MARTIN, Willi....... 3.0 2 2 2 0 2
LYONS, Jared........ 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
PARKS, Adam......... 0.0 2 0 0 0 0
MARSH, Matt......... 2.2 1 0 0 1 5
CLOWERS, Shawn...... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
BANKEMPER, Patrick.. 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
GRANT, Nick......... 1.0 1 2 0 0 0

ECU PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Mabry, Brett........ 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Lake, Deshorn....... 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Dickens, Dylan...... 1.2 2 0 0 1 0
Taylor, Justin...... 0.1 1 4 4 2 1
White, Hayden....... 0.2 1 2 2 1 0
Harris, Jake........ 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Bolton, Tyler....... 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Durazo, Nick........ 0.2 1 4 4 3 0
Hughes, Joseph...... 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
Bailey, Grayson..... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

Win - MARTIN, W. (1-0).
Loss - Mabry (0-1).
Save - None.
HBP - by Dickens (PAXTON, N.); by Taylor, J. (PAXTON, N.);
by Harris, J. (SYPE, D.); by Hughes (PAXTON, N.).

Umpires - HP: Stan Johnson; 1B: Mack Stokes; 3B: Michael Parnell.
Start: 5:00 PM; Time: 3;15.
Attendance: 2,367.

MARTIN, W. faced 2 batters in 4th; PARKS, A. faced 2 batters in 4th.

Page updated: 02/28/2013 12:12 AM.

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