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Issue date: 4/9/09 Section: Sports
Mike Rooney blasted his first home run of the season to lead off the fourth inning for the game-winning run as UNCW gave No. 14 ECU its second straight loss 8-3 Wednesday night at Brooks Field. With the win the Seahawks improve to 18-11 overall while the Pirates drop to 25-7.
Leading 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth, UNCW plated four run to take a 7-2 advantage and never looked back. Rooney, who tripled in his first at-bat of the contest, led off the frame with his first home run of the season, teeing off on an Michael Wrigt 1-2 offering before Grayson Evans drove in a pair of runs with a two-out double to left center that scored Matt Holt and Thomas Pope. The final run of the inning came off the bat of Robbie Monday, who singled to right field scoring Evans from second base.
Tyler McSwain evened his record to 1-1 on the season after working 2 2/3 innings where he allowed two runs on seven hits with a pair of strikeouts in a predetermined outing. Steven Davis allowed one run on three hits in 2 1/3 innings, while Bryan Booth and Stephen Harrold each surrendered just two hits while working two innings each.
Mike Wright went 3 2/3 innings allowing seven runs (five earned) on seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Freshman Mark Wilder made his second appearance of the season lasting one-third of an inning before passing the ball to Sthil Sowers in the fifth. Sowers, who made his seventh appearance out of the pen, went three innings allowing one run on one hit with three walks and four punch outs. Mike Anderson closed out the game on the mound for the Pirates working a perfect eighth.
UNCW took an early 2-0 lead thanks to a pair of hits and a Pirate fielding error in the first inning. Cody Stanley laced a one-out double down the left field line then scored when Evans reached on an error by Ryan Wood. Monday followed with a single to right field pushing Evans to third with one out. Bobby Leeper drove in the second run of the inning when he grounded out to second scoring Evans.
Leading 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth, UNCW plated four run to take a 7-2 advantage and never looked back. Rooney, who tripled in his first at-bat of the contest, led off the frame with his first home run of the season, teeing off on an Michael Wrigt 1-2 offering before Grayson Evans drove in a pair of runs with a two-out double to left center that scored Matt Holt and Thomas Pope. The final run of the inning came off the bat of Robbie Monday, who singled to right field scoring Evans from second base.
Tyler McSwain evened his record to 1-1 on the season after working 2 2/3 innings where he allowed two runs on seven hits with a pair of strikeouts in a predetermined outing. Steven Davis allowed one run on three hits in 2 1/3 innings, while Bryan Booth and Stephen Harrold each surrendered just two hits while working two innings each.
Mike Wright went 3 2/3 innings allowing seven runs (five earned) on seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Freshman Mark Wilder made his second appearance of the season lasting one-third of an inning before passing the ball to Sthil Sowers in the fifth. Sowers, who made his seventh appearance out of the pen, went three innings allowing one run on one hit with three walks and four punch outs. Mike Anderson closed out the game on the mound for the Pirates working a perfect eighth.
UNCW took an early 2-0 lead thanks to a pair of hits and a Pirate fielding error in the first inning. Cody Stanley laced a one-out double down the left field line then scored when Evans reached on an error by Ryan Wood. Monday followed with a single to right field pushing Evans to third with one out. Bobby Leeper drove in the second run of the inning when he grounded out to second scoring Evans.
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