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Chris Gaffney vs ECU
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2
East Carolina ECU 16-9
4
Winner UNCW UNCW 16-6
East Carolina ECU
16-9
2
Final
4
UNCW UNCW
16-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
East Carolina ECU 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
UNCW UNCW 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 7 0

W: Barnes, Whitman (4-0) L: LOVE, Reid (2-2) S: Gesell, Jared (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tom Riordan

Gaffney Round Tripper Lifts UNCW Past East Carolina, 4-2

Watch UNCW's Casey Golden haul in a fly ball at the wall
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Chris Gaffney belted a three-run home run in the second inning to give UNCW the lead and the Seahawks never looked back as they dealt rival East Carolina a 4-2 setback on Tuesday at Brooks Field.

The Seahawks pushed their record to 16-6 with their fourth straight victory while the Pirates dipped to 16-9.
 
Whitman Barnes, the reigning Colonial Athletic Association Rookie-of-the-Week, improved to 4-0 with the win while Jared Gesell picked up his second save of the season.

ECU starter Reid Love (2-2) was saddled with the loss after allowing all four runs on seven hits over 4.1 innings.

Steven Linkous led the Seahawks at the plate going 2-for-4 with a run batted in.

Travis Watkins collected two hits for ECU and knocked in a run. Charlie Yorgen homered for the Pirates in the top of the first for an early 1-0 lead.

Up next: The Seahawks return to conference play this weekend when they visit Towson for a three-game series beginning on Friday at 3 p.m.

How it happened: Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the second, Gavin Stupienski and Zach Canada opened the inning with singles and were moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Terence Connelly. Gaffney followed with first collegiate home run to make it 3-1.

Inside the box score: Neither team had a two-out hit on the game, combining to finish 0-for-15 … The Seahawks managed to get its leadoff hitter on base in 4-of-8 innings … ECU totaled 16 fly ball outs and UNCW recorded just two assists … Linkous and Gaffney had UNCW's hits with RISP.

Notes: The Seahawks finished the homestand with a 10-3 record … UNCW fell behind for the eighth consecutive game … UNCW freshmen have now been credited wins in each of the last five wins … Gavin Stupienski extended his hitting streak to eight games and his on-base streak to 17 games … The Seahawk bullpen as combined to allow no runs, eight hits, three walks and has struck out 25 over its last 18 innings.
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