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7
UNC Wilmington UNCW 37-22
16
Winner ECU ECU 44-16
UNC Wilmington UNCW
37-22
7
Final
16
ECU ECU
44-16
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNC Wilmington UNCW 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 7 11 3
ECU ECU 4 1 3 2 3 0 2 1 X 16 17 0

W: ROSS, Ryan (4-4) L: Royalty, Alex (6-5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tom Riordan

UNCW Falls To ECU, 16-7

Seahawks to play Ohio State in an elimination game on Saturday

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Kep Brown had three hits and drove in three runs, but UNCW was unable to overcome a fast start by top-seeded ECU as the Pirates raced past the Seahawks, 16-7, on Friday in the NCAA Greenville Regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

ECU (44-16) advances to play South Carolina on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the winner's bracket finale while the Seahawks (37-22) open Saturday's games with a noon start against Ohio State. South Carolina knocked off the Buckeyes, 8-3, in the regional opener.

Connor Litton led the Pirates with three hits and four runs batted in, including two on a first-inning homer as ECU built a 4-0 lead. Bryant Packard finished with three hits and scored twice. Brady Lloyd added two hits awhile Drew Henrickson had three RBI's.

Reliever Ryan Ross (4-4) struck out five over 2 2/3 innings and was credited with the win.

Brown belted this sixth home run of the season as UNCW narrowed its deficit to 10-6 in the fifth inning. Ryan Jeffers added two hits and drove in three runs of his own, two coming on a third inning bases-loaded single. Doug Angeli also finished with two hits.

Alex Royalty was saddled with the loss to drop to 6-5. The righthander allowed eight runs on seven hits in two innings.

Up next: The Seahawks will play Ohio State at noon on Saturday in an elimination game.

How it happened: The Pirates roughed up Royalty in the first inning, jumping on him for four runs on four hits, including a two-run homer to right off the bat of Litton.

Notes: The loss was the first for the Seahawks when scoring at least six runs … Greg Jones was hit by a pitch for the 18th time this season, moving into a tie for second on UNCW's single season list … ECU scored in every inning but the sixth … UNCW pitching surrendered a season-high 16 runs and 17 hits … UNCW dropped to 0-3 in the NCAA Regionals against ECU … The Pirates landed their leadoff hitter on base six times and scored in all six innings … Ryan Jeffers moved into a tie for sixth at UNCW with 21 doubles … Greg Jones drew UNCW's lone walk of the night, UNCW struck out nine times.
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