— The dwelling runs by Campbell and Hodo on Saturday made them the sixth and seventh Longhorns to achieve double-digit dwelling runs on the season. The offensive surge on the Forty Acres, Pierce stated, boils right down to “just passing the bat, getting pitches, not trying to do too much and using their strength and conditioning, using their work in the cages and just trusting.”
Texas unquestionably has pop all through the lineup, however each vital hit down the stretch of Saturday’s recreation going to proper discipline for right-handed hitters speaks to how good the group’s method is on the plate and to the changes made all through the sequence.
“We’re just seeing it where it’s pitched,” Campbell stated. “Some of their guys on their staff like to go away, so we’re just taking it where it was pitched.”
BATTING ORDER
Texas: 1. Douglas Hodo III, Soph., CF (.316/.409/.533); 2. Eric Kennedy, Jr., LF (.308/.395/.491) ; 3. Ivan Melendez, Jr., 1B (.398/.518/.866); 4. Murphy Stehly, Sr., 2B (.376/.431/.680); 5. Austin Todd, Sr., DH (.337/.419/.497); 6. Skyler Messinger (.367/.419/.574); 7. Silas Ardoin, Soph., C (.276/.399/.518); 8. Dylan Campbell, Soph., RF (.271/.369/.512); 9. Trey Faltine, Soph., SS (.283/.396/.552)
— Pierce retains the lineup the identical for the second recreation in a row. Stehly at second base and Campbell in proper discipline imply Mitchell Daly (.238/.349/.369) will come off of the bench, most definitely to come back in for defensive functions at second if the Longhorns get a lead within the late innings.
East Carolina: 1. Zach Agnos, Soph., SS (.326/.398/.477); 2. Lane Hoover, Jr., LF (.343/.426/.418); 3. Bryson Worrell, Sr., CF (.338/.403/.638); 4. Jacob Jenkins-Cowart, Fr., RF (.330/.369/.552); 5. Ben Newton, Sr., C (.283/.387/.362); 6. Josh Moylan, Soph., 1B (.219/.355/.417); 7. Jacob Starling, Soph., 2B (.248/.386/.411); 8. Alec Makarewicz, Soph., 3B (.273/.350/.469); 9. Joey Berini, Soph., DH (.245/.321/.265)
— Godwin’s solely lineup change is Berini on the designated hitter spot for Justin Wilcoxen (.276/.327/.398). A change may very well be made if Godwin will get a matchup with the left-handed Wilcoxen going through Texas freshman southpaw Luke Harrison (0-0, 3.24 ERA with two saves), the one left-handed reliever for the Longhorns (and the one lefty pitcher apart from No. 2 starter Lucas Gordon on the postseason roster).
PITCHING MATCHUP
Texas: Tristan Stevens, Sr., RHP (6-6, 5.16 ERA, 75 innings, 83 hits and 20 walks allowed with 65 strikeouts)
— Pierce has stated repeatedly that there is no one he trusts extra in a giant spot than Stevens, who’s making his twenty fifth look of the season and his twelfth begin. The fifth-year senior hasn’t began a recreation since an April 30 loss to Oklahoma State the place went 5.2 innings, permitting six earned runs on six hits with two walks, two hit batters and a balk whereas placing out eight. Stevens has formally thrown 0.1 innings over two the primary two video games in Greenville, permitting 4 runs on three hits with two walks, one wild pitch and one strikeout.
East Carolina: Danny Beal, Soph., RHP (5-1, 4.03 ERA, 38 innings, 31 hits and 20 walks allowed with 40 strikeouts)
— Beal pitched in Saturday’s recreation, recording two outs on eight pitches. Sunday’s outing marks his thirtieth look of the season, however it’s solely his second begin.
WEATHER DELAY
— At 3:31 p.m. native time, it is introduced that there is lightning within the space. Texas and East Carolina are each despatched to their respective locker rooms and the stadium has been cleared of spectators. That goes for “The Jungle” past the outfield partitions of Clark-LeClair Stadium, which has been cleared out by safety and regulation enforcement.
— There’s no phrase within the press field on when the delay will finish, however officers conduct an on-field assembly with Pierce and Godwin that ends at 4:06 p.m. native time, which is the sport’s unique begin time.
— At 4:23 p.m. native time, followers are welcomed again into the stadium and the groups are allowed again on the sector to heat up. The recreation is on with a scheduled 5:05 p.m. first pitch.
FIRST INNING
— Hodo pulls his bat again on a bunt try for a first-pitch ball by Beal at 5:06 p.m. native time. On Beal’s third pitch of the sport, Hodo smacks one up the center, beating the shift with Starling unable to recover from in time to retire Hodo at first base. It’s an infield single for Hodo and Texas has the leadoff man on base for Kennedy.
— Hodo steals second base to place himself in scoring place, however it’ll be as much as another person to drive him in as Kennedy reaches base on a stroll. Kennedy’s free go ends an eight-pitch at-bat, placing two on with no outs for Melendez.
— There’s a brand new Division I single-season document holder for dwelling runs within the BBCOR period. It was Kris Bryant with 31 in 2013, however Melendez’s thirty second dwelling run of the season is a laser over the left-field wall and into The Jungle for a three-run bomb. The Longhorns snag the early lead with Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s National Player of the Year doing the harm.
Texas 3, East Carolina 0
— Beal plunks Stehly, which is the fourth Longhorn in a row he is placed on base with Todd, the No. 5 hitter, coming to the plate. That’s the tip of the day for Beal, who fails to document on 17 pitches. Righty Trey Yesavage (1-0, 3.60 ERA with two saves) is the primary ECU bullpen hand to be referred to as to the mound.
— Todd’s sacrifice bunt strikes Stehly into scoring place. Messinger battles again from down 0-2 within the depend, slapping a single to left over the outstretched glove of Makarewicz at third base. Stehly rounds third and Pierce sends him dwelling with no play on the plate to open up a four-run lead for the Longhorns.
Texas 4, East Carolina 0
WEATHER DELAY
— At 5:25 p.m. native time, the sport is paused and enters a climate delay. The grounds crew unrolls the tarp and places it over the infield as followers file out of the stadium. When the sport resumes, Ardoin can be within the field in 1-0 depend and one out with Messinger on first base and the Longhorns wanting so as to add to a four-run lead.
— After a gathering on the sector with event officers, Godwin and Pierce, the grounds crew removes the tarp from the sector at 6:22 p.m. native time. There’s been no phrase but on when play will resume.
— At 6:26 p.m. native time, the tarp is put again on and an announcement is made that the sport stays delayed. However, followers are allowed to return to their seats contained in the stadium.
— It’s introduced by the general public handle announcer at 6:50 p.m. that event officers are anticipating one other storm system to roll by Greenville at roughly 8:30 p.m. An replace on the resumption of the sport can be supplied thereafter.
