UAB Baseball Fights Through Double Header in North Carolina

Friday, March 29

Greenville, NC

12 p.m.

UAB

12-13, 1-3

East Carolina

18-6, 2-2

UAB

East Carolina

UAB Baseball Fights Through Double Header in North Carolina

3/29/2024 6:41:00 PM | Baseball

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GREENVILLE, NC - The UAB baseball team competed against East Carolina in a doubleheader today. The Blazers fought for 18 tough innings, but were unable to get hits when they needed to.

Game one
Blayze Berry made his 6th start of the season in game one. Early in game one the pirates were able to get on the board with a blooper to shallow left field. Berry finished in the 6th inning giving up just two earned runs and striking out three.

Neither team added to the scoreline until the 6th inning when ECU scored three runs. The first run was scored on a throwing error by UAB. A sacrifice bunt was able to score the next two runs.

UAB got on the scoreboard in the 7th inning with an RBI groundout from Tyler Harrington that scored Nick Hollifield. Another run came across as Reed Latimer pinch hit for Alex Cheeseman. Latimer singled up the right side and scored Tyler Waugh. In the same inning, the Pirates grabbed another run on a sacrifice fly ro right field.

The last run of the game was scored by ECU on a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning. The scorign would end at 6-2.

Top Performers
Logan Braunschweig, Nick Hollifield, and Darryl Buggs all recorded two hits in game one. Back from injury, Buggs saw his first start since March 19th.

Game two
Game two started out fast with two runs in the 2nd inning. UAB scored first on a groundout to shortstop by Tyler Harrington. ECU then scored on a fielding error by UAB and then again in the 3rd inning when Ryan McCrystal singled through the right side.

The Blazers made two huge plays on defense to keep the scoring to a minimum in the 2nd inning. The first was a hard hit ball back to Braxton Shelton, that he was able to handle and get the out at first. The second was a diving stop by Alex Cheeseman that also got a runner out at first.

UAB and ECU both scored two runs in the 5th inning to make the score 4-3 Pirates. UAB scored first with a Darryl Buggs sacrifice bunt to the pitcher. The second run scored on a fielding error by the Pirates second baseman. ECU scored their two runs on a groundout and a fielding error.

Brooks House entered the game in the 6th inning retiring all nine batters he faced. We talked to House after the game to get his thoughts on the performance: "I was trying not to think too much, as I was warming up. All I was thinking was I need to throw the ball in the zone and let ECU hit it and trust my defense. We were still in the ballgame and still had a very good chance to take the lead and win". We also asked about how he was able to retire all nine batters he faced: "I had very good command on my fastball and slider tonight. Those two pitches were pretty much all I threw besides my change up here and there". House allowed zero runs, striking out two batters.

Final Score
UAB 3, ECU 4

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