Tonight at 6 p.m East Carolina will play the Gamecocks to decide who will advance to play North Carolina in the super regional, expected to be in Chapel Hill. Too bad we can’t get any live television coverage of the game. In case you missed the game last night like I did, here is the AP’s recap.
Last night, Brandon Henderson hit a grand slam and East Carolina held on to beat South Carolina 8-6 Sunday night and force a winner-take-all NCAA regional championship game.
Kyle Roller hit a three-run shot and Dustin Harrington also connected for the top-seeded Pirates (45-18). They scored the first eight runs, then withstood the Gamecocks’ late rally to set up a rematch Monday night.
South Carolina (40-22) trailed 8-2 entering the ninth before Justin Dalles got things started with a two-run homer and pinch-hitter Brady Thomas’ bases-loaded double brought home two more.
Reliever Seth Simmons then got two flyouts to wrap up East Carolina’s second elimination-game victory of the day.
You can watch the game from here, but the video and sound have to be played from separate windows. Thanks to @apk1208 for the link which I found through twitter.
Speaking of twitter, for those of you who actually find it to be interesting and useful like I do make sure to follow a few key pirates such as…. none other than Skip Holtz. Here is a list of pirates to follow. If you are lucky someone might post some pictures from the game tonight. Hey, it’s not live television coverage, but at least you can get a peak inside the stadium.
@coachholtz
@ecupirateclub
@ecupirates
@thedob
@wdevlin
@piranha4ecu
@pirateradio1250
@ghostlikeswayze
@mhannahp
@apk1208
Hopefully this list will help you build up your ECU community on Twitter. Go Pirates! Arrrrrrgh!
ECU's Brandon Henderson (23) celebrates with Kyle Roller and Ryan Wood (16) after hitting a grand slam in the seventh. - AP PHOTO BY JIM R. BOUNDS
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