FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
East Carolina 9 Columbia 0
CONWAY, S.C. – East Carolina senior pitcher T.J. Hose tossed a four-hit, complete game shutout to lead the Pirates to a 9-0 victory over Columbia in an NCAA Conway Regional elimination game Saturday afternoon.
The Pirates (40-21) will face the loser of tonight’s Alabama-Coastal Carolina game Sunday at 1 p.m. Columbia finished its season with an overall record of 22-30.
Hose (7-4) recorded his first career complete game shutout by retiring 17 batters in-a-row between the fourth and ninth innings. He nearly retired the final 18 batters of the game in order before issuing his only walk with two outs in the ninth. Hose struck out seven and allowed just two runners past second base.
East Carolina Recap
Columbia Recap
Coastal Carolina 13 Alabama 10
Senior Tommy Balrdridge’s three-run shot over the center field fence capped off a seven-run eighth inning that finished a furious rally and lifted top-seeded Coastal Carolina to a dramatic 13-10 win over No. 3 Alabama in the winner’s bracket of the 2008 NCAA Baseball Conway Regional, May 31. With the win, the Chanticleers advance to the championship game Sunday at 7 p.m., taking on the winner of the Alabama/East Carolina elimination game at 1 p.m.
Coastal jumped on top early, as David Sappelt led off the game with a first-pitch home run over the right field fence, jump starting a three-run opening inning for the Chants. However, Alabama rallied for three of its own in the bottom of the stanza, including a two-run homer by Ross Wilson. CCU retook the lead in the top of the second after a failed pickoff attempt allowed Scott Woodward to score from first for a 4-3 advantage.
Coastal Carolina Recap
Alabama Recap
