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East Carolina 16 Alabama 1
CONWAY, S.C. – Junior right-hander Justin Bristow scattered four hits over seven innings and allowed one run and struck out seven as second-seeded East Carolina eliminated third-seeded Alabama from the Conway Regional 16-1 Sunday afternoon at Watson Stadium.
The Pirates (42-20) advance to play top-seed Coastal Carolina at 7 p.m., while the Crimson Tide (35-28) was eliminated from the regional.
Bristow, who improved to 9-2 on the season, helped the Pirates pitching staff by working seven full innings before passing the ball to Brad Mincey for the final two frames. Mincey fanned two batters and allowed one walk.
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Coastal Carolina 24 East Carolina 11
CONWAY, S.C. – Powered by 21 hits by nine players, top seed Coastal Carolina dismantled second seed East Carolina 24-11 in the 2008 NCAA Baseball Conway Regional Championship Sunday, June 1 at Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field. With the win, the Chanticleers advance to the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time in program history as well as reached the 50-win mark for the third time in the last four seasons. Coastal will face No. 2 national seed North Carolina in the Super Regional as the Tar Heels won the Cary Regional by defeating UNC Wilmington 7-3 on Sunday.
In front of a Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field record-setting crowd of 2,320, the Chants’ 24 runs set a new program record for the most runs scored in an NCAA Regional game and is tied for the third-most scored in a single game in their Division I history dating back to 1985.
The Coastal offense got started from the get-go. After redshirt junior Dock Doyle sent a two-out double down the right field line, junior David Anderson smashed a two-run shot over the left field wall to give the Chants a 2-0 advantage in the first inning.
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