{"id":39844,"date":"2022-06-07T02:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T02:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-9-seed-texas-to-face-no-8-seed-east-carolina-in-greenville-super-regional\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T02:49:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T02:49:06","slug":"no-9-seed-texas-to-face-no-8-seed-east-carolina-in-greenville-super-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-9-seed-texas-to-face-no-8-seed-east-carolina-in-greenville-super-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 9 seed Texas to face No. 8 seed East Carolina in Greenville Super Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The No. 9 seed Texas Longhorns have officially made their last appearance at UFCU Disch-Falk Field this season after the No. 8 seed East Carolina Pirates beat the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 13-4 on Monday to win the Greenville Regional at Clark-Leclair Stadium .<\/p>\n

The win for the Pirates marked the seventh regional win in school history, with all seven coming since 2001, to set up the first Greenville Super Regional starting on Friday.<\/p>\n

East Carolina is 26-9 in the friendly confines of Lewis Field, which opened in 2005 with a capacity of 5,000 and is considered one of the best college baseball facilities in the country.<\/p>\n

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Ranked as the No. 12 team nationally in WarrenNolan.com’s live RPI, East Carolina will enter the Greenville Super Regional with a 44-19 overall record. Left fielder Lane Hoover leads the Pirates with a .343 batting average and center fielder Bryson Worrell paces East Carolina with 18 home runs. The host team boasts a batting average of .284 and has 71 home runs on the season. <\/p>\n

On the mound, the Pirates have a team ERA of 4.05 and a WHIP of 1.27 with opponents batting .242. Left-hander CJ Mayhue is the No. 1 starter with a 5-1 record, 2.82 ERA, and .196 opponent batting average, setting up a strength-on-strength matchup against a Texas team that hits left-handers well. Reliever Carter Spivey (8-0, 2.43 ERA) has five saves and recently became the first reliever to win AAC Pitcher of the Year honors.<\/p>\n

Like the Longhorns, the Pirates win with excellent defense, ranking third nationally with a fielding percentage of .983 having only committed 38 errors this season.<\/p>\n

The NCAA has not announced the game times for the best-of-three series that will mark the first meetings between the two programs as East Carolina pursues its first-ever berth in the College World Series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The No. 9 seed Texas Longhorns have officially made their last appearance at UFCU Disch-Falk Field this season after the No. 8 seed East Carolina Pirates beat the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 13-4 on Monday to win the Greenville Regional at Clark-Leclair Stadium . The win for the Pirates marked the seventh regional win in school …<\/p>\n

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