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#1 UVa. baseball completes sweep of East Carolina, 6-2

Chris Graham

uva-logo-new2#1 UVa. got five and two-thirds strong innings from Brandon Waddell and six two-out run-scoring hits to post a 6-2 win over east carolina on Sunday in front of a February record crowd of 3,592 at Davenport Field in Charlottesville, Va.

The Cavs (6-1) jumped on the scoreboard first with a four-run third, getting RBI hits from Brandon Downes, Derek Fisher, Matt Thaiss and Nate Irving to jump out to a 4-0 lead.

ecu (3-4) responded with a twospot in the fourth on a pair of two-out hits by Luke Lowery and Dylan Brown to cut the margin in half at 4-2. Virginia tacked on a run in the bottom of the fourth on a bloop two-out single by Joe McCarthy that scored mike papi from second to make it 5-2.

John LaPrise hit a solid single to left to score Theis from second in the bottom of the fifth to extend the lead to 6-2.

Waddell (1-1), who was the Friday starter all last season as a freshman, and started UVa.’s opener against Kentucky, an 8-3 loss in which he gave up six runs on seven hits in four and a third innings of work, did well in his first-ever Sunday start, giving up two runs on five hits in five and two-thirds, striking out two and walking one.

“I thougth Brandon Waddell made a nice start. I thought he was in pretty good command, and Whit Mayberry was just really outstanding out of the bullpen. He just didn’t give them a chance to breathe,” coach Brian O’Connor said.

Mayberry threw two and a thirds of one-hit scoreless relief. Nick Howard locked down the ninth inning with two strikeouts.

Thaiss was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored and an RBI. Fisher, McCarthy and LaPrise each had two hits for Virginia, which had 13 hits on the afternoon.

David Lucroy (0-2) took the loss for ECU, giving up four runs on seven hits in two and two-thirds innings of work.

The win for UVa. completes a weekend sweep over ECU, which had not been swept on the road by a nonconference opponent since perennial Pac-12 power UCLA accomplished the feat in 2007.

east carolina has been, year in and year out, a very good ballclub, so that speaks to the level of play that we played with this weekend,” O’Connor said.

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham, the king of "fringe media," a zero-time Virginia Sportswriter of the Year, and a member of zero Halls of Fame, is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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