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The Bucs fall to 23-21 on the season and 9-14 in conference play, while FGCU improves to 28-16 overall and 18-5 in league play.
Pete Woodworth earned the win in game one going 6.2 innings allowing seven runs (five earned) on nine hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Sophomore Bo Burton (
Chris Sale picked up the win in game two allowing one run on three hits going 7.0 innings with seven strikeouts as
The Buccaneers were led offensively by first baseman Paul Hoilman (
Right fielder Troy Mendez (
In game one, FGCU took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on a Brad Roberts RBI single up the middle. The Eagles added two more runs in the innings on a RBI singles by centerfielder Josh Upchurch and second baseman Mikel Alvarez to make the score 3-0.
Roberts singled in another run in the top of the third to increase the
The Eagles jumped out to an 11-0 lead in the top of the fourth scoring seven runs on seven hits including a solo shot to right by Upchurch.
The Bucs got on the board in the bottom of the fourth as Hoilman drove his ninth home run of the season over the scoreboard in left for a three-run home run to cut the FGCU lead to 11-3. Later in the inning, the Bucs added another run as catcher Derek Trent (
Florida Gulf Coast added three insurance runs in the top of the seventh on a RBI double by right fielder Josh Chester and a two-run home run to left center by catcher Robert Greene to make the score 14-4.
ETSU got a big three-run double by second baseman Ben Allen (
The Eagles answered with four runs in the top of the eighth on a RBI single by Alvarez and a three-run double by Chester to give FGCU a 18-7 lead.
In the second game, the Eagles jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on RBI singles by
FGCU scored seven runs on six hits and an ETSU error in the top of the fourth to take a 9-0 lead.
In the top of the fifth, Florida Gulf Coast added three more run on solo home run by Maxfield and a two-run shot by Wickens to make the score 12-0.
Maxfield homered for the second time in the game in the top of the sixth to extend the FGCU lead to 13-0.
The Eagles scored six runs on seven hits in the top of the seventh highlighted by two-run home runs by
Hoilman hit his second home run of the day in the bottom of the seventh to cut the Eagle lead to 19-1.
The Bucs added another run in the bottom of the eighth as
Reeder added two more runs for ETSU in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run home run to right to make the final 19-4.
The Bucs are back in action tomorrow at 1 p.m. as they take on the Eagles in the final game of the series at
Game 1: FGCU 18, ETSU 7 (8 innings) (May 1, 2009 at
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FGCU............ 031 700 34 - 18 21 2 (27-16, 17-5 A-Sun)
ETSU............ 000 400 30 - 7 9 4 (23-20, 9-13 A-Sun)
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Pitchers: ETSU - Bo Burton; Ben Andrews (4); Taylor Gouffon (5); Dustin Plumlee (8)
FGCU - Pete Woodworth; Jacob Barnes (7)
Win - Pete Woodworth (4-1) Loss - Bo Burton (1-1)
Home Runs - ETSU - Paul Hoilman (9)
FGCU - Josh Upchurch (4); Robert Greene (12)
Game 2: FGCU 19, ETSU 4 (May 1, 2009 at
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FGCU............ 200 731 160 - 19 23 0 (28-16, 18-5 A-Sun)
ETSU............ 000 000 112 - 4 6 3 (23-21, 9-14 A-Sun)
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Pitchers: ETSU - Chas Byrne; Drew Story (4); Paul Hoilman (6); Ben Allen (7); Bo Reeder (8); Darren Caldwell (9)
FGCU - Chris Sale; C.J. Stalllings (8)
Win - Chris Sale (7-3) Loss - Chas Byrne (5-3)
Home Runs - ETSU - Paul Hoilman (10); Bo Reeder (14)
FGCU - Tim Roberson (16); Zach Maxfield 2(14); Steven Wickens (1); Robert Greene (13); Josh Chester (4)