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CLEARWATER, Florida – No. 8 Memphis hit four home runs on the way to an 11-1, 7-inning victory over East Carolina in the second game of the 2021 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship.
The Tigers (18-37) used big innings in the third (five runs) and fifth (four runs) to outpace the Pirates (38-14). Hunter Goodman, Alec Trela and Austin Baskin each had two hits and two runs driven in, while Ian Bibiloni and Taylor Howell each drove in two more.
The four home runs by the Tigers ties a championship single-game record with Cincinnati in 2019 (vs.