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Champ Central
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Charlie Yorgen went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run as No. 8-seeded East Carolina knocked off top-seeded UCF 14-3 Tuesday night in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship at Spectrum Field.
East Carolina (30-27), the only lower-seeded team to win on Day 1 of the tournament, advances in the winners’ bracket to face USF Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. UCF (38-19) will take on Tulane in an elimination game Wednesday at noon.
The Pirates had all nine starters finish with at least one hit as Travis Watkins and Dwanya Williams-Sutton were both 3-for-5.