{"id":1173,"date":"2022-03-06T18:38:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T23:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/943thegame.com\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2022-03-06T18:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T23:38:48","slug":"pirates-sweep-leclair-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/943thegame.com\/?p=1173","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Sweep LeClair Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend the Pirates hosted the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Keith LeClair classic, an annual event to honor their late coach that passed away from ALC in 2006. The teams that attended were Maryland, Indiana State, and most notably Michigan. The Wolverines head coach Erik Bakich and assistant coach Nick Schnable both played under LeClair, at East Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weekend was opened up by familiar foes in an unusual setting, as BIG10 east division rivals Michigan and Maryland played an out of conference game. The Wolverines won the opener despite and early 4-0 deficit. They answered by scoring two in the 6<sup>th<\/sup> and 7<sup>th<\/sup>. The fatal blow came in the 8<sup>th<\/sup> when Joey Velazquez hit a pinch-hit 3-run homerun in his first at bat of the season to give Michigan a 7-4 lead. They held on to win 7-4, giving Coach Erik Bakich his 300<sup>th<\/sup> career win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later on, in the evening the Pirates played Indiana State and despite a subpar outing from starting pitcher Jake Kuchmaner, the Pirates beat the Sycamores 5-4. The talked about play in this one was with two outs and the bases loaded in the 6<sup>th<\/sup> inning Coach Godwin gave Zack Agnos the bunt sign. After the game Agnos was asked if the infield being deep played a role in the decision. He said, \u201cyea I kind of thought about it on the first pitch and thought let\u2019s see what he does then Coach Godwin gave it to me, and I didn\u2019t even hesitate.\u201d Agnos laid down the bunt perfectly to score the runner and extend the Pirates lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday was a day of offense as both games as a total of 18 runs scored. Maryland started out the day beating Indiana State 12-6, and the Pirates followed it up with a 10-8 victory over Michigan. Saturday was well attended as 4,259 people made their way into Clark-LeClair Stadium; the 4<sup>th<\/sup> largest crowed in LeClair Classic history. The Pirates didn\u2019t win this one without a little drama as they took a 10-3 lead into the 9<sup>th<\/sup>. Michigan scored five runs including a grand slam by Tito Flores. After the game Coach Godwin said, \u201cmy mom just told me Coach LeClair wouldn\u2019t want ether team to win big so that\u2019s why we had that 9<sup>th<\/sup> inning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday the Sycamores of Indiana State finally found the win column as they knocked off Michigan 6-5. The 2<sup>nd<\/sup> inning being the story of this one as the Sycamores scored 4 runs on 5 hits. The Pirates finished off the weekend sweep by beating Maryland 6-3. The Terrapins left the bases load in both the 6<sup>th<\/sup> and 7<sup>th<\/sup> inning. In the end Ryder Giles finished it off by getting the final seven outs and giving the Pirates their 6<sup>th<\/sup> win and first winning record of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pirates are now 6-5 and have a brief two game road trip ahead as they head to Virginia Tech and Radford in the midweek. The Pirates sweep the 19<sup>th<\/sup> annual Keith LeClair Classic in hopes that we can work together to strike out ALS just as they struck out many of their opponents hitters this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend the Pirates hosted the 19th Keith LeClair classic, an annual event to honor their late coach that passed away from ALC in 2006. The teams that attended were Maryland, Indiana State, and most notably Michigan. The Wolverines head coach Erik Bakich and assistant coach Nick Schnable both played under LeClair, at East Carolina. 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