{"id":236376,"date":"2026-04-18T00:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236376\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:33:11","slug":"pirates-defeat-south-florida-on-fowlers-walk-off-home-run-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236376\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Defeat South Florida On Fowler’s Walk-Off Home Run, 1-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

GREENVILLE, N.C. \u2013\u00a0Gabby Fowler<\/a> hit a walk-off solo home run as East Carolina defeated South Florida, 1-0, on Friday at Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.<\/p>\n

Julia Apostolakos<\/a> was dominant all day in the circle with a career-high seven strikeouts for the complete game win and Kanisha Anderson<\/a> had another multi-hit game with two hits for the Pirates (26-21, 10-9 American).<\/p>\n

South Florida (32-14, 14-5 American)\u00a0had a chance to plate the game’s first run in the top of the third but Anderson rifled a ball hit in the outfield to Addison Lund<\/a> to get the USF runner out at home.<\/p>\n

Both Apostolakos and USF’s Anne Long went back-and-forth as hits, let alone runs were at a premium for both teams most of the game.<\/p>\n

The Pirates had their best chance to get on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth after Macey Ciamillo’s<\/a> double with just one out but the next two Pirate batters were retired to send the game to the sixth inning.<\/p>\n

After retiring three of South Florida’s four batters in the top of the seventh, Fowler took the fourth pitch of her at-bat and sent it over the center field wall to give ECU the series-opening victory.<\/p>\n

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\nEast Carolina will look to take the series tomorrow at 2 p.m. on ESPN+.<\/p>\n

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