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The College Baseball World Series regionals are underway, and East Carolina got their tournament started with a bang. The Pirates blew out Coppin State 17–1 to begin their Greenville Regional schedule.
East Carolina peaked with an eight-run third inning, which also featured a rare highlight. Switch-hitting outfielder Bryson Worrell hit two home runs that inning, one from each side of the plate.
Worrell got things started with a lead-off home run hitting lefty, then capped the huge inning with a three-run home run as a righty.
Worrell led East Carolina with a career-high 14 home runs this season, one of only two players on the team to hit double digit dingers. He is currently playing as a fifth-year senior, but it is only his second season having accumulated over 200 plate appearances.
Hitting two home runs in one inning from both sides of the plate is a rare occurrence in baseball. It has happened just three times in the MLB: Carlos Baerga first did it in 1993, followed by Mark Bellhorn in 2002 and Kendrys Morales in 2012.
