Seventh-seeded Virginia tops East Carolina to sweep regional, advance in NCAA baseball tournament

Early turned in the best start of his career, allowing two runs while striking out 10 over 6 1/3 innings, and Ethan O’Donnell hit a two-out, three-run home run in the seventh as seventh-seeded Virginia topped East Carolina, 8-3, to sweep its regional and advance. Anthony Stephan hit a bizarre three-run, inside-the-park home run in the top of the eighth inning to put the game away for the Cavaliers. Stephan drilled a pitch over 400 feet to center. ECU’s Lane Hoover went up and nearly caught the ball, which caromed...