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BASEBALL:
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ECU holds off
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CLEARWATER,
FL
—
East
Carolina
freshman
right-hander
Joe
Ingle
survived
a
bases-loaded
Connecticut
threat
with a
game-ending
fly out
to left
as the
Pirates
moved
into the
championship
game of
the
American
Athletic
Conference
tournament
with a
4-2 win
at
Bright
House
Field on
Saturday.
Ingle
earned
his
eighth
save as
the
Pirates
(39-20)
moved
into
today's
noon
championship
game
against
Houston
(ESPNU). ...
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BASEBALL:
AAC TOURNAMENT |
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Pirates top Tulane,
3-1 |
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CLEARWATER,
FL
—
East
Carolina
defeated
Tulane
3-1 in
double-elimination
bracket
play in
the
American
Athletic
Conference
tournament
at
Bright
House
Field on
Thursday
night.
The
Pirates
improved
to 2-0
in the
event
and
38-20 on
the
season.
ECU will
await
the
winner
of an
elimination
game
Friday
between
the
Green
Wave and
Connecticut
for a 1
p.m.
matchup
on
Saturday. ...
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BASEBALL:
AAC TOURNAMENT |
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Pirates come back in
opener |
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CLEARWATER, FL
—
East
Carolina baseball
coach Cliff Godwin
and Pirates
assistant Jeff
Palumbo used to be
on the staff at
Central Florida, the
Pirates' opening
opponent in the
American Athletic
Conference
tournament at Bright
House Field. The
Knights were a tough
draw for ECU, seeded
No. 2 for the event
as the regular
season AAC runner-up
to Houston ...
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BASKETBALL RECRUITING |
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Thumbnail:
Juco PG Charles
Foster |
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 Point guard Charles Foster has
become the fourth member of ECU
coach Jeff Lebo's recruiting class
of 2015-16. One of the top players
in Kentucky coming out of high
school, Foster spent the last two
years at perennial junior college
powerhouse Vincennes (IN) University. ...
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BASEBALL |
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Pirates ride momentum into tourney |
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 East Carolina heads to the Sunshine State for tournament play this week
at the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship. The Pirates
carry plenty of momentum to Clearwater, FL, after sweeping Cincinnati.
ECU finished the regular season one game out of a share of the AAC title
with Houston. ...
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MULTIMEDIA |
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Audio: The Brian
Bailey Show |
 The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250
on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
guest this week was
ECU baseball coach
Cliff Godwin (right)
and D.H. Conley
coaches Jason Mills
(baseball) and Wayne
Deans (softball):
Replay
show... |
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BASEBALL |
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Pirates complete
sweep |
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CINCINNATI — Luke
Lowery's RBI double
in the top of the
eighth inning lifted
East Carolina to an
8-7 win on Saturday
and completed a
three-game sweep at
Cincinnati. The
Pirates concluded
the regular season
at 36-20 overall and
15-9 in the American
Athletic Conference.
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BASEBALL |
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ECU captures series at Cincy |
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CINCINNATI —
East Carolina scored three runs in the top
of the fourth inning after Cincinnati had
taken a 1-0 lead in the second and the
Pirates went on to a 6-4 American Athletic
Conference win over the Bearcats on Friday
night. The outcome clinched the series for
ECU, which improved to 35-20 overall and
14-9 in league play. ...
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By
Al Myatt
©2015 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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CLEARWATER, FL — East
Carolina scored five runs with two out in the fifth inning and went on
to win the American Athletic Conference Tournament 9-1 over Houston at
Bright House Field on Sunday.
Left-hander Nick Durazo
(5-0) held the AAC regular season winners to one hit and no runs
over the final five innings after starter David Lucroy experienced
cramps in his right forearm.
Durazo struck out five
and didn't allow a walk.
The Pirates improved to
40-20 and will learn their circumstances for the NCAA Tournament at
an announcement gathering at BW3's sports bar inside Arlington
Square in Greenville at noon today.
Bryce Harman's single
with two down in the fifth started ECU's decisive frame. Designated
hitter Luke Bolka followed with a home run well over the fence in
left for a 3-1 Pirates lead.
A single by Hunter
Allen, who received the event's Most Outstanding Player award, kept
the inning going. Charlie Yorgen singled and Reid Love was hit by a
pitch to load the bases.
Eric Tyler walked to
force in a run. Luke Lowery's single to right field scored two runs
for a 6-1 ECU lead.
Allen singled to left
field in the ninth with one out and Love singled to center with two
away. An error on a hot grounder to third by Tyler allowed Allen to
score and put the Pirates ahead, 7-1.
Garrett Brooks entered
the game to run for Tyler and two runs came home on a single to left
by Lowery on a full count pitch as ECU extended its margin to 9-1.
Yorgen was hit by a
pitch with one out in the first inning and Love singled. A double
steal preceded a grounder to the right side by Tyler that put ECU on
top, 1-0.
A sacrifice fly on a
foul ball to left by Justin Montemayor allowed the Cougars (42-18)
to tie the score at 1 in the bottom of the second before Lucroy
stranded two runners in scoring position.
Lucroy allowed four hits
and one earned run while walking two and recording one strikeout.
The Pirates claimed
their first league tournament title since
beating Houston 4-0 in the Conference USA
championship at Grainger Stadium in Kinston on May 26, 2002.
Former ECU coach Keith LeClair, stricken with ALS, watched that game
from a vehicle parked down the right field line.
ECU played its first
season in the AAC in 2015.
Current ECU skipper
Cliff Godwin, the AAC Coach of the Year, played for LeClair and has
worn his No. 23 jersey this season in his first year as coach at his
alma mater.
"They've been ready to
go all day," Godwin said during an in-game interview Sunday on ESPNU.
"They know they're playing for a championship ring and to get to 40
wins. Those were two of our goals."
Houston had taken two of
three from ECU in a series May 8-10 that allowed the Cougars to
claim the AAC regular season title. Houston
sandwiched decisive 10-1 and
11-1 wins around
a 4-1 Pirates victory
pitched by Love that weekend.
ECU has won eight
straight since that last loss in Houston.
Seth Romero pitched his
first complete game for the Cougars in the earlier seven-inning
triumph on the 10-run mercy rule. Romero started Sunday but was
pulled during ECU's fifth-inning surge.
Godwin planned to use
Bolka in that May 10 matchup. Bolka's home run was his second in 27
at-bats for the Pirates this season.
"I was going to start
him the last time we faced Romero in Houston but he dove for a ball
in the outfield and jammed his shoulder," the ECU coach said. "He's
got power for us and he's got a quick bat. We just sent him out
there and hoped he'd run into one. We looked like geniuses when that
worked out."
Freshman reliever Joe
Ingle, who picked up his eighth save in
a 4-2 win over Connecticut
on Saturday, was named to the AAC All-Tournament team along with
teammates Allen, Love and Lowery.
