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Pirates rally past
Monmouth |
GREENVILLE —
East Carolina scored
three runs in the
last two innings to
top Monmouth 4-3 on
Friday night. With
the score tied at 3
with one out in the
bottom of the ninth,
Parker Lamm singled
up the middle for
the Pirates. Charlie
Yorgen's double put
Lamm at third. He
came home on a wild
pitch for the
game-ending run.
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BASEBALL |
Long night for Pirates |
GREENVILLE
— East Carolina's youthful
midweek pitching corps was no
match for the meat of the North
Carolina order as an eight-run
outburst in the second inning
served as a launching pad for a
17-4 Tar Heels win on Tuesday
night.
A
crowd of 5,213, the third
largest ever at Clark-LeClair
Stadium and biggest this season,
saw the Pirates strike first but
the excitement of a possible
third straight win over UNC
didn't last long.
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Pictured: East
Carolina met on the
mound often in a
17-4 home loss to
North Carolina
Tuesday evening as
eight different
pitchers made
appearances against
the Tar Heels. (W.A.
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Next: Monmouth at
ECU | Friday, 6:30
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BASEBALL |
Magic in short supply for ECU
hoops |
For
East Carolina it was a case of one
and done in the American Athletic
Conference Tournament. In the city
that houses the Magic Kingdom and in
the arena that is the home of the
Orlando Magic there would be nothing
magical about the Pirates
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BASEBALL |
Rice rallies to take series |
HOUSTON — Rice erased a 1-0 deficit
with four runs in the eighth inning to top
East Carolina 4-1 on Sunday in the deciding
contest of a three-game series. The Pirates
had taken a 1-0 lead in the fourth
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Next: North
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BASEBALL |
Rice evens series with East Carolina |
HOUSTON — Rice scored four runs in the
bottom of the sixth inning after East
Carolina had come back from a 2-0 deficit to
tie the score and the host Owls took a 7-2
win in the second game of a nonconference
series Saturday afternoon. Rice bounced back
from a 10-1 loss to the No. 16 Pirates in
the series opener on Friday night.
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By
Al Myatt
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GREENVILLE —
East Carolina scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning for a
5-2 win over Monmouth on Saturday, giving the Pirates a series win.
ECU (13-6), ranked No.
17 nationally by D1 Baseball,
edged the Hawks 4-3 on Friday night.
Parker Lamm was 4-for-4
for the Pirates on Saturday as ECU collected 13 hits.
The Pirates go for a
sweep of the three-game series at 1 p.m. today. Davis Kirkpatrick
will start for ECU and will be on a pitch count. A sophomore
right-hander, Kirkpatrick sat out the 2015 season after Tommy John
surgery.
The son of Donnie
Kirkpatrick, former Pirates assistant football coach, threw 10
pitches Tuesday night in
a
17-4 home loss to No. 6 North Carolina.
Garrett Brooks singled
to left field to lead off for ECU in the eighth and a sacrifice bunt
by Turner Brown moved him to second. Jeff Nelson and Bryce Harman
drew walks before Lamm singled to drive in Brooks with the go-ahead
run.
Charlie Yorgen walked on
four pitches to force in Nelson for a 4-2 Pirates lead. ECU went
ahead 5-2 on a sacrifice fly to right by Travis Watkins that brought
in Harman. Lamm was out on a play at the plate to end the inning.
Jimmy Boyd (2-1),
today's scheduled starter, pitched the last two innings Saturday for
the win The senior right-hander put up two scoreless frames while
allowing one hit and one walk. He struck out two after freshman
Chris Holba had yielded a pair of game-tying runs in relief of
starter Jacob Wolfe.
The Hawks (6-11) had
five hits in seven innings against Wolfe, who struck out seven and
walked two.
The Pirates took a 1-0
lead in the third after Nelson led off with a single to right. Kirk
Morgan followed with a single through the right side. ECU loaded the
bases as the Hawks had a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt by Lamm.
Yorgen reached on a fielder's choice to first as Monmouth got Nelson
out at home. Eric Tyler's single through the ride side plated Morgan
but Lamm was retired at home to end the inning.
ECU went ahead 2-0 in
the seventh as Tyler scored Lamm with an infield single. Watkins
singled to move Lamm to third after Lamm had a hit up the middle.
Tyler finished with two hits and two RBIs.