Pirates start impressively

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GREENVILLE —  East Carolina junior left-hander Evan Kruczynski pitched seven scoreless innings as the Pirates opened the baseball season with an 11-1 nonconference win over visiting Longwood on Friday.

A crowd of 2,661 at Clark-LeClair Stadium saw Kruczynski allow just one hit before freshman Sam Lanier and senior Nick Durazo each tossed an inning of relief. Kruczynski struck out four and walked one.

The ECU hurlers had plenty of run support as the Pirates had 15 hits. Turner Brown and Eric Tyler each had three hits against the Lancers, a Big South Conference program.

Brown, a true freshman, had a home run and three RBIs.

Garrett Brooks, Bryce Harman and Parker Lamm each had two hits for ECU.

The Pirates took a 2-0 lead in the third as Lamm scored on a throwing error and Harman had an RBI single that brought in Travis Watkins.

Brown had a two-run homer in the fourth inning. His RBI double in the sixth extended ECU's lead to 5-0. Tyler had an RBI single in the seventh.

A five-run eighth inning included an RBI single by Lamm, a two-run double by Watkins and a two-run single by freshman Dwanya Williams-Sutton.

Nine of ECU's runs came with two out. The Pirates improved to 44-25 in season openers.

The three-game series with the Lancers continues with a 2 p.m. start today. ECU is expected to start junior lefty Jacob Wolfe this afternoon.

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