CINCINNATI — After topping Cincinnati, 8-4, in the first game of an American Athletic Conference doubleheader on Friday, East Carolina dropped game two, 7-6, as the Bearcats scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the tenth. Gavin Williams improved to 8-0 in the series opener as he started and went six innings. Williams… [ More… ]
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Pirates take American lead to Cincinnati
East Carolina improved to 15-5 in the American Athletic Conference and moved a half-game ahead of Tulane (14-5) in the league standings as a result of their 4-game series, May 7-9. Wichita State is third at 13-10. ECU starts a 4-game series at Cincinnati with a doubleheader today, beginning at 1 p.m. Tulane hosts Central… [ More… ]
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Pirates win series, take AAC lead
GREENVILLE — East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin declared Saturday after a doubleheader split with Tulane that his team would be ready for the final game of the series on Sunday. The Pirates made that vow truthful with a 9-1 win over the Green Wave at Clark-LeClair Stadium. ECU (33-10) crept ahead of the visitors in… [ More… ]
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Pirates, Wave split
GREENVILLE — East Carolina and Tulane split a doubleheader Saturday with the Pirates looking to take the lead in the American Athletic Conference standings going into the final game of a 4-game series on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at Clark-LeClair Stadium. ECU (32-10, 14-5 AAC) won the first game Saturday, 7-4, as Josh Moylan went… [ More… ]
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Pirates down Tulane, 12-4
GREENVILLE — East Carolina gained a share of first place in the American Athletic Conference with a 12-4 victory over Tulane at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Friday. The Pirates (31-9), ranked No. 13 nationally by Division I Baseball, pounded out 16 hits in improving to 13-3 in the league. Tulane slipped to 24-15 overall and 13-3… [ More… ]
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League lead at stake in ECU-Tulane series
In 2019, the East Carolina baseball team went 47-18 and won the Greenville Regional of the NCAA Tournament. The Pirates went 2-1 in a series at Wichita State that season but lost twice to the Shockers in the American Athletic Conference tournament. Within the context of that 2-3 record against Wichita State two years ago,… [ More… ]
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Shockers manage series split with ECU
WICHITA, KS — Wichita State threatened to make the fourth game in its American Athletic Conference series with East Carolina another blowout with an 11-3 lead after four innings. The Shockers had to withstand a comeback by the Pirates for an 11-9 win and a 2-2 series split. ECU (30-9, 12-4 AAC) took a 2-0… [ More… ]
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Pirates start fast in 11-3 win over Wichita State
WICHITA, KS — The third game in the East Carolina-Wichita State series followed the one-sided pattern of the previous two as the Pirates scored five runs in the top of the first inning in an 11-3 win on Saturday. In a doubleheader on Friday, ECU took a 10-0 victory in the opener before the Shockers… [ More… ]
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Pirates, Shockers trade one-sided wins
WICHITA, KS — East Carolina and host Wichita State split an American Athletic Conference doubleheader on Friday with each team winning in seven innings by virtue of the 10-run mercy rule. Gavin Williams of the Pirates improved to 6-0 as ECU prevailed 10-0 in the first game. The Shockers bounced back with a 12-2 win… [ More… ]
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Dooley deals with Gardner’s transfer
Jayden Gardner averaged 18.3 points and 8.3 rebounds for East Carolina during the 2020-21 basketball season before transferring to Virginia. Pirates coach Joe Dooley has been preparing to deal with the void that Gardner’s exit presents. “Obviously, he scored a lot of points and rebounded the ball,” Dooley said. “We’ll have to redistribute some of… [ More… ]
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Sinclair tames Pirates
GREENVILLE — Jack Sinclair came into Sunday’s game at East Carolina with a 1-4 record this season, but he delivered seven solid innings in a 6-1 Central Florida win as the Knights earned a 2-2 split in the American Athletic Conference series. The junior right-hander limited No. 9 ECU (28-7, 10-2 AAC) to four hits… [ More… ]
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Pirates take series lead as Godwin exits
GREENVILLE — Cliff Godwin watched the end of an 11-8 win over Central Florida on a computer on Saturday and he liked what he saw. “That was a really gutsy win by our players,” said the Pirates coach, who was ejected in the seventh inning for arguing a ball call. ECU surged twice offensively after… [ More… ]