GREENVILLE — East Carolina defeated South Florida, 12-2, in eight innings in the completion of a suspended game on Sunday to sweep the American Conference series at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

ECU improved to 28-16-1 overall and 12-6 in league play going into a nonconference game at N.C. State on Tuesday at 6 p.m. (ACC Network Extra).

The Bulls dropped to 28-15 overall and 7-11 in the American.

The Pirates rallied from an early 2-0 deficit in the second inning of the second game with a 6-run barrage before play was halted Saturday night due to rain.

Matt Lashley had an RBI double, and Michael Kalinich had a run-scoring single to tie the score at 2.

The Pirates went ahead, 4-2, on a 2-run homer to right by Austin Irby that traveled 457 feet. ECU closed the 6-run second inning with a 2-run homer by Herring after a double by Braden Burress.

Herring finished the game 4-for-6 with five RBIs.

Play resumed on Sunday with runners at first and second with one out in the bottom of the third. ECU went up, 7-2, on an RBI single by Davin Whitaker.

The Pirates extended the lead to 8-2 in the fourth as Walker Barron singled through the right side to bring in Jeff Sabater.

Herring had RBI singles in the fifth and sixth. ECU added another run in the fifth on a Bulls error.

Herring’s single up the middle brought in Burress with the walk-off run on the mercy rule.

Burress got on base six times. He went 3-for-3 with two walks and a hit by pitch.

“He set the table for us,” said Pirates coach Cliff Godwin of the sophomore leadoff batter on the ECU radio network.

Joe Webb (6-3) returned to the mound after pitching the last two and two-thirds of the second game of the series. Webb went the final five innings on Sunday with no hits, no runs, one walk and six strikeouts.

“Joe Webb was awesome,” Godwin said. “He gave us that length and the offense was awesome.”