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The
Brian Bailey Show
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1250 on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
guests this week were
Todd Gibson, Cliff
Godwin and Donnie
Kirkpatrick:
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Pirates hit the road after series
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wasn’t a sweep but East Carolina
coach Cliff Godwin will certainly
take it. The Pirates beat Tulane in
the first two games of their
pre-Easter series at Clark-LeClair
Stadium, giving ECU its first series
win in American Athletic Conference
play. ...
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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
guests this week were
Todd Gibson, Cliff
Godwin and Donnie
Kirkpatrick:
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Recruiting wars: Running Backs |
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 Even
though East Carolina may
well have acquired the best
crop of running backs in
program history via
recruiting and transfers
over the past year, don't
expect the Pirate to ignore
the position while pursuing
prospects for the Class of
2016. ...
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Recruiting Wars:
QB |
RB | WR
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BASEBALL |
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Tulane wins series finale |
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GREENVILLE — A three-run third inning put
Tulane ahead to stay and the Green Wave went
on to an 8-6 American Athletic Conference
win over East Carolina at Clark-LeClair
Stadium on Saturday. ...
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Next: ECU at
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Pirates rally to take series |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina trailed Tulane
4-3 in their American Athletic Conference
contest at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Friday
night before rallying for four runs in the
sixth inning and four more in the seventh
for an 11-4 victory. ...
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Next: ECU vs.
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Davis seeking results Sooner |
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 Brad
Davis's resume includes a college career at
Oklahoma, a program on the short list when
it comes to all-time, big-time football.
East Carolina's new offensive line coach and
run-game coordinator has a lot of experience
to draw from and it doesn't include any
short cuts ...
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Love shuts out Tulane |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina left-hander Reid
Love pitched a four-hit shutout as the
Pirates muzzled Tulane 3-0 at Clark-LeClair
Stadium on Thursday night. Kirk Morgan had
two hits and two RBIs to help ECU improve to
18-12 overall and 2-2 in the American
Athletic Conference. ...
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Benkert appears to be the guy |
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East
Carolina football fans can only hope
that the results end up being
similar. Kurt Benkert threw an
interception for a touchdown on his
first pass of the spring. He bounced
back nicely, going 13-17 with a
touchdown pass to Isaiah Jones in
his first real action as the
Pirates' starting quarterback. ...
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Brian Bailey Show
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1250 on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
guest this week was
Atlantic Coast
Conference
basketball official
Raymond Styons
(right):
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Big inning lifts
Memphis |
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 GREENVILLE
— The speed
of Memphis
center
fielder
Darien Tubbs
was a
difference
maker in an
American
Athletic
Conference
series at
East
Carolina.
Tubbs
tracked
down a
drive by
Garrett
Brooks
for what
ECU
coach
Cliff
Godwin
called a
SportsCenter
Top 10
play to
keep the
tying
run from
scoring
in the
bottom
of the
ninth in
a 3-2
Tigers
win on
Saturday.
On
Sunday,
Tubbs
had a
three-run
inside
the park
homer in
the
seventh
as
Memphis
took its
second
win over
the
Pirates
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Senior Hunter Allen
lays down an RBI
sacrifice bunt
against Memphis on
Sunday. (Photo
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By
Brian Bailey
©2015 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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It wasn’t a sweep but East Carolina coach
Cliff Godwin will certainly take it.
The Pirates
beat Tulane in the first two games of their pre-Easter series at Clark-LeClair
Stadium, giving ECU its first series win in American Athletic Conference
play.
It came at a good time with ECU set to play eight of its next nine games
on the road. That includes AAC series against South Florida this coming
weekend and Connecticut next weekend.
The Pirates
dropped game three to Tulane on Saturday in a game
that was probably as winnable as the other two in the series. Down by a
pair the, ECU loaded the basis but Eric Tyler grounded into a
game-ending double play which featured a nice play by the Green Wave
shortstop Stephen Alemais.
“I thought it was going through,” said Pirate infielder Charlie Yorgen.
“I mean, it is tough. We competed every single inning. When they scored,
we'd chip back. It's heartbreaking, but we competed to the best we
could. I mean, we played really well. We just really needed a shut down
inning after we would come in and score. And they battled hard, man.
They played really well, hit the ball well. It was a back and forth
game. It was a good one.”
Despite the loss, Cliff Godwin continues to be encouraged.
“You can see how good we can be,” said Godwin. “I mean, we played really
well the first two nights and we played good in two out of the three
phases today. We just didn't pitch good. You know, to sweep a team in
this conference, you've got to play well in all three phases on Sunday.
We couldn't do that.”
One look at the AAC standings shows that the Pirates are right in the
middle fighting for position.
This weekend’s opponent, USF leads the pack at 5-1. The Bulls are
22-10-1 overall. USF swept Cincinnati at home and took two out of three
from UConn on the road.
The Bulls have a 24-1 loss to Florida State and a 10-3 loss to Florida
on their ledger for 2015.
Like the Pirates, UConn is 3-3 in AAC play so far this season. The
Huskies took two out of three from Tulane on the road and then lost two
out of three at home against USF.
News out of the Pirate camp was positive to start the week. Lefthander
Reid Love was named as the American Athletic Conference’s pitcher of the
week. Love opened the Tulane series
with a four-hit shutout in a 3-0 Pirate victory. He
faced two batters over the minimum.
“I just really wanted to keep it simple and do the things that I do
well,” said Love after the Thursday night victory.
Love is also among the top offensive threats for this ECU squad. He is
hitting .311 to go along with his 3-2 pitching mark and 2.88 ERA.
“I just want to do whatever I can do to help this team win games,” Love
said.
He will be a key as this long season continues.
With a seven-game home stand in the rearview mirror,
ECU's road swing
starts with a bus trip to face Campbell tonight, and we all know
the problems the Pirates have had
with the guys in orange.
Then
come the conference road tests at USF and UConn sandwiched by a home
game with UNC-Wilmington and a road trip to Old Dominion.
Depth may prove to be the key as the Pirates head to
the heart of their schedule.
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