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 The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guests this week were
David Vaughn (Exceptional
Community Baseball League),
Melanie McCullough (ALS
Association Jim Catfish Hunter
Chapter) and WNCN sports anchor
Todd Gibson:
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Record-setting Tyler leads series win |
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GREENVILLE — Eric Tyler set a school record
with eight RBIs as East Carolina took a 13-0
win over Jacksonville at Clark-LeClair
Stadium on Saturday. Jimmy Boyd started and
pitched seven innings in the Pirates' second
shutout of the season.
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Jacksonville evens series |
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GREENVILLE — Jacksonville took the
second matchup of its three-game
nonconference series at East Carolina 8-6 on
Friday night. The Dolphins (15-7) bounced
back from a 6-3 loss to the Pirates (15-8)
on Thursday night to force a deciding game
in the series at 1 p.m. today.
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ECU takes opener with Jacksonville |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina broke a tie
score at 3 with a pair of runs in the sixth
inning and went on to take a 6-3 win over
Jacksonville on Thursday night in the opener
of a three-game series at Clark-LeClair
Stadium.
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Pirates rally past Duke for 8-6 win |
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DURHAM — East Carolina scored two runs
in the seventh and three more in the eighth
to rally past Duke for an 8-6 nonconference
win at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Tuesday
night.
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Monmouth shuts out Pirates |
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GREENVILLE — Monmouth pitchers Ricky
Dennis and Justin Andrews combined for a
one-hit shutout in a 4-0 win at East
Carolina on Sunday to prevent a three-game
sweep in the series by the Pirates.
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ECU takes series with Monmouth |
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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.
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Pirates rally past Monmouth |
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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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By
Brian Bailey
©2016 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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The preliminaries are just about over.
East Carolina plays host to UNC-Wilmington Tuesday
night before finally entering league play in the American Athletic
Conference. The Pirates host preseason favorite Houston in a three-game
series beginning on Friday night.
Six of the league's eight head coaches tabbed the
Cougars in that preseason poll that was released in January.
Pirate head coach Cliff Godwin hopes his
non-conference slate pays dividends when league play opens. The Pirates
have won all of their weekend series to date, with the exception of the
two out of three losses at Rice.
"Even I have to take a step back and look at our
schedule," said Godwin after
Saturday's 13-0 series clinching win over
Jacksonville. “There’s been no mercy with the schedule we’ve played so
far, so this was good and it does feel good to coach when you win 13-0,
compared to 5-3 or 4-3 or whatever."
Saturday's hero was one of the most likable guys on
the Pirate team, Eric Tyler. Tyler hit a three-run home run in the
bottom of the first and a grand slam in the eighth. He ended his day
with a new school record eight RBI's, breaking the record formerly held
by Darryl Lawhorn.
“It’s incredible and even better that it came in a
series clinching win,” said Tyler. "I had no idea (about the record)
until Mr. Malcolm Gray (ECU Sports Information Director) told me about
it.
“It couldn’t have happened to a better person," said
Godwin. "I’m proud that his name is going down in the record book. He
does things the right way, on and off the field. He works hard every
single day, so I’m really happy for him.”
East Carolina's entire baseball team grew mustaches
this month to promote awareness and raise money for ALS or Lou Gehrig's
Disease. The official name of the disease is amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis.
It is a cause most dear to ECU baseball, as
complications from the disease took the life of former ECU skipper Keith
LeClair, for whom Cliff Godwin played as a Pirate.
This Thursday the squad will host a "Shave Off" for
ALS, to get rid of all of the facial hair.
I joined in on the fun, growing my mustache for the
first time since the 1991 Pirate football team shaved it off in Atlanta
as a part of the "Dream Season."
I'll admit, my mustache leaves a lot to be desired.
It is better than Cliff's for sure. I appreciate the baseball team
including me in on the fun, but I don't know if I will be able to
participate next year.
My lovely wife Melissa isn't a fan of the 'stache.'
She told me that if we do "Mustaches for March" next year it will be to
raise money for the Brian Bailey Divorce Fund! I think she was only half
kidding.
So with a school record 8-RBI day in his pocket, I
asked Eric Tyler if he was going to shave, or keep his mustache for
luck.
"I can't wait to get rid of it," Tyler joked. "I'm
looking forward to the big shave!"
I also look forward to shaving on Thursday. It's been
fun and for a great cause.
"I think most everybody is ready to shave," said
Godwin.
Look for your clean-cut Pirates against Houston
starting Friday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
BB
Spring
football at East Carolina is a
time of transition. A virtually
new coaching staff is installing
new systems and the Pirates are
in the process of determining a
starting quarterback.
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this week was
Mike Steele (right) and the show
featured callers
making
their picks in the annual Second
Chance with the Sweet 16
Contest: