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FOOTBALL |
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Pirates set sights on N.C. State |
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 The
weather has certainly thrown a curve
ball at the East Carolina baseball
season so far.
There has yet to be one of those “beautiful day for baseball” type days.
In fact, the weather has been much more suited for duck hunting than
diamond watching. ...
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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 guest
this week was
ECU volunteer
assistant coach
Frankie Everitte
(right):
Replay
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Pirates rally past Albany |
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GREENVILLE — East
Carolina came back from an
early 2-0 deficit to move
above .500 for the season
with a 5-3 win against
Albany at Clark-LeClair
Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Great Danes (1-5) took a
2-0 lead in the top of the
second before the Pirates
scored twice in the bottom
of the third. ...
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ECU breaks through on the
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ORLANDO, FL — Terry Whisnant
made a 3-pointer from the
right side with 1:04 left
for a 66-64 East Carolina
lead and the Pirates made
enough free throws down the
stretch on Saturday
afternoon at Central Florida
to nail down their first
road win of the season,
71-66. ...
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Pirates start fast in 14-3
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GREENVILLE — East
Carolina scored six times in
the first inning and had
three more multi-run frames
in a 14-3 win over Albany at
Clark-LeClair Stadium on
Saturday. The Pirates (4-4)
have a chance to climb over
.500 as the three-game
series is scheduled for
completion with a 1 p.m.
game today. ...
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Pirate pitchers shut down
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GREENVILLE — Evan
Kruczynski pitched seven
innings without allowing
Albany a run as East
Carolina took a 5-1 win at
Clark-LeClair Stadium on
Friday. The Pirates were
scheduled to play in the
Irish Classic in Cary but
that event was canceled due
to snow in central North
Carolina. The Great Danes
were enlisted for a
three-game series to fill
the weekend void. ...
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Evaluation simple on QB
situation |
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 The
East Carolina quarterback
situation will get a lot of
Dave Nichol's attention in
the offseason with the exit
of Shane Carden, who started
for most of the last three
seasons and recently took
part in the NFL combine
after a record breaking
college career and a couple
of conference offensive
player of the year awards.
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UConn rallies again |
In a game that
progressed similarly
to an earlier
American Athletic
Conference matchup,
Connecticut was too
much for East
Carolina in the
second half on
Wednesday night
before a black-out
crowd of 6,856 in
Williams Arena at
Minges Coliseum.
The 2014 NCAA Tournament
champions overcame a 33-24
halftime deficit to top the
Pirates 60-49 as Ryan
Boatwright scored 16 points.
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Pictured: Terry
Whisnant attempts a
shot in the paint
against UConn on
Wednesday night.
(Photo by W.A.
Myatt) |
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Next: ECU at UCF |
Saturday, 12 pm
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The Season
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By
Al Myatt
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RALEIGH — N.C. State's Logan
Ratledge hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning on
Tuesday afternoon and the Wolfpack went on to deal East Carolina its
first shutout of the season by a 7-0 margin at Doak Field.
Ratledge had a sacrifice
fly and Preston Palmeiro had an RBI double as State (6-3) extended
its lead to 4-0 in the seventh.
A two-run double by Joe
Dunand brought in two more runs for the Pack in the eighth and Jake
Armstrong also had a run-scoring two-bagger in the eighth.
Jimmy Boyd (1-2) went
six innings for ECU (5-5), yielding the dinger by Ratledge on an 0-1
pitch. He allowed six hits, walked one and struck out one.
Curt Britt (1-0) went
one and one-third innings in relief for the win.
Six State pitchers
combined for 10 strikeouts while issuing three walks.
The Pack pushed its lead
in the series to 69-40. East Carolina hosts NCSU on April 21 at 6:30
p.m.
The hosts outhit the
Pirates, 9-5. ECU was led by a 2-for-4 effort from Travis Watkins.
Charlie Yorgen (double),
Hunter Allen (double) and Garrett Brooks also had hits for the
Pirates, who stranded nine baserunners.
Bryce Harman was hit by
pitches twice.
ECU committed one error.
Five of State's runs were earned.
The outcome halted a
four-game winning streak for the Pirates as State improved to 4-0 at
home.
The contest started in
light rain with a temperature of 40 degrees. The first pitch was
thrown at 3:01 p.m. The start time was moved up due to the forecast.
Warmer weather is
expected this afternoon as ECU is home to face Old Dominion (2-4) in
a make-up game at 4 p.m.
