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FOOTBALL /
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Lebo eyes the path to the future |
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 East
Carolina is sitting out the NCAA Tournament
this year. No surprise there. The Pirates
and the big dance have been incongruous
terms but as the future unfolds for ECU
basketball improvement is the intent. ...
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High Point downs Pirates |
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GREENVILLE — High Point scored five runs in
the second inning and went on to a 13-2 win
at East Carolina on Wednesday night. The
Panthers (12-11) led 13-0 before ECU (16-10)
tallied twice in the bottom of the eighth.
Spencer Angelis went 3-for-5 as High Point
outhit the hosts, 14-7. ...
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Next: ECU vs.
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FOOTBALL
RECRUITING |
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Recruiting wars: Quarterbacks |
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search by East Carolina's coaching staff to
find the next Shane Carden is in full swing.
But as spring practice unfolds in
Greenville, the question facing the Pirates
is whether the next Carden is already in the
program or currently being recruited. ...
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Gaffney lifts UNCW |
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WILMINGTON — Chris
Gaffney's three-run
homer in the second
inning was the big
blow as UNC-Wilmington
topped East Carolina
4-2 at Brooks Field
on Tuesday night.
The blast to center
field was the first
round tripper of the
season for the
Seahawks catcher,
who was batting
seventh in the order.
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Audio: The Brian Bailey
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The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
show this week
featured the "Second
Chance with the
Sweet 16" contest:
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VCU edges Pirates, 3-2 |
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GREENVILLE — A throwing error by East
Carolina catcher Tyler Watkins on a pickoff
attempt allowed Virginia Commonwealth pinch
runner Haiden Lamb to score the winning run
from third base in the eighth inning on
Sunday afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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East Carolina wins with big 8th |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina scored six runs
in the eighth inning to defeat Virginia
Commonwealth 9-3 at Clark-LeClair Stadium on
Saturday afternoon. Kirk Morgan (4-0) got
the win in relief and also drove in two runs
in the Pirates' big frame.
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By
Al Myatt
©2015 Bonesville.net
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina
won its first-ever American Athletic Conference game 4-1 over Memphis in
the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
The Tigers managed a
split with a 3-2 win in the second game.
Evan Kruczynski pitched
a complete game in the opener and Reid Love went 4-for-4 at the
plate with a 2-run homer in the fifth for a 3-0 ECU lead.
Kruczynski (5-1) allowed
six hits and one earned run while walking one and striking out six.
Kruczynski said he had
been working on his offspeed stuff and was effective when he got
ahead in the count.
Hunter Allen had a
sacrifice fly to put the Pirates ahead to stay at 1-0 in the second
inning of the first game. Allen's RBI single in the sixth gave ECU a
4-0 advantage. Allen is playing with a torn ligament in a thumb.
Kruczynski took a
shutout into the ninth but yielded doubles to Darien Tubbs and
Tucker Tubbs as Memphis pulled within 4-1.
Story continues
after the following picture...
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Hunter Allen follows through on a sacrifice fly in the
second inning of the first game of a doubleheader
against Memphis. The RBI put East Carolina ahead to stay
and the Pirates went on to claim a 4-1 victory in their
debut in the American Athletic Conference. (Photo by W.A.
Myatt) |
Kirk Morgan's RBI triple
with two down gave the Pirates a 1-0 lead in the second inning of
the second game.
Tucker Tubbs singled in
a pair of runs for the Tigers in the sixth inning after ECU pitcher
Jacob Wolfe committed errors on two sacrifice bunts.
The Pirates tied the
second game in the seventh inning after Garrett Brooks walked and
stole second. He went to third on a ground out to second by Eric
Tyler and scored on a wild pitch.
Jimmy Boyd, who dropped
to 2-7 with the loss, hit Tucker Tubbs to start the ninth. A
sacrifice bunt moved him to second and he took third on a ground
out. Jake Overbey's single to left scored Tubbs for a 3-2 Memphis
lead.
ECU threatened in the
bottom of the ninth as Luke Lowery singled and a sacrifice bunt by
Travis Watkins put him at second. Brooks had a drive to center field
that Darien Tubbs snared for the second out. A ground out stranded
the potential tying run.
"We played pretty well
the first game," Pirates coach Cliff Godwin said. "No errors. That's
awesome. ... The second game we played good up until the sixth
inning when they tried to bunt twice and we made two errors. We gave
them two runs. We've got to get outs when they're giving us outs.
... Their outfielder makes a SportsCenter Top 10 play (Darien Tubbs'
catch in the ninth)."
The deciding game of the
three-game series is scheduled for 1 p.m. today.
