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BASEBALL |
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ECU wins AAC opener,
splits DH |
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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
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Story & pictures... |
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Pictured:
Centerfielder
Garrett Brooks takes
a lead at third as
coach Cliff Godwin
looks on during the
7th inning of ECU's
Saturday
doubleheader with
Memphis. The junior
went on to score on
a wild pitch to tie
the game.
(Photo by W.A.
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FOOTBALL /
BASKETBALL /
BASEBALL |
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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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BASEBALL |
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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.
Memphis | Friday, 6:30 pm |
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FOOTBALL
RECRUITING |
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Recruiting wars: Quarterbacks |
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 The
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. ...
More from
Sammy Batten... |
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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
Show |
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:
Replay
show... |
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By
Al Myatt
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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 inning as Memphis
took its second win over the Pirates, 4-2.
"In a close game,
there's often a big play," Godwin said. "It can go our way or go the
other way. We've got to work at it."
ECU helped set the stage
for Tubbs' sprint around the bases at Clark-LeClair Stadium with an
error, a hit batter and a wild pitch in the top of the seventh.
None of the Tigers' runs
were earned.
David Lucroy (2-1)
started and went six and one-third innings for ECU (17-12, 1-2 AAC).
He allowed four hits and three runs while walking two and striking
out nine.
Pirate relievers Reid
Love and Joe Ingle each recorded two strikeouts.
Love walked with one out
in the bottom of the first and went to third on a single to right by
Travis Watkins. Love came home on a throwing error as Watkins stole
second for a 1-0 ECU lead.
Kirk Morgan walked, went
to third on a single to right by Charlie Yorgen and scored to put
the Pirates ahead 2-0 in the fifth on a sacrifice bunt by Hunter
Allen.
Nolan Blackwood picked
up his ninth save for Memphis (17-6, 2-1), stranding two ECU runners
in the bottom of the ninth.
"We've got to come back
tomorrow ready to get better," Godwin said.
The Pirates host AAC foe
Tulane (18-10, 1-2) for a three-game series starting Thursday at
6:30 p.m.
