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Friday: ECU vs.
Tulane, 6:30 pm |
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BASEBALL |
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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. Tulane
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FOOTBALL |
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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 ...
More from Al Myatt... |
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BASEBALL |
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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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FOOTBALL |
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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... |
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MULTIMEDIA |
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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
Atlantic Coast
Conference
basketball official
Raymond Styons
(right):
Replay
show... |
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BASEBALL |
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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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Story &
picture... |
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Pictured:
Senior Hunter Allen
lays down an RBI
sacrifice bunt
against Memphis on
Sunday. (Photo
by W.A. Myatt) |
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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.
Myatt) |
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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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By
Al Myatt
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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.
The sixth inning scoring
came with two out as ECU improved to 19-12 overall and 3-2 in the
AAC by taking the first two matchups of the three-game set with the
Green Wave (19-12, 1-4).
Parker Lamm was aboard
on a fielder's choice in the sixth when Reid Love walked with two
down to put runners at first and second. Charlie Yorgen walked to
load the bases before Travis Watkins' two-run single to left field
put the Pirates ahead to stay at 5-4.
Luke Lowery followed
with an RBI single and Bryce Harman's single scored another run as
ECU went ahead, 7-4.
Yorgen had an RBI single
in the seventh and Lowery had a two-run triple to right center.
Harman had solo home
runs for the Pirates in the second and fourth innings, going 3-for-4
on the evening with three RBIs.
Lowery had two hits and
three RBIs. Love and Yorgen each had two hits. Love had a solo homer
in the fifth after Tulane had taken a 4-2 lead with three runs in
the top of the frame.
Jimmy Boyd (3-7) pitched
four and one-third innings for the win. He allowed three hits, no
runs, no walks and struck out nine.
Starter Evan Kruczynski
yielded five hits over four and two-thirds innings. Tulane scored
four runs, two earned, during his mound tenure. Kruczynski walked
one and struck out three.
ECU outhit Tulane, 13-8.
The Pirates were charged with one error while the Wave committed
three.
Lex Kaplan had a solo
homer in the second as Tulane took a 1-0 lead.
The final game of the
series is scheduled for noon today.
