NEXT |
Saturday: ECU vs.
TBD*, 1 pm |
*ECU will face the
winner of Friday's
AAC Tournament game
between Tulane &
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Clearwater, FL |
Full Tournament
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BASEBALL:
AAC TOURNAMENT |
Pirates come back in
opener |
CLEARWATER, FL
—
East
Carolina baseball
coach Cliff Godwin
and Pirates
assistant Jeff
Palumbo used to be
on the staff at
Central Florida, the
Pirates' opening
opponent in the
American Athletic
Conference
tournament at Bright
House Field. The
Knights were a tough
draw for ECU, seeded
No. 2 for the event
as the regular
season AAC runner-up
to Houston ...
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BASKETBALL RECRUITING |
Thumbnail:
Juco PG Charles
Foster |
Point guard Charles Foster has
become the fourth member of ECU
coach Jeff Lebo's recruiting class
of 2015-16. One of the top players
in Kentucky coming out of high
school, Foster spent the last two
years at perennial junior college
powerhouse Vincennes (IN) University. ...
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BASEBALL |
Pirates ride momentum into tourney |
East Carolina heads to the Sunshine State for tournament play this week
at the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship. The Pirates
carry plenty of momentum to Clearwater, FL, after sweeping Cincinnati.
ECU finished the regular season one game out of a share of the AAC title
with Houston. ...
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Brian Bailey... |
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MULTIMEDIA |
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 baseball coach
Cliff Godwin (right)
and D.H. Conley
coaches Jason Mills
(baseball) and Wayne
Deans (softball):
Replay
show... |
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BASEBALL |
Pirates complete
sweep |
CINCINNATI — Luke
Lowery's RBI double
in the top of the
eighth inning lifted
East Carolina to an
8-7 win on Saturday
and completed a
three-game sweep at
Cincinnati. The
Pirates concluded
the regular season
at 36-20 overall and
15-9 in the American
Athletic Conference.
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BASEBALL |
ECU captures series at Cincy |
CINCINNATI —
East Carolina scored three runs in the top
of the fourth inning after Cincinnati had
taken a 1-0 lead in the second and the
Pirates went on to a 6-4 American Athletic
Conference win over the Bearcats on Friday
night. The outcome clinched the series for
ECU, which improved to 35-20 overall and
14-9 in league play. ...
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BASEBALL |
ECU tops Cincinnati,
7-3 |
CINCINNATI —
East Carolina opened its American Athletic
Conference series at Cincinnati with a 7-3
win on Thursday night. Reid Love (7-3)
pitched seven innings as a three-run fifth
inning put the Pirates (34-20, 13-9 AAC)
ahead to stay. ...
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BASEBALL |
Senior Nights and Days for Pirates |
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East
Carolina officially celebrated
Senior Night with a 7-0 win over
Elon at Clark-LeClair Stadium on
Tuesday night. There have been
numerous senior afternoons and
evenings for the Pirates throughout
the 2015 season because Hunter Allen
and Reid Love have played such big
roles
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Pictured: Hunter Allen, top left,
is shown turning a
6-3 double play in
an ECU win over
Princeton on March
17. Reid Love, top
right, is pictured
celebrating with
Pirates coach Cliff
Godwin after his
leadoff triple in
the bottom of the
9th set up a
dramatic victory
over N.C. State on
April 21. Heading
into the final
series of the
regular season, the
senior co-captains
have been stalwart
performers as the
Pirates have made a
run at the American
Athletic Conference
title while keeping
their eyes on a
potential NCAA
regional berth.
(Photos by W.A.
Myatt) |
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By
Al Myatt
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CLEARWATER, FL — East
Carolina defeated Tulane 3-1 in double-elimination bracket play in the
American Athletic Conference tournament at Bright House Field on
Thursday night.
The Pirates improved to
2-0 in the event and 38-20 on the season. ECU will await the winner
of an elimination game Friday between the Green Wave and Connecticut
for a 1 p.m. matchup on Saturday.
The Tulane-UConn winner
would need to beat the Pirates twice on Saturday to make Sunday's
noon championship on ESPNU.
One win Saturday will
send ECU to the winner-take-all title game.
The Green Wave (34-22)
scored its run Thursday in the top of the first inning off ECU
starter Evan Kruczynski (8-4), who went six and one-third innings
before freshman Joe Ingle finished the contest for his seventh save.
The run off Kruczynski
was unearned. The Pirates were charged with three errors. Kruczynski
allowed three hits, walked three and struck out seven.
Ingle yielded three
hits, two walks and fanned three.
Hunter Allen was aboard
on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the third inning when a
double by Charlie Yorgen advanced him to third base. Allen scored on
an error to tie the score at 1.
In the fifth inning,
Garrett Brooks reached on a throwing error and went to second on the
play. Allen had an infield single and Yorgen bunted his way on to
load the bases. A sacrifice fly by Reid Love put the Pirates ahead,
2-1.
ECU prevented a pair of
potential tying runs at the plate in the top of the eighth as center
fielder Brooks and left fielder Luke Lowery threw out Green Wave
runners trying to score.
The Pirates loaded the
bases in the eighth on a walk to Lowery, a single to right field by
Travis Watkins and a hit batter (Eric Tyler). A walk to Brooks
forced in a run for a 3-1 Pirates lead.
Yorgen's 2-for-3 effort
led ECU's five-hit attack. Allen, Watkins and Tyler also had hits
for the Pirates.