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Carolina baseball personnel
shaved their mustaches on
Thursday afternoon at
Clark-LeClair Stadium. The
Pirates grew mustaches in March
to support awareness of ALS,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
Lou Gehrig's disease, the
infirmity that took the life of
former ECU baseball coach Keith
LeClair in 2006.
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Pictured: WNCT-TV sports
director and Bonesville
columnist Brian Bailey ends
Mustache March for ECU skipper
Cliff Godwin. The Pirates
sported the mustaches during the
month of March to raise money
for ALS research. (Photo by W.A.
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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California juco bolsters line |
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 Almost two months after signing day,
East Carolina has added some talent
to its offensive line. Hartnell
College's Branden Pena, a first-team
Golden Coast All-Conference
performer, has pledged to join the
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Pirates hold off
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GREENVILLE —
East Carolina topped
UNC-Wilmington 9-6
on Tuesday night
after leading the
Seahawks 8-1 through
six innings at
Clark-LeClair
Stadium. The Pirates
got a quality start
from Jacob Wolfe
before Joe Ingle
picked up his fifth
save.
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MULTIMEDIA |
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Audio: The Brian
Bailey Show |
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Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guests this week
were David Vaughn (Exceptional
Community Baseball League),
Melanie McCullough (ALS
Association Jim Catfish
 Hunter
Chapter) and WNCN sports anchor
Todd Gibson:
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Record-setting Tyler leads series win |
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GREENVILLE — Eric Tyler set a school record
with eight RBIs as East Carolina took a 13-0
win over Jacksonville at Clark-LeClair
Stadium on Saturday. Jimmy Boyd started and
pitched seven innings in the Pirates' second
shutout of the season.
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UNC-Wilmington at ECU
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Jacksonville evens series |
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GREENVILLE —
Jacksonville took
the second matchup of its three-game
nonconference series at East Carolina 8-6 on
Friday night. The Dolphins (15-7) bounced
back from a 6-3 loss to the Pirates (15-8)
on Thursday night to force a deciding game
in the series at 1 p.m. today.
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ECU takes opener with Jacksonville |
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GREENVILLE —
East Carolina broke
a tie score at 3 with a pair of runs in the
sixth inning and went on to take a 6-3 win
over Jacksonville on Thursday night in the
opener of a three-game series at
Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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Pirates rally past Duke for 8-6
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DURHAM —
East Carolina scored
two runs in the seventh and
three more in the eighth to
rally past Duke for an 8-6
nonconference win at Durham
Bulls Athletic Park on Tuesday
night.
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Monmouth shuts out Pirates |
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GREENVILLE — Monmouth pitchers Ricky
Dennis and Justin Andrews combined for a
one-hit shutout in a 4-0 win at East
Carolina on Sunday to prevent a three-game
sweep in the series by the Pirates.
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ECU takes series with Monmouth |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina scored
three runs in the bottom of the eighth
inning for a 5-2 win over Monmouth on
Saturday, giving the Pirates a series win.
ECU (13-6), ranked No. 17 nationally by D1
Baseball, edged the Hawks 4-3 on Friday
night.
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina scored
three runs in the last two innings to top
Monmouth 4-3 on Friday night. With the score
tied at 3 with one out in the bottom of the
ninth, Parker Lamm singled up the middle for
the Pirates. Charlie Yorgen's double put
Lamm at third. He came home on a wild pitch
for the game-ending run.
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By
Al Myatt
©2016 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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Post-game
audio: Cliff Godwin,
Evan Kruczynski, Bryce Harman, Parker Lamm...
GREENVILLE — Bryce Harman,
Parker Lamm and Kirk Morgan had RBIs in support of winning pitcher Evan
Kruczynski before Joe Ingle got his sixth save as East Carolina topped
visiting Houston 3-1 in the American Athletic Conference opener for both
clubs on Friday night.
A crowd of 2,603
converged on Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Kruczynski (4-0)
scattered nine hits over seven innings as the Pirates (18-8)
overcame an early 1-0 deficit. The Cougars had four hits in the top
of the first but left the bases loaded after Justin Montemayor's
single to right field scored Connor Wong.
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ECU
left-hander Evan Kruczynski fires the first pitch as the
Pirates open American Athletic Conference play with
Houston. 'Kruz' earned his 4th win of the season, going
seven innings and allowing one run while striking out
eight. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
A junior left-hander,
Kruczynski walked one and struck out eight.
"I just wanted to give
our team the best shot to win like I always do on Friday night,"
Kruczynski said. "Defense played great. Offense did their job."
Harman led off the
bottom of the third with a home run off Andrew Lantrip (4-3) to tie
the score. Lantrip pitched a complete game for the Cougars (16-9).
He walked a pair and had four strikeouts.
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Designated hitter Bryce Harman extends on a line drive
shot over the right field fence to open the scoring for
the Pirates in the third inning. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
Harman was hit by a
pitch to start the bottom of the fifth and Morgan walked. Harman
advanced to third as Turner Brown hit into a fielder's choice that
retired Morgan at second.
Harman scored for a 2-1
Pirates lead on a bunt single by Lamm.
Eric Tyler scored in the
sixth after getting aboard on a fielder's choice as ECU went ahead,
3-1. Tyler moved to second on a throwing error by the catcher on a
pickoff attempt. Harman was hit by a pitch again before Tyler scored
on a single to right by Morgan.
Harman tried to score on
the same play but was tagged out and ejected for an illegal slide at
home. Harman will have to sit out the second game of the series at 4
p.m. today.
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ECU's
Bryce Harman was ejected for this slide in Friday
night's contest with Houston. He will serve a mandatory
one-game suspension during today's contest. (W.A. Myatt
photo) |
"They've got a new rule
this year to protect catchers," said Pirates coach Cliff Godwin.
"Your butt has to be in contact with the ground if you slide feet
first. If you slide head first, your chest has to be in contact. If
you slide late, which Bryce kind of did, and your butt didn't quite
get down then it's an automatic ejection. ... We watched the video.
Bryce was just playing hard. He's trying to score and do everything
he can. Stuff happens. It was not malicious. Bryce wasn't trying to
hurt the guy. He was just trying to slide hard."
Houston had a pair of
hits to start the eighth, ending the night for Kruczynski. Ingle got
a foul out on a bunt and a fly out to center before a walk loaded
the bases. A fly to center ended the threat.
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ECU
starting pitcher Evan Kruczynski and teammates
congratulate closer Joe Ingle after Ingle pitched out of
a jam in the eighth inning. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
Ingle walked one, hit
one batter and struck out one as he checked the Cougars without a
hit over the last two frames.
Lamm went 2-for-4 as ECU
had seven hits. Montemayor finished 3-for-4 for Houston.
The
preliminaries are just about over.
East Carolina plays host to UNC-Wilmington
Tuesday night before finally
entering league play in the American
Athletic Conference.
Spring
football at East Carolina is a
time of transition. A virtually
new coaching staff is installing
new systems and the Pirates are
in the process of determining a
starting quarterback.
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this week was
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