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 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.
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Pictured: Both head coaches,
Todd Whitting of Houston (red
cap) and Cliff Godwin of East
Carolina, converse with home
plate umpire David Buck during
Friday's American Athletic
Conference opener at
Clark-LeClair Stadium following
an ejection of ECU's Bryce
Harman in the sixth inning for
an illegal slide. (W.A. Myatt
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Clean-cut Pirates host Houston |
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 East
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.
Myatt) |
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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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 The
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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By
Al Myatt
©2016 Bonesville.net
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Post-game
audio: Cliff Godwin,
Jimmy Boyd,
Dwanya
Williams-Sutton...
GREENVILLE — Jimmy Boyd lost
a shutout bid in the top of the ninth inning but East Carolina won its
American Athletic Conference series with Houston by topping the Cougars
5-1 at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Saturday.
Freshman Dwanya
Williams-Sutton had three RBIs and Joe Ingle got his seventh save as
ECU improved to 19-8 overall and 2-0 in the AAC with a crowd of
2,966 looking on.
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Jimmy
Boyd works against Houston. The senior right-hander
parceled out 6 hits over 8 2/3 innings and gave up no
earned runs in picking up his 4th win of the season. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
Boyd (4-1) limited the
Cougars (16-10, 0-2) to six hits over eight and two-thirds innings.
He walked one and struck out eight.
The run that was charged
to the senior right-hander was unearned. The Pirates committed three
errors.
Grayson Padgett reached
on a miscue that allowed Corey Julks to score in the final frame.
Lefty Seth Romero (4-1)
was dealt his first loss as he went five and two-thirds innings. The
Pirates scored four runs in the sixth to extend their lead to 5-0.
Romero hit Eric Tyler
with a pitch in the second inning and Tyler stole second base with
two out, enabling him to score for a 1-0 ECU lead on a single to
left by Williams-Sutton.
"I didn't see any fast
balls today," Williams-Sutton said. "My coaches said, 'Sit slider,'
and that was my approach the whole game."
Charlie Yorgen walked to
start the Pirates' half of the sixth. He moved to second on a balk.
Travis Watkins was hit by a pitch and Tyler had an RBI double to
left for a 2-0 ECU lead.
Luke Bolka had an
infield single before the Cougars turned a double play. Tyler and
Bolka scored on a double down the left field line by
Williams-Sutton.
Turner Brown singled
through the left side to bring in Williams-Sutton for a 5-0 Pirates
lead.
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Turner Brown takes a cut against Houston. The freshman
went two for four with one RBI against the
nationally-ranked Cougars. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
ECU coach Cliff Godwin
referred to Romero as possibly the best left-hander in the country.
"With a guy like Romero,
I just have to minimize mistakes," Boyd said. "I have to play my
game, throw the ball down, get ground ball outs, get quick outs and
try to keep him on the ropes."
There were more intense
moments in the second game of the series. The Cougars thought ECU
first base coach Jeff Palumbo was stealing signs on Saturday,
resulting in a conference with the coaches and umpires.
"If we were stealing
signs, we wouldn't have struck out however many times (eight),"
Godwin said.
Bryce Harman was ejected
in game one,
a
3-1 Pirates win, for an illegal slide at the
plate on a new rule designed to protect catchers. Some players on
both teams left the dugout after the collision at home but there
were no physical confrontations. Harman served an automatic one-game
suspension on Saturday.
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ECU's
Eric Tyler tosses to first base to record the final out
of the eighth frame. The junior third baseman went two
for two, scored two runs and batted in another in
Saturday's AAC contest against Houston. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
Williams-Sutton, Tyler
and Brown each had two hits as the Pirates moved into position for a
sweep going into an 11 a.m. game today.
"I mean it would be
awesome," Godwin said of the chance to take three games against
Houston. " ... It's like I told our guys, we could come out and play
flat and win the series. Everybody would say, 'Good job.' But if you
want to be great, you want to try to focus on hosting regionals and
hosting super regionals, then you've got to do something special
every once in awhile. We'll need to play our best baseball to be
able to beat a great Houston team."
The Cougars are ranked
No. 25 in the USA Today coaches poll.
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.