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ECU, Huskies halted
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ECU, Huskies halted |
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STORRS, CT — After three rain
delays Friday, the opener of
East Carolina's three-game
American Athletic Conference
series at Connecticut was
suspended.
The contest was scoreless
through six innings
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Next: ECU at UConn |
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Saturday, 12 pm* |
Sun., 12 pm |
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*Friday's suspended
game will continue
at 12 pm Saturday
with 2nd game of
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BASEBALL |
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Pirates want no more kisses |
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 East
Carolina had plenty of chances to
take the deciding game in its
American Athletic Conference series
with first-place Cincinnati last
weekend. When you mix in Sunday's
noon start with a 94-minute rain
delay, add in a 4 p.m. travel curfew
and end up with a 3-3 tie, it leaves
you thinking about the what ifs.
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from Brian Bailey...
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GENERAL |
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Pirates gathering to back Varner |
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 When
former East Carolina golfer
Harold Varner III tees off on
No. 10 at the Quail Hollow Club
in Charlotte at 1 p.m. today for
the Wells Fargo Pro-Am, he will
have a group of followers
wearing purple shirts. ...
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Al Myatt...
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Star juco QB joins 2016 class |
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 Almost
three months after signing day, East
Carolina has addressed a pressing
need that arose unexpectedly with
Kurt Benkert's decision to transfer
to Virginia. Gardner Minshew of
national champion Northwest
Mississippi Community College will
enroll at ECU and contend with
Philip Nelson for the starting
quarterback position. ...
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sketches...
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Cincinnati rallies for tie |
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GREENVILLE — Cincinnati scored
two runs in the top of the
eighth inning for a 3-3 tie with
host East Carolina on Sunday.
The contest was not completed
because of the American Athletic
Conference's deadline for
finishing Sunday games.
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Pirates hold off Bearcats, even
series |
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 GREENVILLE
— East Carolina ended an
offensive lull and evened its
American Athletic Conference
series against visiting
Cincinnati with a 6-4 win
Saturday. ECU had scored just
eight runs in its previous six
games. The Pirates took a 6-0
lead into the top of the ninth
Saturday but the league-leading
Bearcats created some anxiety
for a Clark-LeClair Stadium
crowd of 2,915 before Joe Ingle
recorded his ninth save.
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Story, pictures & audio... |
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Pictured:
ECU junior
Luke Bolka
slides into
home after a
Charlie
Yorgen
ground out
to the right
side of the
infield in
the third
inning of
the Pirates'
6-4 AAC win
over
Cincinnati
on Saturday
at
Clark-LeClair
Stadium. (W.A.
Myatt photo) |
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Cincinnati tops Pirates, 3-0 |
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 GREENVILLE
— Cincinnati extended its lead
in the American Athletic
Conference with a 3-0 win over
East Carolina at Clark-LeClair
Stadium Friday night in the
opener of a three-game series.
Tulane's 10-6 loss to Houston
put the Bearcats 1.5 games ahead
of the second-place Green Wave.
Andrew Zellner (6-2) and A.J.
Kullman, who got his second
save, combined for the shutout
of the Pirates.
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Story, pictures & audio... |
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Pictured:
The view
from 'The
Jungle'
during ECU's
Friday
evening loss
to American
Athletic
Conference
opponent
Cincinnati.
(W.A. Myatt
photo) |
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Staff report
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STORRS, CT — After three
rain delays Friday, the opener of East Carolina's three-game American
Athletic Conference series at Connecticut was suspended.
The contest was
scoreless through six innings as left-handers Anthony Kay of UConn
and Evan Kruczynski of the Pirates each had eight strikeouts.
Play is scheduled to
resume at noon today with the second game of the series to follow.
05/07/2016 04:48 AM
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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 ECU baseball coach Cliff
Godwin (left) and New England
Patriots
free agent signee Bryce Williams
(right):