GREENVILLE — Wichita State avoided an American Conference sweep at East Carolina on Sunday with a 13-1 win. The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the third on a sacrifice fly by Kaleb Duncan and stayed on top the rest of the way. The Pirates escaped a shutout in the eighth when Davin Whitaker's 2-out triple to deep right brought in Braden Burress and prevented a run-rule … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina beat Wichita State by the same score on Saturday, 7-1, as on Friday night to take the American Conference series as Ethan Norby and Joe Webb combined for a dominant pitching performance at Clark-LeClair Stadium, The Pirates (24-15-1, 9-5 American) look to complete a sweep of the series on Sunday at 11 a.m. Norby (4-1) started and scattered … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Wichita State got the first run in the opening game of an American Conference series at East Carolina on Friday night, but the Pirates' bullpen held the Shockers scoreless over the last seven and two-thirds innings in a 7-1 ECU victory. The first five runs of the game came with two out. Nolan Ganter gave the Shockers a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI single. … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — N.C. State got an early lead and was not seriously threatened in a 10-3 nonconference win at East Carolina on Tuesday night. "We were outplayed in all three phases," said ECU coach Cliff Godwin on the Pirate radio network. "Tip of the cap to N.C. State. ... Apologies to our fans, but we'll get better." The Wolfpack (25-12) took a 2-0 lead in the second with a … [Read more...]