HOUSTON — No. 8 East Carolina evened its American Athletic Conference series at Houston with a 5-4 win on Saturday night. The Cougars (13-14, 1-1 AAC) took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Justin Murray and a run-scoring sacrifice bunt by Ian McMillan. ECU (20-7, 1-1) evened the score in the fourth on an RBI single by Alec Makarewicz and an ensuing … [Read more...]

HOUSTON — Cameron Nickens had an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to complete a Houston comeback and give the Cougars a 5-4 win over East Carolina on Friday night in the American Athletic Conference opener for both clubs. Alex Lopez led off Houston's half of the 10th with a double to left center after the No. 8 Pirates had left the bases loaded in the top of the … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — The midweek struggles for No. 8 East Carolina continued with a 9-3 loss to UNC-Wilmington at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Tuesday night. The Pirates slipped to 19-6 for the season with five of the losses coming on Tuesday or Wednesday. "We haven't played well in the midweek," said ECU coach Cliff Godwin on the Pirate radio network. "Not real sure why we can't get … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Josh Grosz gave the East Carolina bullpen a rare day off as the No. 10 Pirates completed a 3-game sweep of George Mason with a 5-0 win at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Sunday. With home run support from Joey Berini and Josh Moylan, Grosz (4-0) turned in ECU's first complete game shutout since Gavin Williams went seven innings in a 12-0 win over Memphis in the … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Ryan McCrystal and Alec Makarewicz hit home runs for East Carolina in a series-clinching 8-1 win over George Mason before the eighth-largest crowd in Clark-LeClair Stadium history. Carter Spivey (2-1) went five innings for the win with 5,542 looking on. No. 10 ECU (18-5) goes for a sweep of the 3-game series with the Patriots (11-11) on Sunday with an … [Read more...]