GREENVILLE — Pinch hitter Michael Kalinich led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a solo homer to center to give East Carolina an 8-7 win over Pennsylvania at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Sunday. The Pirates (12-8-1) took the series with the Quakers (3-10) two games to one. ECU had to recover from deficits of 4-1 and 7-5 in the deciding game of the series. The Pirates … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — The unpredictability of baseball was illustrated on Saturday in Penn's 1-0 win at East Carolina. The Pirates had dispatched the Quakers, 17-3, on Friday but pitching took over in the second game of the series. The visitors scored the only run in the ninth when Gavin Degnan doubled to left with one out. He came home on a 2-out double down the left field line … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina took a 17-3 win over Penn in seven innings on Friday in the series opener at Clark-LeClair Stadium. It was the fourth straight triumph for the Pirates (11-7-1), who have averaged 15.5 runs during the winning streak. ECU took a 4-0 lead in the first inning as Austin Irby had an RBI single, Alex Bouche delivered an RBI double and Jeff Sabater … [Read more...]