CHARLOTTE — Seth Caddell hit a 2-run homer in the first inning to put No. 22 East Carolina ahead to stay and set the tone for a series-clinching 15-5 win at Charlotte on Saturday. The Pirates (11-3) go for a 3-game sweep of the 49ers (8-7) on Sunday at noon. ECU outhit the hosts, 18-11, on Saturday and played errorless in the field while Charlotte was charged with four … [Read more...]

CHARLOTTE — East Carolina took the opener of a 3-game series at Charlotte, 14-4, on Friday as winning pitcher Alec Burleson went 3-for-3 and scored three runs. The Pirates (10-3), ranked as high as No. 22 nationally, had 17 hits. Burleson, a junior left-hander, went five and two-thirds innings on the mound as he improved to 2-1. He yielded four runs, all earned. He gave … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Five East Carolina pitchers combined for a 1-hitter in an 11-0 nonconference win over Liberty on Wednesday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. ECU took the lead on a 3-run homer by Bryson Worrell in the bottom of the first. That was enough support as Trystan Kimmel, Cam Colmore, Garrett Saylor, Dylan Lawson and Elijah Gill limited the Flames to a third-inning … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina closed the Keith LeClair Classic on Sunday with a 13-1 win over High Point as Bryson Worrell hit two home runs. Lane Hoover and Connor Norby each had three singles after the Pirates had struggled with offensive production in earlier losses in the event to Indiana and Ole Miss. ECU (8-3) outhit High Point (5-7) by a 16-9 margin. The No. 13 … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina had the tying run in scoring position with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday, but a ground out sealed a 2-1 win for Ole Miss in the Keith LeClair Classic. The No. 13 Rebels (9-1) meet Indiana (6-2) on Sunday at 11 a.m in a matchup of the event's 2-0 teams. The 17th-ranked Pirates (7-3) take on High Point (5-6) on Sunday at … [Read more...]