NEW ORLEANS — Dwanya Williams-Sutton drove in three runs with a pair of homers and freshman left-hander Alec Burleson went seven and one-third innings as East Carolina won its American Athletic Conference series at Tulane with an 8-3 victory on Saturday. The No. 12 Pirates (32-12, 10-7 AAC) topped the Green Wave (22-26, 7-10) in the series opener on Friday night by a 9-5 … [Read more...]

NEW ORLEANS — East Carolina broke a tie score at 5 with two runs in the eighth inning and the No. 12 Pirates added a pair in the ninth to open an American Athletic Conference series at Tulane with a 9-5 win on Friday night. Brady Lloyd drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to push Connor Litton across with the go-ahead run. Spencer Brickhouse was hit by a pitch to bring … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Houston held on Sunday to complete an American Athletic Conference sweep at East Carolina with a 6-5 win. Trailing 6-2, the Pirates loaded the bases in the ninth on walks to Connor Litton, Dusty Baker and Chandler Jenkins before a two-run double to right by Bryant Packard cut the margin to 6-4. A sacrifice fly by Jeremy Whitehead pulled the Pirates within 6-5 … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — An error and a wild pitch in the second inning helped Houston take a 2-0 lead and the Cougars went on to seal the American Athletic Conference series victory with a 3-1 win over East Carolina at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Saturday. A solo homer by Spencer Brickhouse in the seventh inning accounted for ECU's run. Alec Burleson (2-1) started and went four and … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — The virus that has been going through the East Carolina team sidelined scheduled starting pitcher Chris Holba (9-0) on Friday night as Houston took a 5-4 win in the opening game of an American Athletic Conference series at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Sophomore left-hander Jake Agnos made the start and went five-plus innings. He allowed seven hits and four runs (all … [Read more...]