GREENVILLE — East Carolina erupted for nine runs in the sixth inning for an 11-4 American Athletic Conference win over Memphis at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Friday night. Eric Tyler had a three-run homer to put the Pirates (26-24, 5-14 AAC) ahead 4-3 in the big frame. Freshman Spencer Brickhouse launched solo homers in the second and seventh innings for ECU. Memphis … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina scored four runs in the fourth inning for a 5-1 win over Duke on Wednesday night as the Pirates swept the nonconference regular-season series with the Blue Devils. ECU (25-24) took a 9-4 win over Duke (24-24) at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on March 14. The Blue Devils got a leadoff double from Jimmy Herron and took a 1-0 lead in the top of the … [Read more...]

TAMPA — Nationally-ranked South Florida scored five runs in the first inning and completed a sweep of visiting East Carolina on Sunday with a 6-3 win. Joe Genord had an RBI double that opened the scoring for the Bulls (37-10, 12-6 AAC). Tyler Dietrich and Coco Montes had two-run singles in the opening frame for USF. Turner Brown reached base on a missed third strike with … [Read more...]

TAMPA,  FL — South Florida edged visiting East Carolina 5-4 on Saturday night with a run in the bottom of the 10th inning to take the American Athletic Conference series. Kevin Merrell of the Bulls tripled off Ryan Ross (0-1) to lead off the bottom of the final frame. The Pirates intentionally walked Duke Stunkel and Luke Borders to load the bases. Matt Bridges recorded a … [Read more...]

TAMPA, FL — South Florida overcame an early 3-0 deficit to take the opening game in an American Athletic Conference series with visiting East Carolina 8-6 on Friday night. The second meeting in the three-game set is scheduled for tonight at 6:30. Bulls catcher Tyler Dietrich was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and scored two runs as USF improved to 35-10 overall and 10-6 in the … [Read more...]