GREENVILLE — Mercer overcame deficits in both games to take a doubleheader at East Carolina on Friday. The Bears (16-4) trailed 7-5 in the first game before coming back for a 10-7 win. Bryce Harman's two-run single to left center in the bottom of the sixth scored Travis Watkins and Turner Brown to give the Pirates a 4-2 lead in the second game before Mercer rallied for a … [Read more...]

DURHAM — A five-run fifth inning lifted East Carolina to its 13th win in its last 14 games, 9-4, over Duke at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Tuesday evening. The host Blue Devils (10-9) led 3-0 after two innings and carried the advantage into the top of the fifth when the Pirates surged ahead. Bryant Packard and T.J. Riles had singles to start the decisive frame. Packard … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Jacob Wolfe and Chris Holba combined for a shutout in the second game as East Carolina swept a doubleheader from visiting Charlotte on Saturday. The Pirates (12-4) won the series two games to one with a 3-0 win to conclude the doubleheader and the series. ECU got a game-ending, three-run homer to right from Charlie Yorgen in the 10th inning to end the first … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Charlotte broke a scoreless deadlock with East Carolina on Friday at Clark-LeClair Stadiun with two runs in the top of the ninth inning to take a 2-0 victory and end a 10-game winning streak for the Pirates. Zack Smith led off the ninth with a double for the 49ers (10-4). Joe Ingle came on in relief of Sam Lanier (2-2), who was charged with the loss, and yielded … [Read more...]