BOCA RATON, FL — East Carolina earned a share of the American Conference regular season championship with a 13-2 win in seven innings at Florida Atlantic and Alabama-Birmingham's 23-11 victory in eight innings at Texas-San Antonio on Saturday. The Pirates and Roadrunners finished tied atop the standings with 17-10 league records. UTSA will be the No. 1 seed for the … [Read more...]

BOCA RATON, FL — East Carolina won its first road series of the season with a 6-1 victory at Florida Atlantic on Friday night. The Pirates followed up on a 7-5 triumph over the Owls on Thursday night to improve to 32-21-1 overall and 16-10 in the league. Left-hander Ethan Norby (6-3) went six and one-third innings for the win. He allowed four hits and one run (earned) … [Read more...]

BOCA RATON, FL — When it came to insurance for East Carolina on Thursday night, pinch hitter Michael Kalinich was better than Geico, Liberty Mutual or Progressive. Kalinich had a 2-run double in the top of the ninth inning to expand a 4-3 Pirates' lead to 6-3. ECU added another run on a ground out by Austin Irby. The insurance runs prevented a walk-off by Florida … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina stopped a 4-game losing streak and avoided an American Conference sweep with a 3-0 win over Rice as Luke Payne, Ethan Rose and Charlie Hoagland combined for a shutout at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Sunday. The Pirates took the lead on a solo homer to right center by Davin Whitaker in the second inning. "I got a pitch up in the zone and put a swing … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Rice dealt East Carolina its fourth straight American Conference defeat on Saturday as the Owls topped the host Pirates, 5-3. All of the scoring in the game was generated by four home runs — two by each club. "We didn't do enough to win," said ECU coach Cliff Godwin on the Pirate radio network. "Their pitching has been really good this weekend." Rice took … [Read more...]