WICHITA —Wichita State didn't score after the second inning on Friday night but an early 5-0 advantage was sufficient for a 5-4 win over East Carolina in the opening game of an American Athletic Conference series. The Pirates (26-20. 10-9 AAC) scored four runs in the seventh and will look to even the 3-game set on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Shockers (14-30, 6-13 AAC) lived up … [Read more...]

ELON — East Carolina held Elon scoreless over the last seven innings for a 4-2 nonconference road win on Tuesday night. Bradley Zayac, Jackson DiLorenzo (3-1) and Brad Pruett combined to limit the Phoenix to four hits and one earned run with two walks and 11 strikeouts over nine innings. "Our pitching was great," said ECU coach Cliff Godwin on the Pirate radio network. … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Tanner Chun and Connor Rasmussen each hit 2-run homers to cap Tulane's scoring in a 7-2 series-clinching win at East Carolina on Sunday. The Pirates slipped to 25-19 overall and 10-8 in the American Athletic Conference going into a game at Elon (19-24) on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Tulane (26-18, 10-8 AAC) took an early lead and maintained it to take the series, 2-1. … [Read more...]