GREENVILLE — East Carolina beat South Florida, 12-4, in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday, but the Pirates couldn't beat a rain system to complete the second game. Play is scheduled to resume on Sunday at noon with ECU holding a 6-2 lead going to the bottom of the third inning. The first game triumph Saturday gave the Pirates the series win as ECU improved to … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina was dominant in all phases on Friday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium in taking an 11-1 win in seven innings over South Florida in an American Conference series opener. Davin Whitaker went 4-for-4 with two home runs, three RBIs and three runs as the Pirates improved to 26-16-1 overall and 10-6 in league play going into a doubleheader with the Bulls … [Read more...]

NORFOLK — East Carolina completed a season sweep of Old Dominion with a 19-9 win in seven innings at the Elmer Family Baseball Complex on Tuesday night. The Pirates topped the Monarchs, 11-0, in seven innings in Greenville on March 10. ECU (25-16-1) scored eight runs in the fourth, seven in the fifth and four in the sixth. "Great to get back on the winning side of … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Wichita State avoided an American Conference sweep at East Carolina on Sunday with a 13-1 win. The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the third on a sacrifice fly by Kaleb Duncan and stayed on top the rest of the way. The Pirates escaped a shutout in the eighth when Davin Whitaker's 2-out triple to deep right brought in Braden Burress and prevented a run-rule … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina beat Wichita State by the same score on Saturday, 7-1, as on Friday night to take the American Conference series as Ethan Norby and Joe Webb combined for a dominant pitching performance at Clark-LeClair Stadium, The Pirates (24-15-1, 9-5 American) look to complete a sweep of the series on Sunday at 11 a.m. Norby (4-1) started and scattered … [Read more...]