GREENVILLE — East Carolina won both ends of a doubleheader with Alabama-Birmingham on Friday, taking the American Athletic Conference series by scores of 6-2 and 4-3. The No. 15 Pirates (19-6, 3-2 AAC) go for a sweep of the Blazers (12-14, 1-4) on Saturday at noon. ECU went ahead to stay in the first game on an RBI single by Jacob Jenkins-Cowart that brought in Ryley … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Relief pitching was effective for East Carolina after spotting UNC-Wilmington a 4-0 lead and the Pirates rallied for a 7-4 win on Tuesday night to sweep the season series with the Seahawks. ECU (17-6) had posted an 8-7 triumph in 10 innings in the Port City on March 12. "We played much better tonight," said skipper Cliff Godwin on the Pirate radio network … [Read more...]

SAN ANTONIO — First-year American Athletic Conference member Texas-San Antonio won its first league series with a 6-5 victory over No. 10 East Carolina on Sunday. The Pirates (16-6) put the potential tying run in scoring position in the top of the ninth with a 2-out double by Carter Cunningham before a ground out ended the game. The Roadrunners (12-12) led the rest of the … [Read more...]

SAN ANTONIO — East Carolina evened its American Athletic Conference series at Texas-San Antonio with a 14-10 win on Saturday to set up a deciding game on Sunday at 2 p.m. The No. 10 Pirates improved to 16-5 with six runs in a seventh inning that included a 2-run triple from Ryan McCrystal. ECU took a 3-1 lead in the third with RBI singles from Ryley Johnson and Jacob … [Read more...]

SAN ANTONIO — Host Texas San Antonio nicked East Carolina ace Trey Yesavage for four runs in the first three innings and dealt the No. 10 Pirates a 4-2 loss in their first American Athletic Conference game on Friday night. ECU (15-5) had an 8-game winning streak snapped and will look to even the series with the Roadrunners (11-11) on Saturday at 3 p.m. New AAC member UTSA … [Read more...]