ELON — East Carolina will take an 8-game winning streak into American Athletic Conference play after scoring early and often in a 10-1 triumph at Elon on Tuesday. ECU pitchers Chris Kahler (1-0), Danny Beal, Erik Ritchie and Jackson Dilorenzo combined for a 3-hitter. The Pirates improved to 15-4 after going ahead to stay with a 3-run first inning that included an RBI … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina withstood five runs on two homers by Columbia in the last two innings to defeat the Lions, 8-6, on Sunday and complete a nonconference sweep at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The No. 11 Pirates (14-4) won their seventh straight as Justin Wilcoxen went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs. “I don’t think we’ve played our best baseball yet," said ECU … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Zach Root, Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman and Aaron Groller combined for a 2-hit shutout as No. 11 East Carolina took its series with Columbia with an 8-0 win at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Saturday. The Pirates (13-4) were boosted offensively by 2-run homers from Dixon Williams and Carter Cunningham. ECU looks to sweep the Lions (3-10) on Sunday in an 11:30 a.m. … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina backed another stellar start by Trey Yesavage with an abundance of offense in a 17-3 win over Columbia on Friday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The second matchup of a 3-game series is scheduled for Saturday at 4 p.m. Yesavage (4-0) yielded a solo home run to Cole Hage in the top of the first but by the time he had gone six innings, the No. 11 … [Read more...]