ELON — A 2-run homer by Nick Cicci in the bottom of the fourth inning gave Elon a 2-1 win over East Carolina on Saturday. The Pirates (17-5) had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth when Alec Makarewicz doubled to left center on a full count pitch with two out to score Seth Caddell, who had doubled to left with one away. A strikeout, one of eight in five innings by … [Read more...]

ELON — Connor Norby led off the game with a home run and East Carolina went on to take a 15-0 win at Elon on Friday night. The Pirates (17-4) scored six runs in the top of the first and added eight more in the seventh. C.J. Boyd had a solo homer in the ninth. ECU outhit the hosts, 14-4, and four pitchers combined for the shutout with 18 strikeouts. Seth Cadell and Zach … [Read more...]

COVID-19 issues within the St. John's baseball program and the subsequent round of contact tracing have led to the cancellation of East Carolina's three-game home series this weekend with the Red Storm. ECU officials announced the development in a press release that revealed the Pirates will take advantage of the schedule alteration to play a two-game series at Elon. ECU … [Read more...]

CHAPEL HILL — East Carolina fell again to a midweek foe in an 8-1 loss at North Carolina on Tuesday night. The Pirates are 14-1 in weekend series but are 2-3 in other games with their second straight weekday loss. ECU (16-4), ranked as high as No, 8 nationally, tied the score at 1 in the top of the second as Josh Moylan scored on an infield single by Ben Newton. It was … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina posted its fourth weekend sweep of the 2021 season with an 11-8 win over Illinois State at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Sunday. Carson Whisenhunt improved to 4-0, C.J. Mayhue recorded his fourth save and the Pirates (16-3) got home runs from Seth Caddell and Bryson Worrell. ECU is 5-0 in Sunday games this year. Whisenhunt struggled at the outset … [Read more...]