GREENVILLE — East Carolina overcame a 3-0 deficit after three innings to defeat Illinois State, 11-5, at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Saturday and clinch the series with the Redbirds. "We had much tougher at-bats than we did last night," said Pirates coach Cliff Godwin in reference to a 4-3 win in 11 innings in the series opener on Friday night. "When we're relentless with … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Seth Caddell singled through the left side to score Connor Norby in the bottom of the 11th inning and give East Carolina a 4-3 victory over Illinois State in the opener of a 3-game series at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Friday night. Norby singled to center to start the decisive frame for the Pirates (14-3) and he moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Zach Agnos. … [Read more...]

WILMINGTON — UNC-Wilmington ended East Carolina's 7-game winning streak by downing the Pirates, 10-2, on Wednesday night. ECU (13-3) had surged into the Top 10 nationally in multiple polls before being outhit, 17-5. The hosts scored all of their runs after the Pirates took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Thomas Francisco had an RBI single in the top of the first and … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina took all three games of its weekend series with Charlotte, completing a sweep with a 3-1 win on Sunday at Clark-LeClair Stadium as Connor Norby and Josh Moylan hit home runs for the No. 14 Pirates. The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the first after loading the bases with no outs. Aaron McKeithan grounded into a double play but Craig Keuchel scored … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Home runs by Alec Makarewicz and Connor Norby accounted for East Carolina's scoring in a 3-1 win over Charlotte on Saturday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Carson Whisenhunt (3-0) pitched seven scoreless innings and C.J. Mayhue picked up his third save as No. 14 ECU improved to 12-2. Makarewicz homered to right field in the sixth to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead and … [Read more...]