GREENVILLE — Jake Kuchmaner and Gavin Williams turned in solid pitching performances as No. 14 East Carolina opened a 3-game series with a 7-4 win over Charlotte on Friday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The duo combined for 15 strikeouts without a walk and the Pirates (11-2) went ahead to stay when an RBI single by Ben Newton produced a 3-2 lead in the fourth. Newton … [Read more...]

DURHAM — Connor Norby hit a 3-run homer in the sixth inning to break a tie score at 5 and East Carolina went on to an 11-5 win over Duke at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Tuesday. The Pirates, who moved from No. 17 to No. 14 in this week's Division I Baseball rankings, improved to 10-2 with their second win this season over the Blue Devils (6-6), who lost, 6-1, in Greenville … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina took control early and swept Appalachian State in the Keith LeClair Classic with a 10-2 win on Sunday. Thomas Francisco singled up the middle to score Connor Norby for a 1-0 ECU lead in the bottom of the first and the Pirates, ranked No. 17 by Division I baseball, led the rest of the way. Norby's infield single in the second brought in Josh … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina trailed Appalachian State, 2-0, on Saturday before back-to-back solo home runs by Ben Newton and Connor Norby started a 3-run fifth inning for the Pirates, who went on to take the Keith LeClair Classic with a 5-2 win. The event that honors the late ECU coach started in 2004. The Pirates claimed the title outright for the 10th time. Normally, ECU … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Catcher Seth Caddell and reliever Nick Logusch provided highlights as East Carolina won the opening game of the 2021 Keith LeClair Classic, 13-2, over Appalachian State on Friday. Caddell had a 2-run homer in the fifth inning and finished with three RBIs. Logusch struck out all six batters he faced in the seventh and eighth innings. ECU improved to 7-2 going … [Read more...]