GREENVILLE — East Carolina withstood an Elon rally in the eighth inning for a 4-3 win on Tuesday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The Pirates (13-8-1) had built a 4-0 lead before the Phoenix (9-11) made a comeback in the eighth. Sean Jenkins got a pop out to shallow left to strand two runners in scoring position after Elon had closed within a run. ECU never trailed after taking … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Pinch hitter Michael Kalinich led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a solo homer to center to give East Carolina an 8-7 win over Pennsylvania at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Sunday. The Pirates (12-8-1) took the series with the Quakers (3-10) two games to one. ECU had to recover from deficits of 4-1 and 7-5 in the deciding game of the series. The Pirates … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — The unpredictability of baseball was illustrated on Saturday in Penn's 1-0 win at East Carolina. The Pirates had dispatched the Quakers, 17-3, on Friday but pitching took over in the second game of the series. The visitors scored the only run in the ninth when Gavin Degnan doubled to left with one out. He came home on a 2-out double down the left field line … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina took a 17-3 win over Penn in seven innings on Friday in the series opener at Clark-LeClair Stadium. It was the fourth straight triumph for the Pirates (11-7-1), who have averaged 15.5 runs during the winning streak. ECU took a 4-0 lead in the first inning as Austin Irby had an RBI single, Alex Bouche delivered an RBI double and Jeff Sabater … [Read more...]

WILLIAMSBURG, VA — East Carolina won its third straight with a high for run production this season in a 24-3 conquest at William & Mary on Wednesday. Braden Burress went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, four runs and three RBIs. He had one stolen base. He scored on a wild pitch in the first inning to give ECU a 1-0 lead. The contest was declared final early in … [Read more...]