GREENVILLE — Florida Atlantic captured its American Athletic Conference series at East Carolina with a 14-1 win in seven innings on Saturday. The Pirates (20-12, 6-2 AAC) look to avoid a 3-game sweep on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the series finale. FAU (22-9, 4-4 AAC) scored four runs in the first inning with an RBI triple by Patrick Ward, a run-scoring double by Jake Duer and a … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina had a 5-game winning streak halted as Florida Atlantic used back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning to top the Pirates, 6-5, on Friday night in the opening game of an American Athletic Conference series. It was the first league loss for ECU (20-11, 6-1 AAC). The Pirates had a 3-1 lead in the fourth when Marshall Lipsey of the Owls (21-9, 3-4 … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina stayed hot with a 7-5 victory over Elon at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Wednesday night. The Pirates have a 5-game winning streak and have won 13 of their last 15 games to improve to 20-10 for the season. ECU is 6-0 in the American Athletic Conference and resumes league play on Friday at 6 p.m. against Florida Atlantic (20-9, 2-4 AAC). The … [Read more...]

WILMINGTON — Alex Bouche hit a grand slam in the top of the 10th inning to send East Carolina to a 10-6 nonconference win at UNC Wilmington on Tuesday night. The Pirates scored four runs in the first inning and never trailed in improving to 19-10 although the Seahawks (14-15) pulled even at 6 on a 2-run homer by Ryker Galaska in the eighth. ECU was topped, 9-4, by UNCW in … [Read more...]