CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina split a pair of games with Wichita State in the American Athletic Conference Tournament at BayCare Ballpark on Saturday. ECU took a dramatic 5-4 win over the Shockers in the morning on a game-ending steal of home by Dixon Williams, but a 12-2 loss in eight innings later in the day knocked the AAC regular season champions out of the league … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina withstood a Rice threat in the ninth inning for an 8-7 win in an elimination game in the American Athletic Conference tournament at BayCare Ballpark on Friday. The Pirates (42-14) will meet Wichita State (31-27) on Saturday at 9 a.m. ECU will need to win the morning matchup with the Shockers and take a subsequent contest with Wichita State … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — Josh Livingston was primarily responsible for Wichita State's 14-4 win over East Carolina in the winners bracket of the American Athletic Conference tournament on Thursday. Livingston helped the Shockers overcome a 3-1 ECU lead with a 3-run homer in a 7-run sixth inning and a grand slam in the eighth against the pitching-depleted Pirates (41-14), who will … [Read more...]

East Carolina had the afternoon to relax in Clearwater, FL, after a morning workout on Wednesday, a contrast to last year's run through the losers bracket in the American Athletic Conference tournament at  BayCare Ballpark. In 2023, the Pirates played six games in six days, a situation necessitated by a 12-11 loss to South Florida in 11 innings on opening day of the AAC … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina was facing a repeat of last year's opening loss in the American Athletic Conference tournament as the top seed until an eighth-inning eruption Tuesday at BayCare Ballpark. Trailing Rice, 4-0, the Pirates (41-13) scored 12 runs in the eighth for a 12-4 victory and their fourth straight win over the Owls (22-35), following a sweep in Greenville … [Read more...]