BOCA RATON, FL — When it came to insurance for East Carolina on Thursday night, pinch hitter Michael Kalinich was better than Geico, Liberty Mutual or Progressive. Kalinich had a 2-run double in the top of the ninth inning to expand a 4-3 Pirates' lead to 6-3. ECU added another run on a ground out by Austin Irby. The insurance runs prevented a walk-off by Florida … [Read more...]

The announcement Monday stated that Campbell and East Carolina mutually agreed to cancel a game scheduled for Tuesday evening at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville. That was a good move for the Pirates. The value of ECU hitters seeing live pitching midweek before the last regular season series starts at Florida Atlantic on Thursday is outweighed by the need to conserve … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina stopped a 4-game losing streak and avoided an American Conference sweep with a 3-0 win over Rice as Luke Payne, Ethan Rose and Charlie Hoagland combined for a shutout at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Sunday. The Pirates took the lead on a solo homer to right center by Davin Whitaker in the second inning. "I got a pitch up in the zone and put a swing … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Rice dealt East Carolina its fourth straight American Conference defeat on Saturday as the Owls topped the host Pirates, 5-3. All of the scoring in the game was generated by four home runs — two by each club. "We didn't do enough to win," said ECU coach Cliff Godwin on the Pirate radio network. "Their pitching has been really good this weekend." Rice took … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Rice scored seven runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally past host East Carolina for a 10-5 win in the opening game of an American Conference series on Friday night. "We played eight innings of good baseball," said Pirates coach Cliff Godwin. "Tip your hat to Rice. ... We didn't do enough to win in the ninth inning." Paul Smith's 2-run single to left … [Read more...]