East Carolina had a grueling run through the American Athletic Conference tournament at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, FL. The top-seeded Pirates dropped their opener against South Florida, 12-11, in 11 innings, before winning four games in the losers bracket to reach the final against Tulane. The seventh-seeded Green Wave prevailed, 8-6, in the championship. On Monday, … [Read more...]

Members of East Carolina's baseball program watched the announcement of the NCAA Tournament bracket on Monday from TowneBank Tower at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and learned they will be the No. 2 seed in the Charlottesville regional. The Pirates (45-17) made the NCAA field for the 33rd time and are scheduled to face third-seeded Oklahoma (31-26) on Friday at 7 p.m. in the first … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — Tulane became the lowest seed to win the American Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-6 victory over No. 15 East Carolina, the top seed, at BayCare Ballpark on Sunday. The Green Wave (19-40), the No. 7 seed for the league event, used a 3-run fifth inning to take the lead for keeps. Down 8-6 going to the bottom of the ninth, the Pirates (45-17) … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — Jacob Starling's grand slam started top seed East Carolina on a surge that produced a 14-7 win over No. 8 seed South Florida to complete a 2-game sweep of the Bulls at BayCare Ballpark on Saturday, putting the Pirates in the championship game of the American Athletic Conference tournament. The Pirates downed the Bulls, 3-1, on Saturday morning to set up a … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — Justin Wilcoxen had a walk-off single for East Carolina with two out in the bottom of the 13th inning on Friday at BayCare Ballpark as the Pirates stayed alive in the American Athletic Conference tournament with a 7-6 win over Central Florida in an elimination game. It was the longest game in terms of innings in the history of the AAC event. No. 15 ECU … [Read more...]