It took East Carolina more time to subdue Old Dominion on Wednesday — four hours and four minutes — than the duration of the bus ride back to Greenville. The No. 14 Pirates were in position to wrap things up in a shorter time frame before a home run by ODU third baseman Kenny Levari with one out in the bottom of the ninth energized the Monarchs fans among a crowd of 654 at … [Read more...]

NORFOLK — No. 14 East Carolina scored three runs in the 13th inning for a 4-1 nonconference baseball win at Old Dominion on Wednesday. The Pirates (35-14) started the decisive frame with a single to right field by Carter Cunningham. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Luke Nowak. Nathan Chrismon had an infield single with two out. Cunningham scored the go-ahead run … [Read more...]

CINCINNATI — No. 14 East Carolina scored a tying run in the eighth inning and the winning run in the 10th inning to complete an American Athletic Conference sweep at Cincinnati with a 6-5 triumph in 10 innings on Sunday. The Pirates (34-14, 12-6 AAC) are a half-game behind Houston (28-19, 12-5) in the league standings going into a nonconference contest at Old Dominion on … [Read more...]

CINCINNATI — East Carolina clinched its American Athletic Conference series at Cincinnati with an 11-3 win on Saturday as Justin Wilcoxen and Jacob Starling provided the power. Wilcoxen was 2-for-4 with a grand slam, two runs and five RBIs. Starling went 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs and three RBIs. The 14th-ranked Pirates (33-14. 11-6 AAC) went ahead to stay on … [Read more...]

CINCINNATI — East Carolina outhit host Cincinnati, 11-7, on Friday in taking a 9-3 win in the opener of a 3-game American Athletic Conference series. The Pirates. ranked No. 14 by D1Baseball, improved to 32-14 overall and 10-6 in the AAC. The Bearcats slipped to 20-25 for the season and 8-8 in league play going into game two of the series on Saturday at 2 p.m. … [Read more...]