KANNAPOLIS — East Carolina scored three runs in the 10th inning to top Queens, 5-2, on Tuesday night at Atrium Health Ballpark. Ryan McCrystal started the decisive frame with a single through the left side and Jacob Starling drew a walk. The 12-ranked Pirates (8-3) took a 3-2 lead on a double through the right side by Jacob Jenkins-Cowart. Ryley Johnson had a 2-run single … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina closed the 2023 Keith LeClair Classic with an 11-2 win over Georgetown as Josh Moylan had a grand slam to cap an 8-run eighth inning. Josh Grosz (1-0) started and pitched five hitless innings as the Pirates improved to 7-3. Grosz struck out 10 and walked four. Joey Berini had an RBI single in the second to put ECU ahead to stay. ' Jacob … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Long Beach State scored early and maintained the lead in a 3-2 win over East Carolina on Saturday in the Keith LeClair Classic. The Dirtbags (6-3) scored an unearned run in the top of the first after leadoff batter Nick Marincontz reached on an error and came home on a double down the left field line by Rocco Peppi. Eddie Saldivar had a bunt single for Long … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina opened the 20th annual Keith LeClair Classic with a 17-4 win over Indiana as Jacob Starling led the Pirates offensively with 3-run homer in the fourth and a 3-run double in the fifth. ECU (6-2), ranked No. 9 nationally by D1Baseball, never trailed after a sacrifice fly by Justin Wilcoxen in the bottom of the first provided a 1-0 lead. In ECU's … [Read more...]

DURHAM — Jay Beshears hit a grand slam for Duke in an 8-run fifth inning and the Blue Devils downed No. 9 East Carolina, 9-0, on Tuesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Duke (6-2) went ahead, 1-0, in the fourth with two out on a solo homer to right by Andrew Fischer off of Danny Beal (1-1). The hosts started their half of the fifth with a bunt single by Giovanni DiGiacomo. … [Read more...]