CHAPEL HILL — Sunday was another day in the East Carolina-North Carolina baseball series — and another 6-5 comeback victory for the Pirates. As in Friday's 6-5 ECU triumph in Greenville, Jacob Starling drove in the go-ahead runs. Starling delivered on a 1-2 count on Friday with a 2-run single to center in a 6-run eighth inning for a 5-3 lead. He was down 0-2 on Sunday … [Read more...]
Baseball NewsPirates erupt in eighth to top UNC
GREENVILLE — No. 11 East Carolina scored six runs in the eighth inning to overcome a 3-0 deficit and defeat No. 12 North Carolina, 6-5, on Friday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The decisive frame started with a full-count walk to Alec Makarewicz. Connor Rasmussen hit into a fielder's choice that retired Makarewicz and Pirates coach Cliff Godwin inserted Ryley Johnson to run for … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EAST: RICEThe new American
Fifth in a series examining incoming members of the AAC Moving day in the American Athletic Conference is coming up on July 1. That's when Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston leave the AAC for the Big 12. Programs that will join the American from Conference USA with the new fiscal year include Alabama-Birmingham, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice and … [Read more...]
Baseball NewsCamels top ECU in 10th
BUIES CREEK — Pinch hitter Logan Jordan hit an RBI single up the middle in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift Campbell to a 6-5 win over No. 11 East Carolina on Tuesday at Jim Perry Stadium. Eight Pirate pitchers yielded seven walks and hit six Camel batters. "Too many freebies," said ECU skipper Cliff Godwin on the Pirate radio network. Lawson Harrill scored the … [Read more...]
THE SPORTS OBJECTIVERemembering Jeff Charles
Watch these two special "Remembering Jeff Charles" episodes of the The Sports Objective's series of podcasts and YouTube clips. In Part 1 (top), Wake Forest and Marshall play by play announcers Stan Cotten and Steve Cotton, ECU radio network commentators and former ECU football players Kevin Monroe and Andrew Bayes and ECU alum and radio industry professional Brian "B" Paize … [Read more...]