CLEARWATER, FL — Top-seeded East Carolina closed out Cincinnati, 15-5, in seven innings in a winners bracket matchup in the American Athletic Conference tournament on Thursday at BayCare Ballpark. The Pirates (40-18) have won 16 straight going into a contest on Saturday at 9 a.m. against the winner of a Friday game between No. 5 seed Tulane and 4th-seeded Cincinnati. ECU … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — Bryson Worrell answered a South Florida grand slam with one of his own to lift East Carolina to a 7-4 win in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Tournament at BayCare Ballpark on Tuesday. The top-seeded Pirates (39-18) advance to meet fourth-seeded Cincinnati (24-29) on Thursday at 1 p.m. The Bearcats downed fifth-seeded Tulane, 8-1, on … [Read more...]

Dr. Gary Overton brought baseball coach Cliff Godwin into the program at East Carolina as a player and had a record 427 wins as coach of the Pirates from 1985 to 1997. Overton continues to serve ECU as assistant athletic director/game operations-facilities. Overton also has been an analyst on the Pirate radio baseball broadcasts for 18 years. "Coach O" has seen ECU develop … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina will take a 14-game winning streak into the American Athletic Conference tournament next week after a 3-2 win in 10 innings over visiting Houston on Saturday that completed a 3-game sweep of the Cougars. Lane Hoover doubled with one out in the bottom of the 10th and scored the winning run on a single by Bryson Worrell. The outcome lifted the … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina got early power from Zach Agnos and Bryson Worrell in subduing Houston, 5-3, on Friday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The nation's best current winning streak improved to 13 games. Agnos led off the bottom of the first with a home run to center field and ECU stayed ahead the rest of the way. Worrell blasted a round tripper to left with one … [Read more...]