For the second time this season the coronavirus pandemic has impacted East Carolina's baseball schedule. The 8th-ranked Pirates' four-game road series with fellow American Athletic Conference member Houston that was to begin with a doubleheader today (April 16) has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Cougars' program. The development was announced Thursday … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina scored six runs in the eighth inning for a 7-1 win over Memphis at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Sunday. The Pirates swept the four-game series with the Tigers to improve to 26-5 overall and 8-0 in the American Athletic Conference. ECU, ranked No. 9 in last week's Division I baseball poll, has won nine straight. Connor Norby and Thomas Francisco each … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — No. 9 East Carolina scored an unearned run in the bottom of the ninth on Saturday to edge visiting Memphis, 8-7, and take a 3-0 lead in the American Athletic Conference series. With the score tied at 7, Bryson Worrell led off the last inning with a walk. Ben Newton showed bunt but slapped a single up the middle to put runners at first and second with none … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina opened a four-game American Athletic Conference series with Memphis on Friday by sweeping a doubleheader at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The No. 9 Pirates (24-5, 6-0 AAC) won the first game, 12-2, in eight innings and held off the visitors, 5-3, in the second game. "We did a really good job in game one," said ECU coach Cliff Godwin. " ... Once we had … [Read more...]

A loss can have value when teams learn from it. Since a 2-1 setback at Elon on Saturday, March 27, the East Carolina baseball team has won five straight, a streak that includes a comeback win over North Carolina and a four-game American Athletic Conference sweep of Cincinnati. Pirates coach Cliff Godwin called his colleague, Tim Corbin of Vanderbilt, for some reassurance … [Read more...]