East Carolina's offense pivoted 180 degrees on Tuesday in a 19-9 win in seven innings at Old Dominion as the Pirates rapped out 18 hits. ECU had three crooked number innings — eight runs in the fourth, seven in the fifth and four more in the sixth. The Pirates were coming off a 13-1 loss at home on Sunday to Wichita State. "We really needed our offense to score a … [Read more...]
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BASEBALL NEWSPirates sweep ODU with run-rule road win
NORFOLK — East Carolina completed a season sweep of Old Dominion with a 19-9 win in seven innings at the Elmer Family Baseball Complex on Tuesday night. The Pirates topped the Monarchs, 11-0, in seven innings in Greenville on March 10. ECU (25-16-1) scored eight runs in the fourth, seven in the fifth and four in the sixth. "Great to get back on the winning side of … [Read more...]
BASEBALL NEWSWichita State bounces back, takes game three
GREENVILLE — Wichita State avoided an American Conference sweep at East Carolina on Sunday with a 13-1 win. The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the third on a sacrifice fly by Kaleb Duncan and stayed on top the rest of the way. The Pirates escaped a shutout in the eighth when Davin Whitaker's 2-out triple to deep right brought in Braden Burress and prevented a run-rule … [Read more...]
FOOTBALL NEWSFootball closes spring with Purple-Gold clash
GREENVILLE — Quarterbacks Mitch Griffis and Emory Williams were on public display Saturday as East Carolina held its annual Purple-Gold scrimmage to complete spring practice at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The Pirates are coming off a 9-4 season and do not have a returning starting quarterback in the program. Griffis, who transferred from Texas Tech, directed a 7-play … [Read more...]
BASEBALL NEWSNorby, Webb nix Wichita State for series win
GREENVILLE — East Carolina beat Wichita State by the same score on Saturday, 7-1, as on Friday night to take the American Conference series as Ethan Norby and Joe Webb combined for a dominant pitching performance at Clark-LeClair Stadium, The Pirates (24-15-1, 9-5 American) look to complete a sweep of the series on Sunday at 11 a.m. Norby (4-1) started and scattered … [Read more...]