SAN ANTONIO — First-year American Athletic Conference member Texas-San Antonio won its first league series with a 6-5 victory over No. 10 East Carolina on Sunday. The Pirates (16-6) put the potential tying run in scoring position in the top of the ninth with a 2-out double by Carter Cunningham before a ground out ended the game. The Roadrunners (12-12) led the rest of the … [Read more...]
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BASEBALL NEWSPirates outscore UTSA to even series
SAN ANTONIO — East Carolina evened its American Athletic Conference series at Texas-San Antonio with a 14-10 win on Saturday to set up a deciding game on Sunday at 2 p.m. The No. 10 Pirates improved to 16-5 with six runs in a seventh inning that included a 2-run triple from Ryan McCrystal. ECU took a 3-1 lead in the third with RBI singles from Ryley Johnson and Jacob … [Read more...]
BASEBALL NEWSRoadrunners top ECU in conference opener
SAN ANTONIO — Host Texas San Antonio nicked East Carolina ace Trey Yesavage for four runs in the first three innings and dealt the No. 10 Pirates a 4-2 loss in their first American Athletic Conference game on Friday night. ECU (15-5) had an 8-game winning streak snapped and will look to even the series with the Roadrunners (11-11) on Saturday at 3 p.m. New AAC member UTSA … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EAST‘Mags’ returns with memories, aspirations
In a sense, Damon Magazu never left East Carolina. After an outstanding playing career for the Pirates from 2010 to 2013, he spent some time in the work world as a corporate head hunter, applying his degree from ECU in business administration. But he realized that football was still his passion and he got into coaching as a graduate assistant at his alma mater in 2016 and … [Read more...]
BASEBALL NEWSPirates make it eight straight
ELON — East Carolina will take an 8-game winning streak into American Athletic Conference play after scoring early and often in a 10-1 triumph at Elon on Tuesday. ECU pitchers Chris Kahler (1-0), Danny Beal, Erik Ritchie and Jackson Dilorenzo combined for a 3-hitter. The Pirates improved to 15-4 after going ahead to stay with a 3-run first inning that included an RBI … [Read more...]