ORLANDO — Jake Kuchmaner and Danny Beal combined for a 3-hit shutout as East Carolina took its American Athletic Conference series at Central Florida with a 10-0 win on Friday night. Kuchmaner, a senior left-hander, went five and one-third innings before summoning the trainer and leaving the game with what appeared to be an issue with his pitching arm. Kuchmaner (4-2) … [Read more...]
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Baseball NewsBig inning lifts ECU
ORLANDO — East Carolina scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to overcome a 6-2 deficit and defeat host Central Florida, 12-7, in the opener of a 3-game American Athletic Conference series on Thursday night. The Pirates improved to 20-15 overall and 5-2 in the AAC. The Knights slipped to 21-13 and 5-2 going into the second game of the series on Friday at 6 p.m. The hosts … [Read more...]
Baseball NewsMoylan leads Pirates past Elon, 7-1
ELON — Josh Moylan went 4-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs as East Carolina downed host Elon, 7-1, on Tuesday night. The Pirates (19-15) went ahead to stay as Moylan singled to score Cam Clonch, who had a hit to start the second inning and went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Bryson Worrell. ECU pushed the lead to 2-0 later in the second on a single by Lane Hoover that … [Read more...]
INSIDE GAME DAYOffense comes back in Purple-Gold game
GREENVILLE — Mike Houston had a tough decision Saturday after East Carolina's Purple-Gold spring football game. The winner of the scrimmage between the offense and defense was supposed to get a meal of steak as a reward. The loser would get lesser fare. The problem was that the offense rallied from a 25-12 deficit at halftime to tie the score at 40 before the clock on the … [Read more...]
INSIDE GAME DAY AUDIOCoaches & Players Postgame
East Carolina head coach Mike Houston, assistant coaches Blake Harrell and Donnie Kirkpatrick and players Rahjai Harris and Jireh Wilson spoke with the news media after the team's defense and offense battle to a tie in the Purple-Gold spring game on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, NC. Click media player below for each interview (AUDIO … [Read more...]