GREENVILLE — East Carolina scored three runs in the sixth inning and held off Elon for a 7-6 victory at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Wednesday. With the score tied at 4 in the sixth, Cam Clonch had a 1-out double and scored the go-ahead run on a single to left by Ryan McCrystal. A 2-run homer by Josh Moylan put the Pirates ahead, 7-4. ECU improved to 12-10 going into a 3-game … [Read more...]
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Baseball NewsPirates capture road win over Seahawks
WILMINGTON — A pair of unearned runs in the eighth inning lifted East Carolina to a 3-1 win at UNC-Wilmington on Tuesday night. The Pirates climbed over .500 to 11-10 going into a home game with Elon (11-8) on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Ben Newton got ECU started in the eighth with a single through the right side. Jake Kuchmaner came in as a pinch runner and Bryson Worrell's … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates spring forward
Mike Houston has had a variety of experiences in spring practice at East Carolina, ranging from a group that needed a talent upgrade and a culture change in 2019 to no spring ball at all in 2020 to last season's offseason session of promise. What Houston is seeing thus far this season is representative of ECU's improvement to 7-5 overall and 5-3 in the American Athletic … [Read more...]
ECU Recruiting NewsLoaded Pirates still courting running backs
Running back isn't necessarily a position of need as East Carolina turns its focus to recruiting the Class of 2023. But that doesn't mean the Pirates aren't pursuing some prominent rushing prospects to join an already young and talented stable of runners on the current roster. ECU will have the top returning backfield duo in the American Athletic Conference next fall in … [Read more...]
Baseball NewsCougars capture series with 10-3 win
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC — College of Charleston used a 6-run third inning in a 10-3 win over East Carolina on Sunday to take the series two games to one. The Pirates (10-10) went ahead, 1-0, in the top of the second as Jacob Starling walked and went to second on a wild pitch before Justin Wilcoxin had an RBI single into left field. The Cougars (12-8) went ahead to stay on a … [Read more...]