Pirate Nation was on a downward spiral. There was a 2-1 baseball loss at Elon on Saturday, an unexpected jolt for an East Carolina team ranked as high as No. 8 nationally. ECU had dispatched the Phoenix, 15-0, on Friday night but the Pirate bats did an about face the next day as Elon pitchers recorded 14 strikeouts. Then the news came Monday that All-AAC basketball … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina and North Carolina played baseball for four hours, 17 minutes on Tuesday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The Pirates never led until a bases-loaded single to left by Alec Makarewicz in the bottom of the ninth provided a walk-off 11-10 win. ECU (18-5) overcame three deficits of four runs each as UNC (13-10) had leads of 4-0, 6-2 and 10-6. "It … [Read more...]

ELON — A 2-run homer by Nick Cicci in the bottom of the fourth inning gave Elon a 2-1 win over East Carolina on Saturday. The Pirates (17-5) had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth when Alec Makarewicz doubled to left center on a full count pitch with two out to score Seth Caddell, who had doubled to left with one away. A strikeout, one of eight in five innings by … [Read more...]

ELON — Connor Norby led off the game with a home run and East Carolina went on to take a 15-0 win at Elon on Friday night. The Pirates (17-4) scored six runs in the top of the first and added eight more in the seventh. C.J. Boyd had a solo homer in the ninth. ECU outhit the hosts, 14-4, and four pitchers combined for the shutout with 18 strikeouts. Seth Cadell and Zach … [Read more...]