CINCINNATI — East Carolina scored six runs in the fifth inning Sunday to complete an American Athletic Conference sweep at Cincinnati with a 6-2 win. The Pirates, ranked as high as No. 8 nationally, improved to 36-11 overall and 16-2 in league play. ECU has won 10 of its last 11 games. The Bearcats (22-25, 11-10 AAC) led 2-0 before Turner Brown singled to right to start … [Read more...]

CINCINNATI — East Carolina took an American Athletic Conference doubleheader on Friday at Cincinnati by scores of 9-4 in the afternoon and 6-3 in the nightcap. The Pirates, ranked as high as No. 8, improved to 35-11 overall and 15-2 in the AAC. The visitors scored four runs in the first inning of the first game after Bryant Packard drew a leadoff walk. Spencer Brickhouse … [Read more...]

Good players make good coaches. As East Carolina seeks to overcome a digression that has produced four straight losing seasons, the staff of new coach Mike Houston is working diligently on recruiting. The objective is to find players that will enable a higher level of performance by the Pirates. New strength and conditioning coach John Williams is busy developing the … [Read more...]

Suzanne Brown understands well that Coach Cliff Godwin keeps a busy schedule during the baseball season. In the four years her son Turner has played for East Carolina, she has never missed a home game and has come to appreciate how hard Godwin works. But judging from his attentiveness to Turner and their family since January 22, when the family’s Whiteville home was … [Read more...]

The East Carolina baseball team faced exams and five big games in what could have been a most trying week. On the field, the Pirates had just short of a perfect week. They breezed past every test until the final game. Tulane would salvage the final game of this past weekend's series in a thrilling 9-8 win. Still, give this Pirate baseball team an “A” for a job well done … [Read more...]