HOUSTON — Leadoff batter Jared Triolo scored both runs as Houston took a 2-0 win over No. 11 East Carolina on Friday night. The outcome ended a 10-game winning streak for the Pirates, who slipped to 22-7 overall and 6-1 in the American Athletic Conference. Triolo singled in the first, stole second and scored on a 2-out throwing error. He hit a home run to left center in … [Read more...]

East Carolina (22-6) has won 10 straight games. The last loss was March 12 by a 7-2 margin to Duke at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Since then, the Pirates seem to have found themselves. The streak includes a 6-1 win over the Blue Devils on Wednesday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. "I thought we played very good," said ECU coach Cliff Godwin of the most recent outing. … [Read more...]

In front of the largest Clark-LeClair Stadium crowd of the season, the East Carolina baseball team defeated the Duke Blue Devils 6-1 on the force of two powerful three-run innings Wednesday night. The 4,744 Pirate fans who witnessed the win also constituted the 15th largest attendance in the ballpark’s history. “4,700 screaming, that’ll get you going a little bit,” said … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — A solo home run to left field by Brady Lloyd in the fifth inning started the scoring for East Carolina on Wednesday night and the Pirates went on to defeat Duke 6-1 at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Bryant Packard, Lane Hoover and Lloyd each had two hits and an RBI as No. 11 ECU improved to 22-6 overall with its 10th straight win. The Pirates added two more runs in … [Read more...]