This was supposed to be a column about a big bounce back win for East Carolina on the diamond. Unfortunately, that column will have to wait for another day. The Pirates hosted Air Force for a rare Monday game and fell to the Falcons, 3-2. Air Force was coming off a series win over Navy in the Freedom Classic at Grainger Stadium in Kinston. East Carolina went into the … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Alec Burleson singled in the eighth inning to bring home Ryder Giles and tie the score at 2, but Gabe Martinez homered in the ninth to lift Air Force to 3-2 win over host East Carolina on Monday. Burleson went 2-for-4 and Giles was 1-for-2 with a double as the No. 9 Pirates were limited to three hits by a pair of Falcons pitchers. Nathan Price (2-0) tossed five … [Read more...]

It’s difficult and in most cases, inadvisable, to make any rash judgments about a team in the second week of a long season. So let’s not read too much into the East Carolina baseball team's two recent losses, especially the one last Wednesday at Campbell — a team that won its conference and played in the NCAA tournament a year ago. At the same time, there are least a … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Monmouth used a five-run seventh inning to erase a 5-1 East Carolina lead and the Hawks went on to take an 8-5 win at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Sunday. The Pirates took the series, 2-1, by virtue of a doubleheader sweep on Saturday. A bases-loaded double by Ryder Giles gave ECU a 3-0 lead in the second inning on Sunday. The Pirates led 5-1 after solo home … [Read more...]

NEW ORLEANS — East Carolina took its first road win of the season, 85-81, at Tulane on Saturday night as Shawn Williams scored 27 points and Isaac Fleming added 20. Fleming made a 3-pointer with 3:47 to go for a 73-72 lead. That started an 8-0 run that included a dunk from Seth LeDay, a free throw by Williams and a layup by Fleming that pushed the Pirates' advantage to 78-72 … [Read more...]