It’s possible that junior Davis Searcy, who grew up in Pitt County and is both the president of the Minges Maniacs and one of the founding members of the LeClair Lunatics, has seen as many East Carolina sporting events as any fan his age. But he has never seen anything quite like the American Athletic Conference baseball semifinal game Tuesday in Clearwater, FL. Because of … [Read more...]
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Baseball: AAC ChampionshipsBig 8th enables ECU win
CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina overcame a power surge by Tulane's Grant Witherspoon for a 6-5 victory in the winners' bracket in the American Athletic Conference tournament on Wednesday at Robin Roberts Field. The game was scheduled to be played at adjacent Spectrum Field on Thursday but was moved up due to the forecast of unfavorable weather on the original … [Read more...]
Postgame Audio FeaturePirates discuss comeback
Turner Brown, Spencer Brickhouse, Coach Cliff Godwin and Jake Agnos talked about East Carolina's comeback win over Tulane on Wednesday in an American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament winners bracket matchup. (Recorded by Brian Bailey) … [Read more...]
Baseball: AAC ChampionshipsECU takes tourney opener
CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina overcame an early 3-0 deficit against Central Florida on Tuesday for an 8-4 win in the opening game of the American Athletic Conference baseball tournament at Spectrum Field. The Pirates improved to 40-15 as Andrew Henrickson went 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Henrickson had a three-run double in the seventh to extend ECU's lead to its final … [Read more...]
Postgame Audio FeatureBig day for Drew
Drew Henrickson talked about his big day at the plate after helping East Carolina defeat Central Florida in the opening game of the American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament on Tuesday. Henrickson went 3-for-4, including a double and triple, and had 4 RBIs as the 4th-seeded Pirates advanced to a Wednesday winners bracket game against No. 8 seed Tulane, which upended top … [Read more...]