East Carolina opens play in the 2018 American Baseball Tournament at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, FL. The game was originally scheduled for a 3 p.m. start. The threat of bad weather moved the game by six hours for the earliest of starts for this ECU baseball team. Monday was a day to soak up the praise. Four Pirates, led by American Athletic … [Read more...]
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Insights from BrettPirates do some trolling ahead of the postseason
East Carolina’s baseball regular season was a resounding success, regardless of how you define success. Coach Cliff Godwin and his young Pirates not only shooed away the ghosts of last year’s disappointment by winning 39 games against a brutally difficult schedule and spent most of the past two months ranked in or around the nation’s top 10, they also made a definitive … [Read more...]
Baseball: AAC ChampionshipsPirates, Knights set for rematch
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championships will get underway Tuesday with a 3 p.m. game between fourth seed East Carolina (39-15) and No. 5 seed Central Florida (35-19) at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, FL. The Pirates will be joined in their half of the bracket by top-seed Houston (33-21) and No. 8 seed Tulane (24-31). The Cougars Green Wave will play at 7 … [Read more...]
BaseballHuskies take series with doubleheader split
STORRS, CT — Host Connecticut rebounded from a 6-3 loss in the first game of a doubleheader Friday against East Carolina to claim the American Athletic Conference series two games to one with a 4-2 win in the second contest. The series was compacted due to the threat of inclement weather Saturday. ECU, ranked No. 9 nationally, is 39-15 overall and 14-10 in the AAC heading … [Read more...]
BaseballHuskies take series opener, 3-2
STORRS, CT — Connecticut handed East Carolina sophomore right-hander Chris Holba (9-1) his first loss of the season as the Huskies topped the Pirates 3-2 on Thursday afternoon at J.O. Christian Field. UConn, ranked as high as No. 22, improved to 31-17-1 overall and 13-9 in the American Athletic Conference. No. 9 ECU slipped to 38-14 on the season and is also 13-9 in league … [Read more...]