Top seed Texas-San Antonio and No. 2 seed East Carolina will enjoy double byes in the American Conference Baseball Championship. The tournament gets underway Wednesday and will conclude Sunday at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, FL The Pirates and Roadrunners finished atop the league standings with identical 17-10 regular season records, but UTSA earned the No. 1 seed by … [Read more...]

BOCA RATON, FL — East Carolina earned a share of the American Conference regular season championship with a 13-2 win in seven innings at Florida Atlantic and Alabama-Birmingham's 23-11 victory in eight innings at Texas-San Antonio on Saturday. The Pirates and Roadrunners finished tied atop the standings with 17-10 league records. UTSA will be the No. 1 seed for the … [Read more...]

BOCA RATON, FL — East Carolina won its first road series of the season with a 6-1 victory at Florida Atlantic on Friday night. The Pirates followed up on a 7-5 triumph over the Owls on Thursday night to improve to 32-21-1 overall and 16-10 in the league. Left-hander Ethan Norby (6-3) went six and one-third innings for the win. He allowed four hits and one run (earned) … [Read more...]

BOCA RATON, FL — When it came to insurance for East Carolina on Thursday night, pinch hitter Michael Kalinich was better than Geico, Liberty Mutual or Progressive. Kalinich had a 2-run double in the top of the ninth inning to expand a 4-3 Pirates' lead to 6-3. ECU added another run on a ground out by Austin Irby. The insurance runs prevented a walk-off by Florida … [Read more...]

The announcement Monday stated that Campbell and East Carolina mutually agreed to cancel a game scheduled for Tuesday evening at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville. That was a good move for the Pirates. The value of ECU hitters seeing live pitching midweek before the last regular season series starts at Florida Atlantic on Thursday is outweighed by the need to conserve … [Read more...]