NEXT GAME |
ECU vs. Virginia (2) |
Saturday | 12 pm; 3
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East Carolina
captain Hunter Allen
chases down
Virginia's Kenny
Towns after a
pickoff in the top
half of the second
inning of Friday's
season opener at
Clark-Clair Stadium. (Photo
by W.A. Myatt) |
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BASEBALL PREVIEW |
Pirates
recalibrate for
run at Omaha |
When
Cliff Godwin first put on a
Pirate uniform to play
baseball for East Carolina,
Gary Overton was in his
final year as the team's
head coach and ball was
played at Harrington Field.
But change was underway.
The next year, Keith LeClair
was hired as the new head
coach. LeClair brought with
him a hunger for “Omaha,”
the site of the NCAA's
National Championship. ...
More
from Woody Peele... |
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BASKETBALL |
Tyson leads Pirates
past Memphis |
GREENVILLE
— Freshman B.J. Tyson led a
second-half surge by East
Carolina that produced a
64-53 American Athletic
Conference win over Memphis
before an appreciative crowd
of 4,519 in Williams Arena
at Minges Coliseum on
Tuesday night.
Tyson scored 20 of his
game-high 23 points in the
final 20 minutes as the
Pirates overcame a 25-21
deficit at the half. The
left-handed guard hit 10 of
his 14 field goal attempts
as ECU improved to 11-13
overall and 4-7 in league
play. ...
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Pictured: B.J. Tyson
displays his
excitement after an
ECU run
against Memphis. The
freshman guard
scored 23 points,
with 20 coming in
the second half as
the Pirates rallied
to even the season
series with the
Tigers. (Photo by W.A.
Myatt.) |
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Next: ECU at Temple |
Sat.,2 pm |
| TV: CBSSN |
The Season
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BASKETBALL |
Pirates pull away from UCF |
GREENVILLE — East Carolina
used an active zone defense
and a solid effort from
sophomore forward Caleb
White in a 67-49 American
Athletic Conference win over
Central Florida in Williams
Arena at Minges Coliseum on
Saturday evening. White
scored 21 points and
controlled a career-high
nine rebounds as the Pirates
improved to 10-13 overall
and 3-7 in the AAC. ...
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Next: ECU vs. Memphis |
Tuesday, 7
pm |
| TV: ESPNU |
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
Pirates add to family |
GREENVILLE — Signing day signals the
end of the recruiting period, the
time when letters of intent are
faxed to college football offices
around the country and futures of
programs are determined in large
part for years to come. ...
More from Al Myatt... |
Audio: Signing Day
Presser |
ECU
football coach
Ruffin McNeill met
with the press on
Wednesday to talk
about the Pirates
recruiting class of
2015 (recorded by
W.A. Myatt):
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Thumbnails:
ECU's
recruiting class of 2015... |
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By
Al Myatt
©2015 Bonesville.net
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GREENVILLE — Virginia's
Nathan Kirby allowed no runs and three hits through seven innings as the
Cavaliers used unearned runs in the fourth and fifth innings for a 3-1
win at East Carolina on Friday in the season opener for both teams.
Kirby, regarded as one
of the top left-handed major league prospects in the college ranks,
struck out five and walked two. The Cavaliers are ranked No. 2 at
the outset of 2015 after finishing as runner-up to Vanderbilt in
last season's College World Series.
It was the first game
for ECU alumnus Cliff Godwin as coach of the Pirates. Last year,
Godwin was an assistant at Ole Miss, which lost twice to UVa in the
CWS.
Virginia's run in the
fourth came after a dropped foul ball by the Pirates with two out.
Kenny Towns singled to left with one out and Robbie Coman had a
two-out single to right field. Towns scored from third just before
Coman was caught in a rundown.
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after the following picture...
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Opening day starter
Evan Kruczynski
deals against
Virginia. The
sophomore lefty went
five and a third
innings, allowing
eight hits and no
earned runs with one
strikeout against
the No. 2 Cavaliers. (Photo by W.A. Myatt) |
An infield error with
two down in the fifth allowed Matt Thaiss to come home for a 2-0
Cavaliers lead. Thaiss singled off the first base bag to start the
inning. He was awarded second when the ball was ruled dead for
hitting a photographer.
Lefty Evan Kruczynski
made his first start for the Pirates as projected opening day
starter Reid Love was sidelined with an injury. Kruczynski did not
yield an earned run in five and one-third innings.
A solo homer to left by
Daniel Pinero in the eighth completed Virginia's scoring. All of the
Cavaliers' runs came with two out.
ECU avoided a shutout in
the eighth as Garrett Brooks reached on an infield single with one
away and Hunter Allen had a ground rule double to right. The Pirates
loaded the bases as Parker Lamm, who had a single and a double in
his first two at-bats, was hit by a pitch.
Jimmy Boyd's sacrifice
fly to right field brought in Brooks. Josh Sborz left the tying runs
aboard with a fly to left. He threw 10 pitches in the ninth to get a
save.
The series schedule has
been modified because of cold weather in the forecast for Sunday. A
doubleheader starts at noon today.