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Rightfielder Parker Lamm strolls into third base with a
smile after advancing from first on a Kirk Morgan
groundout during ECU's 15-3 victory over N.C. State
Tuesday evening at Clark-LeClair Stadium. (W.A. Myatt
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Spring game impacts recruiting |
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  The
East Carolina spring football game
served as a springboard for the
second and third commitments for the
February, 2017, ECU signing class.
Defensive end
Taijh Alston
(left) of Union Pines and corner
Myles White
(right) of Dudley made verbal
commitments to the Pirates in
conjunction with the intrasquad
scrimmage. They become the second
and third commitments for the
upcoming class, joining linebacker
Da'Shaun
Johnson of East
Carteret. ...
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Rock, Paper, Scissors |
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 The
2016 East Carolina spring football
game got off to a great start, and
it all began with a traditional
childhood game. Kurt Benkert got the
play and knew he was going deep with
his first throw.
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from Brian Bailey...
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Pirates building for
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 GREENVILLE
— Whether it was the product
that new football coach Scottie
Montgomery and staff are
developing on the field or the
recently-formulated plans to
renovate the south side of
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, which
were unveiled Saturday on the
big scoreboard screen at
halftime of the Purple-Gold
game, it's obvious that East
Carolina has launched into a
significant building mode. ...
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First-year
East
Carolina
head coach
Scottie
Montgomery
addresses
the team
prior to the
Purple-Gold
Spring Game.
(Photo by
W.A. Myatt;
view Game
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gallery...) |
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BASEBALL |
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Memphis closes with
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MEMPHIS — East
Carolina was unable
to complete an
American Athletic
Conference sweep on
Sunday at Memphis as
the Tigers scored
the deciding run in
a 6-5 win on a full
count pitch with two
out in the bottom of
the ninth. ...
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BASEBALL |
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Pirates clinch
series at Memphis |
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An 8-2 win at Memphis on
Saturday afternoon assured an American Athletic Conference series win
for East Carolina. Parker Lamm followed up on a six RBI performance in
an 8-1 Pirates win on Friday night by going 4-for-5 with a run driven in
and scoring twice ...
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Pirates pull away in
series opener |
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Parker Lamm had six RBIs and
Evan Kruczynski pitched eight solid innings as East Carolina topped
Memphis 8-1 in the opener of a three-game American Athletic Conference
series on Friday night. ...
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Pirates go on public
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Pirate
Nation will get its most
meaningful look to date at the
football program since the
coaching transition that
followed the 2015 season when
East Carolina holds its
Purple-Gold scrimmage at
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on
Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Staff report
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Post-game
audio: Cliff Godwin,
Turner Brown, Zack Mozingo...
GREENVILLE — The last time
East Carolina hosted a regional rival from the ACC, the game didn't go
nearly as well as the Pirates' 15-3 win over N.C. State on Tuesday
night.
On March 15 when North
Carolina played at Clark-LeClair Stadium, ECU
absorbed a 17-4 loss before a crowd of 5,213.
"The biggest thing for
me is I'm just glad that in front of a ton of fans after the way we
played against Carolina that our guys responded and played well in
front of a packed house," said Pirates coach Cliff Godwin. "I'm just
happy the Pirate Nation could see us play well tonight."
A throng of 4,734 saw
Zack Mozingo hit a grand slam to put ECU ahead 7-0 in the bottom of
the fourth.
The Pirates kept the
power and the pressure on in improving to 24-12. Bryce Harman went
3-for-3 with a double, a home run and four RBIs.
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Bryce
Harman extends on a pitch against N.C. State Tuesday
evening. The junior first baseman went three for three
including a three run home run. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
Travis Watkins went
3-for-5 and scored four runs. Turner Brown went 2-for-3 with a homer
and four RBIs. Charlie Yorgen was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Eric Tyler finished 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored.
ECU outhit the Wolfpack,
14-6. State was charged with four errors while the Pirates were
error free.
Senior left-hander Nick
Durazo (1-0) started and got the win, pitching three and one-third
innings. He allowed just one hit in holding the Wolfpack (26-11)
scoreless, although he walked four and hit a batter while striking
out two.
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Left-handed pitcher Nick Durazo looks in for the sign in
the first inning of ECU's Tuesday contest with N.C.
State. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
"He was effectively
wild," Godwin said.
Matt Bridges followed
Durazo to the mound and provided a turning point in the fourth
inning in Godwin's analysis after inheriting a pair of runners with
one away. Bridges got a strikeout and a ground out to get the
Pirates out of trouble.
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Freshman
shortstop Turner Brown tosses to first to record an out.
The Whiteville product went two for three with four
RBIs. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
Bridges went two and
two-thirds innings. He yielded four hits, two earned runs and had
two strikeouts without a walk.
Chris Holba pitched the
last three innings for his first save. State managed one hit and an
earned run against the freshman. Holba issued two walks and recorded
one strikeout.
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Travis
Watkins unleashes an aggressive swing during ECU's rout
of N.C. State. The junior catcher recorded three of the
Pirates' 14 hits and scored four of the team's 15 runs.
(W.A. Myatt photo) |
Godwin was pleased with
the efficiency of the pitchers against NCSU, which is sixth
nationally in the NCAA's ratings index. ECU is No. 29.
The performance should
leave some pitchers available for a 6 p.m. game at High Point
tonight.