NC State takes on the Pirates in Greenville Tuesday night

Jun 12, 2021; Nashville, TN, USA; East Carolina Pirates infielder Josh Moylan (66) has a traffic cone put on his head as he celebrates after a home run during the seventh inning against the Vanderbilt Commodores in the Nashville Super Regional of the NCAA Baseball Tournament at Hawkins Field. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images NC State @ East Carolina | Tues, Apr 14 @ 6:00pm | ESPN+ | Stats This was supposed to be the bounce-back year for East Carolina. The Pirates’ five season run of regular season conference titles came to an end in 2025, with ECU posting a losing conference record for just the second time in the previous 14 seasons.

They did get hot in the AAC tournament, though, capturing the title and making an NCAA Regional for the 7th consecutive postseason, bowing out in the Regional final to eventual national runner-up Coastal Carolina. But 2026 was supposed to be when the Pirates went back to running away with the conference regular season title. Only it’s not really working out that way.

Don’t get me wrong, ECU (22-14-1, 7-5 T-3rd American, RPI #36) is having a fine year and is still in play for an at-large NCAA Regional bid should they fail to capture the league’s automatic bid. The Pirates have wins over Coastal Carolina, Duke, and North Carolina (as well as a tie versus the Tar Heels). It’s just that injuries continue to pile up, especially on the pitching side.

First, 6’7 FR RHP Colby Weber (1-0, 4. 58 ERA, 19. 2 IP, 9.