CLEARWATER, Florida – No. 1 East Carolina defeated No. 8 South Florida, 7-4, in the second game of the 2022 TicketSmarter American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tuesday afternoon at BayCare Ballpark.
With the win, the Pirates (39-18) will play No. 4 Cincinnati on Thursday, May 26 at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN+. With the loss, the Bulls (28-28) will take on No. 5 Tulane in an elimination game Wednesday, May 25 at 3 p.m. Eastern on ESPN+.
The Pirates opened the scoring on an RBI triple by Josh Moylan that scored Alec Makarewicz in the bottom of the second.