CLEARWATER, Fla. – Pinch hitter Kirk Morgan’s suicide squeeze bunt in the bottom of the ninth scored Charlie Yorgen to cap East Carolina’s rally from a two-run deficit and send the eighth-seeded Pirates to the semifinal round of the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship with a 6-5 win against USF Thursday night at Spectrum Field.
The Pirates (31-27) advance to the semifinal round of the tournament for the second time in three years, where they will await the winner of Friday’s elimination game between USF and UCF. East Carolina, the first No. 8 seed to reach The American semifinals in the three-year history of the current tournament format, will play its semifinal game Saturday at 1 p.