After the East Carolina University baseball team was swept by the University of Houston last week, head coach Cliff Godwin promised more inspired play from his team, and sophomore outfielder Bryant Packard said the offense needed to be better.
The Pirates couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity to do both than a road trip to Tulane University, where ECU (33-12, 11-7 AAC) jumped on Tulane (22-27, 7-11 AAC) pitching for 23 runs during its three game sweep this past weekend.
Tulane ranks last in the American Athletic Conference in earned run average (5.49), opposing batting average (.