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The East Carolina Pirates baseball team enters a must-win situation on Sunday against the VCU Rams. The NCAA Tournament regional elimination game at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina will be full of fireworks.
ECU is coming off a 7-5 loss to top-seeded host UNC on Saturday after beating No. 2 seed Tennessee in an extra innings special on Friday. No. 4 seed VCU eliminated Tennessee, but UNC still runs the bracket at home and also beat the Rams.
| 2026 NCAA Baseball Championship | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
VCU vs. East Carolina baseball box score: Live stats from NCAA Championship
VCU Rams
| Batter | POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Dante DeFranco | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .352 |
| 1 | Michael Petite | CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .394 |
| 11 | Teige Lethert | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .330 |
| 37 | Jacob Lee | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .339 | .437 |
| 6 | Nick Flores | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .317 | .358 |
| 3 | Nate Kirkpatrick | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .352 |
| 31 | Quinn Maher | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .337 |
| 24 | Alec Warden | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .376 |
| 9 | Trent Adelman | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .333 |
| Total | 2064 | 323 | 487 | 391 | 280 | 0 | ||||
2B:
- Petite 1 (15)
| Pitcher | POS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BF | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Everett Vaughan | P | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 15 | Cooper Campbell | P | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 |
| Total | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
- Campbell 5 (3 strikes)
- Vaughan 33 (19 strikes)
East Carolina
| Batter | POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Grady Lenahan | CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 | .343 |
| Jeff Sabater | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .363 | .426 | |
| 26 | Braden Burress | 2B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .357 | .443 |
| 3 | Davin Whitaker | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .326 | .405 |
| 13 | Michael Kalinich | DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .400 |
| 10 | Colby Wallace | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .347 |
| 21 | Austin Irby | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .331 |
| 24 | Walker Barron | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .279 | .345 |
| 4 | Nick Parham | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .253 |
| Total | 2032 | 288 | 469 | 402 | 226 | 2 | ||||
RBI:
- Kalinich 1 (31)
- Irby 2 (38)
| Pitcher | POS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BF | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Ethan Rose | P | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.3 |
| Total | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
- Rose 17 (12 strikes)
How to watch: VCU vs. ECU 2026 NCAA Baseball Championship Game
Date: Sunday, May 31
Time: Noon
TV: ESPN+
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