Game Times Set For 2022 Purple-Gold World Series

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina baseball program concludes its fall practice slate this weekend with the annual Purple-Gold World Series at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

The Pirates play the first of three seven-inning intra-squad scrimmages Friday, Nov. 4 at 3:30 p.m., followed by game two Saturday (11:30 a.m.) and game three Sunday (Noon). Admission is free of charge.

Prior to the Purple-Gold Draft, which will be held Wednesday, ninth-year head coach Cliff Godwin named Garrett Saylor and Carter Spivey as team captains. After they draft their teams, the captains will set a pitching rotation which will be released later in the week via ECU's social media channels (Twitter and Instagram) and on ECUPirates.com.

ECU will hold its annual Meet the Pirates event Sunday. Following the scrimmage, Coach Godwin, his staff, and players will participate in an autograph session which will be held in the team dugouts. A special American Athletic Conference Championship pennant poster will be available to pick up prior to the team autograph session.

2022 Purple & Gold World Series Schedule (Free Admission)
Game 1: Friday, Nov. 4 (3:30 p.m.)
Game 2: Saturday, Nov. 5 (11:30 a.m.)
Game 3: Sunday, Nov. 6 (Noon)

2022 Meet the Pirates Schedule (Free Admission)
Sunday, Nov. 6
Noon: First pitch.
2:15 p.m. (approximate): Autograph session with players and coaches.

About East Carolina

ECU captured its third-straight American Athletic Conference regular season championship in 2022, finishing the campaign with 46 victories - its most since a 47-victory campaign in 2019. East Carolina posted a 20-4 record in league play, outpacing second-place UCF by six games.
The Pirates hosted an NCAA Regional for the fourth-straight season, joining Stanford as the only team to do so.
ECU earned the No. 8 national seed, its highest since it was the No. 7 national seed in 2001 and hosted a regional in Wilson, N.C.
The Pirates finished at No. 8 in the final 2022 NCAA RPI ranking.
Ninth-year head coach Cliff Godwin was tabbed the AAC Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his career.
East Carolina returns the American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year and Third-Team All-American RHP Carter Spivey as well as freshman All-America selection and AAC Baseball Championship Most Outstanding Player outfielder Jacob Jenkins-Cowart and the 2022 squad's leader in batting average outfielder Lane Hoover.
ECU welcomes back six All-AAC honorees to this year's squad: Lane Hoover (First Team), Carter Spivey (First Team), Cam Clonch (Second Team), Alec Makarewicz (Second Team), Garrett Saylor (Second Team) and Jacob Starling (Second Team).
The Pirates finished among the top 40 nationally in 12 statistical categories in 2022, ECU was third among NCAA Division I squads in both fielding percentage and sacrifice flies.
East Carolina is the only team in the nation to have won 40 games the last four seasons, host four-straight NCAA Regionals and play in three-straight NCAA Super Regionals.
ECU checked in at No. 22 on D1Baseball's recently-released Top 100 collegiate baseball programs.

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