East Carolina Drops 4-1 Decision To NC State

Tuesday, April 8

Greenville, N.C.

6:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

20-14

NC State

22-11

NC State

East Carolina

April 08, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Anderson Nance pitched five scoreless relief innings to help lift NC State past East Carolina 4-1 Tuesday night inside Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

The Wolfpack (22-11) outhit the Pirates (20-14) by a 9-3 count and capitalized on two ECU errors to grab an early advantage it would not relinquish.

Nance (5-1) was credited with the win, giving up just one hit and striking out five against no walks in those five innings of work. Jacob Dudan notched his second save of the campaign by fanning two in a scoreless ninth. Sean Jenkins (3-3) was saddled with the loss after allowing one earned run with two strikeouts in 2.0 frames to start the game.

Braxton Tramel registered a hit and an RBI in the middle of the Pirate lineup while Josh Hogue, Chris McHugh and Justin DeCriscio each tallied two hits apiece for the visitors.

Hogue kicked the scoring off in the top of the first with a one-out home run before Matt Heavner increased the Wolfpack lead to 2-0 with a squeeze bunt that plated Drew Lanphere from third. East Carolina attempted to answer in the home half of the second, loading the bases with two outs, but a strikeout terminated the threat and kept NC State in front by two.

Dixon Williams reached first via a hit by pitch to lead off the bottom of the third before Braden Burress singled through the left side to give the Pirates runners at first and second with no outs. A fly ball pushed Williams to third and a foul out sac fly off the bat of Tramel cut the Wolfpack advantage to one.

Nick Moran and Jake Hunter did a great job to hold NC State's offense at bay in the final seven frames, but the Wolfpack scored single runs in the fifth and ninth innings while Nance allowed just a Colby Wallace eighth-inning single to keep his side ahead. Dudan finished the evening by retiring ECU in order in the ninth to end the contest.

Up Next: The Pirates jump back into American Athletic Conference play April 11-13 with a three-game series at Charlotte.