VCU vs. East Carolina baseball box score: Live stats from NCAA Baseball championship tournament game

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. 

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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

BatterPOSABRHRBIBBSOAVGOBP

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)

PitcherPOSIPHRERBBSOBFERA

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

BatterPOSABRHRBIBBSOAVGOBP

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)

PitcherPOSIPHRERBBSOBFERA

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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