The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB
14--10
East Carolina
15-9-1
UAB Takes Series Finale Over East Carolina
3/22/2026 3:51:00 PM | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – UAB Baseball (14-10, 1-2) took the series finale over East Carolina (15-9-1, 2-1) on Sunday afternoon by a score of 11-4. The win for the Blazers is their second in Greenville all-time, and their first since 2003.
For the third straight game, UAB got out front first in the first inning. The Blazers got the action started with two outs in the inning thanks to back-to-back walks. Brady Waugh singled through the right side to score Landon Beaver to put UAB up, 1-0.
Four more runs would cross for the Green and Gold in the second inning. Wesley Helms led the inning off with a solo shot for his fourth home run of the season. The Blazers would take advantage of back-to-back hitters who were hit by pitches which would bring up John Paul Head. Head doubled to left to bring around Baylor Roberts to put runners on the corners. After a walk to load the bases, Kevin Hall Jr. would scamper home on a wild pitch which would leave runners on second and third. Alex Dupuy grounded out to score Head to cap off the 4-run inning.
ECU would get a run back in the bottom of the second and capitalize on a leadoff walk. With runners on second and third, Walker Barron hit a sac fly to score Davin Whitaker to cut the Blazer lead to 5-1.
The Pirates would push another run across in the bottom of the fourth. Davin Whitaker would score off his leadoff triple courtesy of a Blazer miscue in the next at bat to trim the deficit to three.
UAB would add back to its lead in the top of the fifth. After a hit by pitch and a double, the Blazers would have runners on second and third with nobody out. Wesley Helms picked up his second RBI of the day on a groundout that scored Brady Waugh to give UAB a 6-2 lead.
ECU got a single tally in the bottom of the sixth inning. Grady Lenahan hit a solo home run for his fourth of the year to cut the UAB lead to 6-3.
The Green and Gold would begin to salt the game away in the top of the seventh inning by scoring three runs. The first two runs were scored on back-to-back pitches thanks to squeeze bunts by Baylor Roberts and Kevin Hall Jr. John Paul Head also singled home Roberts to give UAB a 9-3 lead.
The Pirates again got a single run in the bottom of the eighth. Two doubles, one by Davin Whitaker and Grady Lenahan pushed the fourth run across for East Carolina.
Minutes after robbing a home run, John Paul Head hit his own 2-run home run to add to the UAB advantage. The home run was Head's 13th of the season which leads the American Conference.
Brendan Conner pitched the final 3.1 innings, allowed one earned run, struck out two, and capped off the Blazer victory, 11-4.
NOTES
- John Paul Head recorded his seventh multi-hit game of the season and his sixth 3-hit game. Additionally, Head tallied his sixth multi-RBI game, tying him with Brady Waugh for most on the team.
- Andrew Hunt (7th) and Wesley Helms (6th) also picked up multi-hit games.
- Helms recorded his fourth multi-RBI game. Helms also extended his on-base streak to 11 games.
- Baylor Roberts extended his on-base streak to 14 games.
- All 14 of UAB's wins this season have come when it scores eight or more runs.
- Sunday's game was the ninth game this season in which the Blazer offense totaled 10 hits or more.
- The Blazer pitching staff held down an ECU offense that scored 18 runs on Saturday. On Sunday, four UAB arms combined to allow four runs on five hits en route to the victory.
- Sunday's game was also the 20th game this season in which the UAB defense surrendered one error or less.
UAB returns home on Tuesday as the Blazers host Jacksonville State. First pitch from Young Memorial Field is slated for 5 p.m. on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shelton, Braxton (1-1)
L: Antolick, Brett (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Head, John Paul 1 ; Hunt, Andrew 1
HR: Helms, Wesley 1 ; Head, John Paul 1
RBI: Hall Jr., Kevin 1 ; Helms, Wesley 2 ; Head, John Paul 4 ; Dupuy, Alex 1 ; Roberts, Baylor 1 ; Waugh, Brady 1
SH: Hall Jr., Kevin 1 ; Pierzynski, Austin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hall Jr., Kevin 1 ; Helms, Wesley 2 ; Head, John Paul 2 ; Roberts, Baylor 2 ; Hunt, Andrew 1 ; Pierzynski, Austin 1 ; Waugh, Brady 1 ; Beaver, Landon 1
SB: Hall Jr., Kevin 1 ; Head, John Paul 1
HBP: Hall Jr., Kevin 1 ; Roberts, Baylor 1 ; Waugh, Brady 1
Batting:
2B: Whitaker, Davin 1 ; Lenahan, Grady 1
3B: Whitaker, Davin 1
HR: Lenahan, Grady 1
RBI: Barron, Walker 1 ; Lenahan, Grady 3
SF: Barron, Walker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Whitaker, Davin 3 ; Lenahan, Grady 1
HBP: Irby, Austin 1
