Good morning! East Carolina football’s home opener against Marshall is 12 Saturdays away.

Is it too early to put a grocery list together for the tailgate?

⚾️ MLB debut
🏈 Making something out of nothing
​🏴‍☠️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Now Pitching For Cleveland. The wait is over for Gavin Williams and East Carolina fans following his journey through the minor leagues - Williams has been called up to Cleveland and will make his MLB debut tonight against Oakland!

Williams, the top prospect in the Cleveland organization, has a 2.39 ERA in 12 starts across Double A and Triple A this season, striking out 81 in 60.1 innings.

🔼 Lemons Into Lemonade. Holton Ahlers fumbled the snap, the ball ended up on the ground, and he scrambled to pick it up. Right when he did, he flipped it out to Keaton Mitchell.

Mitchell did the rest, outrunning the entire Temple defense for a 73-yard touchdown catch-and-run.

On top of the 73-yard touchdown, Mitchell torched Temple for 222 yards on the ground and scored four times in a 49-46 win over the Owls last season.

73 more days until East Carolina football!

🤔 PIRATES TRIVIA

Stacking ‘Em Up. East Carolina lacrosse put together quite the win streak in the middle of its season this spring.

Do you remember how long that win streak lasted?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

⏪ ICYMI

We like our Brew hot n’ fresh. But we’re not opposed to you reheating your cup. Here’s some news you may have missed recently…

🏴‍☠️ Student Leaders: Javier Limon and Matt Blount, who have known each other since middle school, will lead ECU’s Student Government Association this academic year.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Saturday 9/2

🏈 Football at Michigan @ Noon ET - Season Opener

Saturday 9/9

🏈 Football vs Marshall @ 4:00pm ET - Home Opener

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Seven games!

The wins came against George Mason, Campbell, Queens, Furman, Wofford, Elon and Old Dominion.

Have a great Wednesday, y’all.