CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Interstat) — Ethan Rose pitched five innings of four-hit, scoreless relief as East Carolina defeated VCU 10-0 on Sunday evening at Boshamer Stadium in an NCAA tournament game.

The Pirates (38-23) jumped ahead in the first inning on Michael Kalinich’s RBI single and Austin Irby’s two-run single, making it 3-0. Irby added an RBI single in the fifth and finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Kalinich went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and scored three times. Braden Burress had two hits and scored twice. Nick Parham drove in two runs with a walk and a single.

East Carolina added five runs in the sixth, highlighted by a Whitaker RBI single and a Parham run-scoring single, then scored twice in the seventh on a passed ball and Kalinich’s RBI double.

Three Pirate relievers — Thomas Paxton, Brett Antolick and Hunter Gotschall — combined for 5 2/3 scoreless innings. VCU (38-25) managed six hits and used five pitchers, with starter Cooper Campbell throwing 3 2/3 hitless innings but allowing one unearned run. Caleb Clover tossed a scoreless inning.