It was a long afternoon of baseball in Boone for App State, as they hosted 2 exhibition games against East Carolina University Sunday. The Mountaineers and Pirates split the contests, with App State winning the 6-inning game 8-1 and the Pirates prevailing in the 7-inning game 10-6.
Freshman outfielder Nico Soul was the star of the show in game 1 of the doubleheader. Soul crushed 2 no-doubt home runs in his first two at-bats: a blast to left field to lead off the bottom of the first inning, followed by a 2-run shot in the bottom of the second.