Gameday: ECU Hosts NC State
April 25, 2017 | Baseball
| NC State at East Carolina (Game 42) | |
| Date | April 26, 2017 |
| Time | 7:06 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Greenville, N.C. (Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium) |
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| Live Game Coverage | Radio: WNCT 1070 AM TV: CBS Sports Network TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options | Live Stats: Wednesday |
| Official Web Sites | East Carolina | NC State |
| Game Notes | East Carolina (PDF) | NC State (PDF) | The American (PDF) |
| 2017 Statistics | East Carolina | NC State | The American |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (22-19) returns to Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium to start a four-game home stand when it welcomes instate foe NC State (20-20) for a Wednesday night matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 7:06 p.m. (ET) and will be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina and NC State will meet for the 108th time on the diamond with the Wolfpack holding a 67-40 all-time edge … A year ago both teams split the home-and-home series winning on their own field … ECU took the early game with a 15-3 victory before NC State won 6-1 at Doak Field … The Pirates enter the weekend having won three of their last five games, while the Wolfpack have dropped four of their last five contests.
• The Pirates, who are in their 82nd season of intercollegiate baseball, won the 1961 NAIA National Championship, have claimed 24 conference titles (13 regular season/11 tournament), made 28 NCAA Regionals and advanced to four Super Regionals (2001, 2004, 2009 and 2016).
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to game)
• Jacob Wolfe will make his ninth start of the season against NC State on Wednesday ... The lefty has started 8 of 12 games this season ... He is the team leader in wins (4) and sports a 4-2 record ... On the season has allowed 25 runs (21 earned) on 35 hits with 21 strikeouts to 20 walks in 40.1 innings ... For his career, he is 15-8 with a 3.40 ERA in 56 games (40 starts) ... Tossed first career complete game at UCONN (5/8/16) with a personal-best nine strikeouts ... Has 17 career quality starts.
• Kirk Morgan has appeared in 13 career games on the mound (four starts) posting a 6-0 record with a 3.77 ERA ... Has 21 career strikeouts to six walks in 31.0 IP ... He has started 7 of 19 games in a utility role (1B, 3B and DH) ... Collected five hits on the year while driving in five runs.
• Charlie Yorgen saw his 190-game starting streak snapped vs. Towson (March 25) which started in 2014 ... Has hit three home runs on the season (eight career) ... Hit first career grand slam against UCF (4/13) ... His homer vs. the 49ers was a 3-run shot in the 10th inning giving ECU a 10-7 walk-off win against Charlotte in game one of the doubleheader (3/11) ... Earned American Hitter-of-the-Week and College Sports Madness Player-of-the-Week honors on April 24 after helping ECU to a 3-1 week where he batted .684 registering four multi-hit games ... Team leader in average (.361), runs (32) and walks (19) ... Reached base six times at UNCW (4/18) - 5 hits, 1 walk.
• Spencer Brickhouse enters this week's action batting .317 ... He leads the club HRs (7) ... Fourth in runs (26) and RBI (24) ... Hit three home runs in two-game set at CofC including his first multi-HR game on March 8 (consecutive at-bats) ... Belted first home run in first collegiate game at Ole Miss (2/17) ... He started all 36 of 40 games ... Tallied three game winning RBI (ASU, CofC, CIN).
• Travis Watkins is batting .324 to rank third on the team ... Team leader with 32 RBI ... Also stands second in runs (30) and third in hits (56) ... Belted five home runs on the season (two grand slams) and has 15 for his career (four grand slams) ... The five-time Johnny Bench Award Watch List candidate (2013-17) has thrown out 8 of 25 runners on the season ... Two-time team captain and two-time Bench Award semifinalist (2015-16).
• Eric Tyler enters the week having reached base in 27-straight games ... Recorded at least one hit in 34 of 41 games (multiple 18 times) ... Had career-best 12-game hit streak snapped against UCONN (Mar. 31) ... Currently he is batting a team second-best .345 with four home runs, 23 RBI with 28 runs scored ... Leader on the club with 58 hits (4th in AAC).
• Luke Bolka is second on the club with six HRs and is third with 25 RBI ... Hit home runs in consecutive games (at Houston/vs. UNCW) ... Tallied a team-best five game-winning RBI ... Has 11 career home runs.
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton has hit five home runs and is batting .340 in 14 games this season ... For his career he is batting .355 with 10 home runs and 28 XBHs.
• Dusty Baker enters the weekend batting .308 with 17 runs scored ... Started 19 of 33 games in CF where he has recorded 57 putouts and two assists with one error for a .983 fielding percentage ... Registered career-high four hits at Elon.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 3.60 ERA ... Allowed 93 runs (77 earned) with 155 Ks to 60 BBs in 192.2 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .241 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 123 runs (98 earned) with 160 Ks to 87 BBs in 174.0 innings for a 5.07 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .257 ... Allowed 48 of 98 inherited runners to score (49.0 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Wednesday: LHP Sean Adler (3-6, 4.75 ERA) vs. LHP Jacob Wolfe (4-2, 4.69 ERA)
GODWIN AT A GLANCE
• Cliff Godwin, who was named the 16th head coach in school history on June 25, 2014, was a four-year letterwinner for the Pirates from 1998-2001 … He has been a part of nine NCAA Regional and two College World Series teams at the Division I level as an assistant coach and head coach …During his two years at the helm of the program, Godwin has guided ECU to a pair of NCAA Regional berths, a Super Regional appearance, an American Athletic Conference Tournament title and a 100-64-1 (.609) overall record … Three players have earned All-America honors, five were named to the Charlottesville All-Regional Team, six took home all-conference honors (five first-teamers), seven were selected as American Player-of-the-Week, while a pair were drafted by Major League Baseball teams … Named 2015 AAC Coach-of-the-Year and was inducted into the George Whitfield Hall of Fame in January of 2016 … As a player, he helped former ECU skipper Keith LeClair's teams post a 169-76 four-year ledger, including 46-plus wins in each of his final three seasons (16-16 in '99, 46-18 in '00 and 47-13 in '01) … ECU won a pair of CAA Tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Regionals every season from 1999 to 2001 … The Pirates were the top seed in their regional all three years, including a No. 7 national seed in 2001 where they advanced to the Super Regional round before being eliminated by Tennessee.
