Gameday: ECU Hosts Campbell On Senior Night
May 16, 2017 | Baseball
| Campbell at East Carolina (Game 53) | |
| Dates | May 16, 2017 |
| Time | 6:30 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Greenville, N.C. (Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (27-25) closes out its home schedule against Campbell (23-28) on Tuesday, May 16 which has been designated at Senior Night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina and Campbell will meet for the second time this season and the 92nd time on the diamond … The Pirates hold a 65-26 all-time edge in the series and won an earlier midweek game, 10-0, back on Feb. 22 at Campbell.
• 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)
• Kirk Morgan is scheduled to make his fifth start of the season (sixth career) against Campbell ... Has appeared in 14 career games on the mound posting a 7-0 record with a 3.41 ERA ... Has 26 career strikeouts to six walks in 37.0 IP ... He has started 7 of 26 games in a utility role (1B, 3B and DH) ... Collected five hits on the year 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 ... Team second-best average (.335), runs (38) and leads in walks (25) ... Reached base six times at UNCW (4/18) - 5 hits, 1 walk.
• Spencer Brickhouse enters this week batting .320 ... Team leader in HRs (9) ... Fourth in runs (33) and tied for fifth in RBI (26) ... Hit multiple home runs in two game (CofC, Memphis) ... Had 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 44 of 50 games ... Tallied three game-winning RBI (ASU, CofC, CIN).
• Travis Watkins is batting .320 to rank third on the team ... Tied for second with seven home runs ... Leader in RBI (39) and runs (40), while standing second in hits (70) ... Three of seven homers have been grand slams (five of 17 career HRs were grand slams) ... The five-time Johnny Bench Award Watch List candidate (2013-17) has thrown out 10 of 30 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 38-straight games... Recorded at least one hit in 44 of 52 games (multiple 26 times) ... Had career-best 12 game hit streak snapped against UCONN (Mar. 31) ... Currently he is batting a team-best .355 with six home runs, 36 RBI with 34 runs scored ... Leader on the club with 77 hits (first in AAC) ... Named AAC Hitter-of-the-Week on May 1.
• Luke Bolka tied for second on the team lead with seven home runs and is fourth with 27 RBI ... Hit home runs in consecutive games (at Houston/vs. UNCW) ... Tallied a team-best five game-winning RBI ... Has 12 career home runs.
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton has hit seven home runs and is batting .297 in 25 games ... Hit two home runs vs. Liberty ... Added two home runs in USF series (both two-run shots, which came in consecutive games) ... For his career he is batting .338 with 12 home runs, 40 RBI and 31 XBHs.
• Dusty Baker enters the week batting .267 with 19 runs scored ... Started 25 of 43 games in CF where he has recorded 75 putouts and two assists with one error for a .987 fielding percentage ... Registered career-high four hits at Elon.
• Jacob Wolfe has appeared in 16 games making nine starts ... He is the team leader in wins (4) and sports a 4-3 record ... On the season has allowed 29 runs (25 earned) on 44 hits with 22 strikeouts to 23 walks in 45.0 innings ... Has allowed one inherited runner to score on the season (six IHRs) ... For his career, he is 15-9 with a 3.49 ERA in 60 games (41 starts) ... Tossed first career complete game at UCONN (5/8/16) with a personal-best nine strikeouts ... Has 17 career quality starts.
• Bryant Packard posted his first career four-hit game against Towson where he laced pair of doubles and drove in two ... He has tallied seven multi-hit and four multi-RBI games ... Registered 12 XBHs, while batting .276 on the season.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 4.17 ERA ... Allowed 133 runs (115 earned) with 208 Ks to 77 BBs in 248.0 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .256 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 138 runs (113 earned) with 197 Ks to 105 BBs in 218.1 innings for a 4.66 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .262 ... Allowed 55 of 126 inherited runners to score (44.4 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: LHP Bryce Cota (1-0, 7.20 ERA) vs. RHP Kirk Morgan (2-0, 3.29 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 105-70-1 (.599) 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.
