Game Day Central: ECU Hosts High Point In Midweek Clash
March 24, 2015 | Baseball
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| East Carolina vs. High Point Mar. 25, 2015 | 6:30 p.m. (ET) Greenville, N.C. RADIO: WNCT 1070 AM |
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GAME PROMOTION
? Pirate fans, Wednesday's game has been designated as March Midweek Madness ... Fans that bring their busted NCAA bracket will receive $5 admission ... Tickets are redeemable at the ECU Baseball Ticket Office starting at 4:30 p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
? East Carolina returns home for a seven-game homestand starting tonight against High Point ... ECU is coming off a midweek loss at UNC Wilmington, 4-2, and a series loss to VCU over the weekend, where they lost a pair of one-run games (4-3, 3-2) and took the middle game 9-3 ... The Pirates posted a 3-2 record last week and have won 7 of their last 10 games ... High Point owns an 11-11 overall record and picked up a win yesterday against Davidson, 15-2.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to midweek games)
? East Carolina enters this weeks action having won 7 of its last 10 games - 16 of 21 since starting the season 0-3.
? The Pirates posted a 3-2 week picking up a midweek series win over Princeton before dropping 2 of 3 to VCU over the weekend - their first series loss since falling to UVA to start the season.
? Reid Love is scheduled to make his second start of the season at UNC Wilmington ... The lefty is 2-1 on the year with three saves in 10 appearances ... He sports a 3.15 ERA allowing eight runs (seven earned) in 20.0 innings with 18 Ks to just three walks ... At the plate, he is batting .255 (13-for-51) with a home run, six RBI and 11 runs scored.
? Luke Lowery leads the team in hitting (.466), HRs (8), RBI (27), walks (12), slugging (.862) and on-base pct (.548) ... Last week he earned AAC Hitter, Collegiate Baseball and CollegeSportsMadess National Player and NCAA.com Player-of-the-Week honors on Mar. 16 ... He batted .500 on the week (9-for-18) with four home runs and 13 RBI and eight runs scored.
? Travis Watkins was named to the initial Johnny Bench Award Watch List (Mar. 11) marking the third-straight season on the list ... AAC Honor Roll selection (Mar. 9) ... The redshirt-sophomore, who is batting .400 on the season, saw his career-best 14 game hit streak come to an end over the weekend, but extended his on-base streak to 16 games.
? Bryce Harman ranks third on the team with a .375 batting average ... The left-handed first baseman leads the club in doubles (9), runs (23) and hit by pitches (8) ... He first HR of the season at Elon (Mar. 13) and has reached base in all 20 games this season ...
? Charlie Yorgen reached bases in all 24 games ... Currently batting .241 (21-for-87) with a home run, four doubles, 12 RBI, 17 runs scores and has walked 13 times to go along with three stolen bases ... Had 12-game hit streak end at Elon (Mar. 15) going 0-for-4, however he drew a career-high three walks.
? ECU's starting pitching boasts a 2.45 ERAthrough 24 games ... Allowed 57 runs (38 ERs) with 84 strikeouts to 30 walks in 139.1 innings.
? The bullpen has surrendered 31 runs (24 earned) in 75.2 innings posting a 2.85 ERA ... They have allowed just eight of 30 inherited runners to score (20.5 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Wednesday: RHP Mike Hennessey (0-2, 5.79 ERA) vs. RHP Jimmy Boyd (2-5, 4.45 ERA)
ECU'S HISTORY ON THE DIAMOND
? In its storied history, the Pirates won the 1961 NAIA National Championship, have claimed 23 conference titles (13 regular season/ 10 tournament), made 26 NCAA Regionals and advanced to three Super Regionals (2001, 2004 and 2009).
THE PIRATES AT A GLANCE
? The Cliff Godwin Era officially got underway on Feb. 13 with a three-game series against No. 2 Virginia ... 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 seven NCAA Regional and two College World Series teams at the Division I level as an assistant coach most recently helping Ole Miss to its first CWS appearance since 1972 ... 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. 6 national seed in 2001 where they advanced to the Super Regional round before being eliminated by Tennessee.
? ECU returns 15 letterwinners in 2015 including 2014 All-Conference USA Freshman Team selections Bryce Harman and Charlie Yorgen, as well as 2013 All C-USA performers David Lucroy and Travis Watkins.
? Also stepping onto the diamond are 11 newcomers, which consist of three junior college transfers in Jimmy Boyd (Brunswick CC), Parker Lamm (Pitt CC) and Jeff Nelson (Pierce College); eight true freshmen in Ryan Clinch, Ross Gardner, Joe Ingle, Mason Keen, Jackson Mims, Jack Owens, Bailey Sugg and Evan Voliva to go along with redshirt freshman Cameron Snow ... The pitching trio of Davis Kirkpatrick, T.J. McDonald and Brandon Saunders will miss the entire 2015 season due to injuries.
