Game Day Central: ECU Hosts UNCG In Midweek Action
March 09, 2015 | Baseball
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| East Carolina vs. UNCG Mar. 11, 2015 | 3 p.m. (ET) Greenville, N.C. RADIO: WNCT 1070 AM |
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THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME (prior too midweek)
? East Carolina continues its six-game home stand playing host to UNC Greensboro Wednesday afternoon ... The Pirates have won 9 of their last 12 games following a 9-4 setback at the hands of Campbell on Tuesday ... The loss snapped ECU's four-game win streak and an eight-game home streak at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
PIRATE QUICK HITS
? East Carolina entered this weeks action having won four in a row, eight-straight at home and 9 of its last 11 games since starting the season 0-3.
? Luke Lowery has missed the last five games with an injury but still leads the club with a .448 (13-for-29) average ... He earned his second-straight AAC Honor Roll nod following the Pirates' weekend sweep of Albany where batted .600 (6-for-10) with a home run, six RBI and reached base nine times, including all six times in ECU's 14-3 win over UAlbany ... In nine games, he has already tied his single-season high with four homers and six walks.
? Bryce Harman ranks second on the team with a .394 batting average ... The left-handed first baseman shares the team lead in doubles (6) and walks (6), while leading the club in HBP (5) and runs (10) ... He has reached base in 10-straight games heading into midweek action.
? Charlie Yorgen is riding an eight-game hit streak and has reached base safely in all 14 games this season.
? Travis Watkins earned AAC Honor Roll accolades Monday, Mar. 9 after batting a team-best .579 (11-for-19) during the Pirates 4-1 week ... The redshirt-sophomore collected a hit in all five games (multiple in four) and drove in the game-winning run to complete the series sweep over Monmouth with a RBI single in the seventh inning Sunday.
? Jimmy Boyd is scheduled to make his second start of the season against Campbell ... In his last outing (start at NC State) the right-hander allowed two runs (both earned) on seven hits in six innings of work.
? ECU's starting pitching boasts a 1.96 ERA in 14 games ... They have allowed 31 runs (18 ERs) with 53 strikeouts to 16 walks in 82.2 innings.
? The bullpen has surrendered 17 runs (13 earned) in 42.1 innings posting a 2.76 ERA ... They have allowed just two of 21 inherited runners to score (9.5 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Wednesday: RHP Daniel Dulaney (0-1, 10.12 ERA/4 games) vs. LHP Nick Durazo (0-0, 0.00 ERA/6 games)
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.
