Game Day Central: ECU Travels To ODU In Midweek Action
April 14, 2015 | Baseball
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| East Carolina at Old Dominion Apr. 15, 2015 | 4 p.m. (ET) Norfolk, Va. RADIO: WNCT 1070 AM |
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THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
? East Carolina (21-15) will travel to former CAA and C-USA foe Old Dominion (17-18) for a Wednesday afternoon tile at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex ... The Pirates are coming off a 2-2 week picking up road wins at Campbell (7-5) and USF (6-0), the later coming in the AAC series finale in Tampa, Fla. ... The Monarchs have dropped six of their last 10 games including an 11-9 set back at William & Mary on Tuesday ... ODU holds a 3-29 all-time advantage in the series with both teams splitting the last 10 games at five each.
PIRATE QUICK HITS
? East Carolina enters this weeks action on the heels of a 2-2 week ... The Pirates have dropped six of their last 10 games including an American Athletic Conference series at USF (L/2-1, L/10-0, W/6-0) ... Their Tuesday game against instate foe No. 25 UNC Wilmington was cancelled due to rain.
? Jacob Wolfe will make his second-straight midweek start of the season Tuesday against ODU ... He has appeared in nine games (eight starts) posting a 2-1 record with a 2.96 ERA in 45.2 innings of work ... Fanned 31 while walking 10 ...Tossed 6.0 SHO frames vs. MON with 6Ks in first collegiate win ... Worked into the fifth inning in 5 of 8 starts.
? Reid Love earned American Pitcher-of-the-Week honors following is 4-hit CG SHO against Tulane (Apr. 2) ... On the season he is 3-3 with 4 saves in 15 appearances (4 starts) with a 3.02 ERA ... At the plate he is batting .304 with 3 HRs, 11 RBI, 18 runs scored.
? Luke Lowery leads the team in eight offensive categories ... Ranks among national leaders in HRs (39th), slugging pct. (41st/.654) and on-base pct. (52nd/.478) - as of Apr. 12th ... On Mar. 16th earned AAC Hitter, Collegiate Baseball and CollegeSportsMadess National Player and NCAA.com Player-of-the-Week honors.
? 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 .352 on the season, has recorded a team-best 13 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests.
? Bryce Harman is batting .304 on the season, which is tied for fifth on the team ... Tied for team lead in doubles (10), while leading the club in runs (27), HBPs (10) ... Hit a pair of solo home runs (consecutive ABs) in ECU's 11-4 win over Tulane Friday ... Now has 3 HRs on the season and 10 for his career.
? Charlie Yorgen was named to the AAC Honor Roll (Apr. 2) after batting .546 (6-for-11) with 3 RBI, 4 runs and 3 walks vs. Tulane ... Ranks third on the team with 23 runs and leads club with 19 walks.
? ECU's starting pitching boasts a 2.70 ERA through 36 games ... Allowed 92 runs (60 ERs) with 130 strikeouts to 44 walks in 200.1 innings.
? The bullpen has surrendered 50 runs (41 earned) in 119.2 innings posting a 3.08 ERA ... They have allowed 15 of 68 inherited runners to score (22.1 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Wednesday: LHP Joey Benitez (0-1, 5.81 ERA) vs. LHP Jacob Wolfe (2-1, 2.96 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.
