Game Day Central: ECU Hosts Elon On Senior Night
May 12, 2015 | Baseball
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| East Carolina vs. Elon May 12, 2015 | 6:30 p.m. (ET) Greenville, N.C. RADIO: WNCT 1070 AM |
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THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
? Tonight is Senior Night and the Pirates regular season home finale ... East Carolina will recognize Hunter Allen (Shallotte), Reid Love (Dunnellon, Fla.) and Brandon Saunders (Raleigh) prior to the start of the game at approximately 6:15 p.m. (ET) ... The Pirates have won six of its last 10 games and had their string of three-straight conference series snapped at Houston ... Both teams met earlier in the season at Elon for a three-game weekend series with ECU claiming a sweep (10-3, 11-8, 20-4) ... ECU holds a 43-30-1 all-time record in the series.
PIRATE QUICK HITS
? East Carolina enters this week's action having won six of its last 10 games ... The Pirates have claimed three of the last four AAC series (wins at UConn, vs. UCF/sweep, vs. UConn) and sits in second place in the league standings.
? David Lucroy owns a 2-4 record with a 2.37 ERA in 14 games (11 starts) ... Fanned season-high nine batters vs. Memphis ... Had his shortest outing of the season at Liberty (1.1 IP) ... Made relief appearances vs. NC State, UCF and No. 21 Houston ... Has three quality starts.
? Reid Love earned his second AAC weekly honor and first as the Player-of-the-Week on April 27 following ECU's 5-0 outing ... Named AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week on April 2 ... On the sea¬son he is 6-3 with 4 saves in 19 apps. (8 starts) with a 2.69 ERA and two CGs ... Worked into the eighth inning last three starts (all wins) ... At the plate he is batting .304 with 3 HRs, 16 RBI, 21 runs scored.
? Hunter Allen was named to Brooks Wallace Watch List (April 23), which is given to the nation's top shortstop ... Leads the team in hits (57) and BA (.339) ... At least one hit in 22 of last 26 games including 10 multi-hit contests.
? Luke Lowery leads the team in 10 offensive categories ... Walk-off single vs. Duke (7th ca¬reer GW RBI) ... On Mar. 16th earned AAC Hitter, Collegiate Baseball and CollegeSportsMadess National Player and NCAA.com Player-of-the- Week honors ... Hit a pair of home runs at No. 21 Houston last weekend (both solo).
? Bryce Harman is batting .256 on the season ... Second on team in HRs (6), doubles (10) and runs (30), while leading the club in HBPs (11) and ranking second in runs (27) ... Hit home runs in three of last five games.
? Kirk Morgan has recorded at least one hit in 15 of last 21 games with multiple hits in eight contests ... Walk-off RBI single vs. NC State (3rd career GW RBI).
? 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) ... Tied for first with 14 multi-hit games.
? Charlie Yorgen was named to the AAC Honor Roll (April 2) ... Team leader with 28 BBs and tied for first with 15 multi-hit games.
? ECU's starting pitching boasts a 3.17 ERA ... Allowed 138 runs (104 ERs) with 195 Ks to 69 BBs in 295.2 innings ... The bullpen has sur¬rendered 84 runs (70 earned) in 165.1 innings posting a 3.81 ERA ... They have allowed 29 of 107 inherited runners to score (27.1 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: RHP Casey Jones (0-0, 15.19 ERA) vs. RHP David Lucroy (2-4, 2.37 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.
