Game Day Central: ECU Plays UCF In AAC Championship
May 19, 2015 | Baseball
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| (2)East Carolina vs. (7) UCF May 20, 2015 | 11 a.m. (EST) Greenville, N.C. RADIO: WNCT 1070 AM |
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| THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND ? The Knights enter the AAC Championships with a 31-25 overall record and 10-14 league ledger ... UCF had four All-American Conference selections in Zach Rodgers, Dylan Moore, Erik Barber and Tommy Williams - tying a school record that was previously achieved in 2004 and 2001 ... Rodgers (10-0) has four 10-strikeout performances in league action (at Cincinnati, at Tulane, vs. USF, vs. Memphis) ... The unanimous AAC First Team selection paced the conference in league-only ERA (1.46), wins (7), complete games (3), innings (61.2) and strikeouts (62) ... Barber connected on four homers and drove in seven runs for the Knights from May 12-16 and was named AAC Honor Roll ... The all-conference first team member has a team-high 11 homers with a .322 average and 38 RBI ... The Knights have blasted 65 homers, including at least one in 34 of 56 games this year ... UCF has connected on four homers in a game three times vs. Fairfield (3/13), vs. Houston (3/27) and at USF (5/14) ... Williams, a two-time AAC first team member, paces the Knights with 19 doubles on the season, while hitting eight homers, driving in 37 runs and compiling a .324 average ... Moore, who was named to the AAC First-Team, leads the Knights with a .330 average, 77 hits, nine homers and 41 RBI. PIRATE QUICK HITS ? Reid Love will get the start against No. 7 UCF in the Pirates AAC opener ... Earned First-Team All-American honors as a pitcher and utility player (unanimous selection) ... Only player in the league this year to claim Player-of-the-Week (April 27) and Pitcher-of-the-Week (April 2) honors this season ... On the season he is 7-3 with 4 saves in 20 apps. (9 starts) with a 2.79 ERA and two CGs ... Worked into the seventh inning in last four starts (all wins) ... At the plate he is batting .301 with 3 HRs, 18 RBI, 22 runs scored. ? First-year head coach Cliff Godwin was named the 2015 American Athletic Conference Coach-of-the-Year ... Godwin becomes the fifth Pirate skipper in school history to take home coach-of-the-year accolades joining Monte Little (Southern Conference, 1977), Gary Overton (Colonial Athletic Association, 1990), Keith LeClair (Colonial Athletic Association, 1999 & 2000), Randy Mazey (Conference USA, 2004) and Billy Godwin (Conference USA, 2009) ... He is the second first-year coach in school history to earn the honors following Little in 1977 and his 36 wins are the most by any first-year skipper. ? Evan Kruczynski has won 7 of his 14 starts (3 NDs) ... Tossed 2nd CG in the AAC opener vs. Memphis allowing one run with six strikeouts ... Other was vs. Monmouth (2-Hit, SHO) ... Recorded a team-best nine quality starts. ? Jacob Wolfe appeared in 16 games (14 starts) ... Recorded 1st career save at UConn in the series finale ... Tossed 6.0 SHO frames vs. MON with 6Ks in first collegiate win ... Worked into the fifth inning in 10 of last 11 starts (7 quality starts). ? Luke Lowery earned First-Team All-American honors as the designated hitter ... He leads the team in 11 offensive categories ... Walk-off single vs. Duke (7th career GW RBI) ... On Mar. 16th earned AAC Hitter, Collegiate Baseball and CollegeSportsMadess National Player and NCAA.com Player-of-the-Week honors ... Has eight career GW RBI (4 in `15). ? 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 (62) and BA (.339) ... At least one hit in 25 of last 30 games including 12 multi-hit contests. ? Bryce Harman is batting .250 on the season ... Leads team in HBPs (11), tied for lead with 11 doubles and 2 triples ... Second in HRs (7) and third in runs (32) ... Hit home runs in four of last nine games. ? Charlie Yorgen was named to the AAC Honor Roll (April 2) ... Team leader with 30 BBs, 13 SHs and tied for first with 16 multi-hit games. ? ECU's starting pitching boasts a 3.15 ERA ... Allowed 146 runs (112 ERs) with 213 Ks to 75 BBs in 320.0 innings ... The bullpen has surrendered 90 runs (76 earned) in 175.0 innings posting a 3.91 ERA ... They have allowed 32 of 114 inherited runners to score (28.1 percent). PROBABLE STARTERS ECU'S HISTORY ON THE DIAMOND THE PIRATES AT A GLANCE
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