Game Day Central: No. 19 ECU Travels To Duke
March 21, 2016 | Baseball
| No. 19 East Carolina at Duke (Game 21) | |
| Date | Mar. 22 |
| Time | 6 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Durham, N.C. (Durham Bulls Athletic Park) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - No. 19 East Carolina will travel to in-state foe Duke for a midweek matchup at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Tuesday, Mar. 22. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
• The Pirates are coming off a 2-2 week where they claimed a non-conference home series against Monmouth at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium (W/4-3, W/5-2, L/4-0) … Earlier last week ECU fell to No. 6 North Carolina at home 17-4 … ECU owns a 33-12-1 all-time record in the series and has won 13-straight games dating back to 1998 … Last year the Pirates topped the Blue Devils 3-2 in 10 innings thanks to Luke Lowery's RBI single that pushed across Cam Snow from second base.
• ECU is ranked in the national polls for the fourth-straight week after garnering a No. 19 ranking by D1Baseball.com … The Pirates are receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and USA Today Coaches poll.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to midweek game)
• East Carolina (13-7) comes into this week's action having dropped 4 of its last 6 games, but did claim a non-conference series win over Monmouth (Mar. 18-20) ... The Pirates own a 10-4 record at home and are 3-3 on the road ... ECU claimed its fourth-straight LeClair Classic title picking up wins over SE Louisiana and Maryland (Mar. 4-6) ... ECU is ranked in the national polls for a fourth consecutive week (see page 11) garnering a No. 19 ranking by D1Baseball, while receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches poll .. They first entered the polls after picking up a road series win over No. 4 Virginia (Feb. 27-29) - the first over a Top 5 program since 2002.
• Nick Durazo will make his first start of the season at in-state foe Duke on Tuesday, Mar. 22 ... The lefty has appeared in eight games allowing four runs (all earned) on 16 hits for a 4.00 ERA ... He is one of six pitchers with double-digit strikeouts (13) ... His last start came on Mar. 18, 2015 against Princeton where he worked 5.0 inning giving up one run (unearned) on four hits.
• Luke Bolka leads the team with a .407 batting average (11-for-27) platooning as a designated hitter ... He is one of six players with a home run and has driven in six and scored six runs.
• Parker Lamm is currently batting .371, which ranks second on the team ... Stands second in the AAC with five sac bunts ... Recorded at least one hit in 17 of 18 games where he has an official at-bat, while reaching base safely in all 18 contests ... Collected a career-high four hits against Monmouth (Mar. 19) including the game-winner ... Scored game-winning run on a wild pitch vs. Monmouth in the series opener (Mar. 18) ... Has a team-best seven multi-hit games and 26 base knocks, which stands fourth in the league.
• Charlie Yorgen extended his consecutive start streak to 82 games (started in 2015 season opener) against Monmouth on Sunday ... Tallied career-best four hits vs. the Aggies (Feb. 23) ... Has reached base safely in 10-straight games ... Ranks among AAC leaders in average (seventh) and on-base percentage (9th/.419).
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton recorded his second game-winning RBI of his young career against Maryland (3/6) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (2/29) after batting .615 (8-for-13) with 4 RBI, 7 runs, 2 doubles and 2 triples from Feb. 23-28.
• Turner Brown is batting .300 with 11 RBI and seven runs scored ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (2/22) ... Delivered game-winning hit (walk-off) against SE Louisiana (3/4) with a two-RBI single in the ninth ... In collegiate debut went 3-for-3 with a double and a 2-run home run on Feb. 19.
• Joe Ingle worked a career-best 3.2 innings of relief with a career-high nine strikeouts in a 4-3 win over Maryland (3/6) ... Owns a 3-2 record with a pair of saves (10 career) ... Named to preseason NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List.
• Travis Watkins batting .319 with a team high 13 RBI and seven doubles - the latter is tied for third in the AAC ... Recorded at least one hit in 17 of 19 games played ... 2015 Johnny Bench Award semifinalist ... Four-time Bench Watch List candidate (2013-16).
• ECU's starting pitching boasts a 2.66 ERA ... Allowed 36 runs (31 earned) with 68 Ks to 24 BBs in 105.0 innings ...The bullpen has surrendered 42 runs (39 earned) in 74.0 innings for a 4.74 ERA ... They have allowed 23 of 43 inherited runners to score (53.5 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: LHP Nick Durazo (0-0, 4.00 ERA) vs. RHP Kellen Urbon (3-1, 0.98 ERA)
ECU'S HISTORY ON THE DIAMOND
• In its storied history, the Pirates won the 1961 NAIA National Championship, have claimed 24 conference titles (13 regular season/ 11 tournament), made 27 NCAA Regionals and advanced to three Super Regionals (2001, 2004 and 2009).
GODWIN AT A GLANCE
• Cliff 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 eight NCAA Regional and two College World Series teams at the Division I level as an assistant coach and head coach ... Godwin guided the Pirates to a 40-win season, an American Athletic Conference Tournament title and a berth in the Coral Gables Regional -- its first NCAA Regional since 2012 -- in his first year at the helm ... Named 2015 AAC Coach-of-the-Year and was inducted into the George Whitfield Hall of Fame in January of 2016 ... Currently owns a 53-29 overall record (.646 percentage) as a head coach ... Third fast coach to reach the 50-win plateau, which he did in 75 games (Earl Smith and Dr. Gary Overton did it in 65 games) ... 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. 7 national seed in 2001 where they advanced to the Super Regional round before being eliminated by Tennessee.
