Game Day Central: No. 23 ECU Travels To UNC Wilmington
April 12, 2016 | Baseball
| No. 23 East Carolina at UNC Wilmington (Game 33) | |
| Date: | April 12 |
| Time: | 6 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Wilmington, N.C. (Brooks Field) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. -- No. 23 East Carolina continues its eight game road trip when it travels to UNC Wilmington for a midweek match-up on Tuesday, April 12. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET) at Brooks Field.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
? The Pirates and Seahawks continue a rivalry that started back in 1965 ... ECU owns a 73-59 all-time record in the series ... The two teams met just two weeks ago in Greenville with the Pirates claiming a 9-6 win at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
? The Pirates are ranked in the national polls for the seventh consecutive week garnering a No. 23 ranking by D1Baseball, while receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and USA Today Coaches polls ... 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.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to midweek game)
? East Carolina (21-11, 3-3 AAC) is coming off 2-2 week where it claimed an 11 inning win at Elon (7-5), while dropping a road league series at Tulane ... ECU owns a 6-5 road record while posting a 15-6 ledger in home games.
? Nick Durazo will make his third start of the season at in-state rival UNCW (others: Duke and Elon - both on the road) ... The lefty tossed 4.2 of hitless ball with a career-high nine strikeouts at Elon (4/5) allowing two walks ... On the season he has appeared in 12 games posting a 3.38 ERA in 16.0 innings of work.
? Dwanya Williams-Sutton is batting a team and AAC-best 388 (33-for-85) with 12 extra base hits ... He also leads the conference in on-base percentage (.476) and ranks second in slugging percentage (.612) ... Belted 2 HRs (JAX, Elon) ... Recorded his third GW RBI against Houston (4/2) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (2/29).
? Parker Lamm is batting .352, which ranks second on the team and third in the AAC ... Laced first extra base hit of the season at Elon (4/5) ... Tallied GW hits vs. MON (3/19), HOU (4/1) and TUL (4/10) ... Recorded at least one hit in 23 of 28 games where he has an official at-bat, while reaching base safely in 24 contests ... Tied career-high with four hits and set new personal-best with three RBI at Tulane (4/10).
? Kirk Morgan ranks third on the team and fourth in the AAC with a .342 batting average ... Currently is riding a five game hit streak (15 of last 16 with a hit) and has reached base safely in 16-straight games.
? Eric Tyler was named to AAC Honor Roll for the second-straight week (3/28 & 4/4) after batting .429 during the Pirates 3-1 week (3/29-4/3) ... Leads the club in HRs (4), RBI (26), Hs (38), TBs (57) ... First career multi-HR game vs. JAX (3/26) setting an ECU and AAC single-game record with eight RBI ... Collected a personal-best four hits vs. UNC Wilmington (3/29).
? Charlie Yorgen extended his consecutive start streak to 137 games (started in 2014) against Tulane (4/10) ... Tallied career-best four hits vs. the Aggies (2/23) ... Tied for second in AAC with six sac bunts.
? Joe Ingle recorded league leading seventh save at Elon (4/5) where he worked a career-high 4.0 innings with 7 Ks in a win ... Fanned career-high nine batters vs. Maryland (3/6) ... Owns a 4-3 record with a 2.28 ERA in 15 appearances ... Recorded 15 career saves, which is tied for fifth all-time at ECU ... Named to NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List.
? Travis Watkins batting .297 with a team high 10 doubles ... Has 2 HRs, 18 RBI and 22 runs ... Posted at least one hit in 26 games ... 2015 Johnny Bench Award semifinalist ... Four-time Bench Watch List candidate (2013-16).
? ECU's starting pitching boasts a 2.45 ERA ... Allowed 63 runs (48 earned) with 129 Ks to 39 BBs in 176.2 innings ...The bullpen has surrendered 62 runs (53 earned) in 111.0 innings for a 4.30 ERA ... They have allowed 37 of 77 inherited runners to score (48.1 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: LHP Nick Durazo (0-0, 3.38 ERA) vs. RHP Zack Burke (0-0, 9.00 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 61-33 overall record (.650 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.
