Game Day Central: No. 23 ECU Travels To Memphis
April 15, 2016 | Baseball
| No. 23 East Carolina at Memphis (Games 33-35) | |
| Dates: | April 15-17 |
| Times: | 7:30 p.m./ 3 p.m./ 1 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Memphis, Tenn. (FedEx Park) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. -- No. 23 East Carolina continues its current road trip when it travels to Memphis for a three-game American Athletic Conference series starting Friday, April 15. First pitch is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. (ET) at FedEx Park.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
? ECU comes into the series with a 21-11 overall record and 3-3 ledger in the AAC ... Memphis is 12-21 overall and also is 3-3 in league play ... The Pirates own a 26-14 all-time record in the series, which dates back to 2002 when both teams were members of Conference USA ... Memphis claimed the regular season series last year in Greenville winning the last two games 3-2 and 4-2, after ECU won the opener 4-1 -- its first-ever win in the AAC.
? 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 continues its road trip heading to Memphis for a three-game American Athletic Conference series starting April 15 ... Earlier in the week, ECU's midweek contest at UNC Wilmington was cancelled due to inclement weather ... The Pirates are coming off 2-2 week where they 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.
? Evan Kruczynski owns a 4-0 record with a 1.77 ERA ... Friday starter, he has faced off against All-America hurlers Connor Jones (UVA) and Andrew Lantrip (HOU) as well as National POWs Kyle Cedotal (SE Louisiana), Jon Duplantier (Rice) and Lantrip posting a 2-0 record ... Has seven quality starts (17 career) on the season.
? Jimmy Boyd picked up the series clinching win vs. HOU out-dueling NCBWA National POW Seth Romero ... Worked a career-high 8.2 innings and was one out shy of a complete-game shutout (two-out error) in a 5-1 win, where he was named AAC and CollegeSportsMadness POW ... Fourth on the team with 30 Ks, while walking 12 in 51.2 IP ... Has recorded four quality starts (UVA, Rice, JAX, HOU).
? Jacob Wolfe is 4-3 on the season with a 2.45 ERA in nine starts ... Notched win at Tulane tossing a career-best 7.2 innings where he allowed three runs (two earned) with six strikeouts ... Named AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week (2/29) after limiting No. 4 UVA to just one run (unearned) on four hits in 6.0 innings securing ECU's series win at UVA ... Has 15 career quality starts (6 in 2016) and nine career wins.
? 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).
? 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).
? Joe Ingle recorded AAC-best seventh save at Elon (4/5) working 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
Friday: LHP Evan Kruczynski (4-0, 1.77 ERA) vs. RHP Colton Hathcock (4-3, 2.72 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Jimmy Boyd (4-2, 2.09 ERA) vs. RHP Connor Alexander (2-3, 3.56 ERA)
Sunday: LHP Jacob Wolfe (4-3, 2.45 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Ferguson (3-4, 4.07 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.
