Game Day Central: No. 16 ECU Travels To Elon
April 05, 2016 | Baseball
| No. 16 East Carolina at Elon (Game 29) | |
| Date: | April 5 |
| Time | 6:30 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Elon, N.C. (Walter C. Latham Park) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - No. 16 East Carolina will hit the road for the first of eight-straight games away from Clark-LeClair Stadium when it travels to Elon for a midweek clash Tuesday, April 5. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (ET) at Walter C. Latham Park.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
• Elon took game one of the home and home series earlier this year defeating ECU at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium 8-7 in 10 innings… The Pirates own a 45-33-1 all-time record in the series and last won on May 12, 2015 7-0 in seven innings.
• The Pirates are ranked in the national polls for the sixth consecutive week garnering a No. 16 ranking by D1Baseball, No. 22 by Baseball America, No. 29 by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, while receiving votes in 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.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to midweek game)
• East Carolina (19-9, 2-1 AAC) is coming off a 3-1 week where it picked up wins over UNC Wilmington (9-6) and two against then No. 15 Houston (3-1, 5-1) in American Athletic Conference action ... It was the Pirates second series win over a top 15 program this year (other at then No. 4 Virginia) ... ECU is about to embark on an eight game road trip going to Elon, Tulane, UNC Wilmington and Memphis ... The Pirates own a 4-3 record on the road and are 15-6 at home.
• Luke Bolka leads the team with a .424 batting average (14-for-33) as a pinch hitter ... He is one of nine players with a home run.
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton is batting .366 (26-for-71) with 11 extra base hits ... Belted his first career home run against Jacksonville (Mar. 25) ... Recorded his third game-winning RBI against Houston (4/2) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (2/29) ... Leads AAC in batting average and on-base percentage (.460), while ranking fourth in slugging percentage (.592).
• Parker Lamm is second in the AAC with a .360 batting average, tied for second in sac bunts (5) and 10th in on-base percentage (.408) ... Recorded at least one hit in 20 of 24 games where he has an official at-bat, while reaching base safely in 21 contests.
• Eric Tyler was named to AAC Honor Roll for the second-straight week (Mar. 28 & April 4) after batting .429 during the Pirates 3-1 week ... He currently leads the club in home run (4), RBI (25), hits (33) and total bases (50) ... Recorded first career multi-HR game vs. Jacksonville (Mar. 26) setting an ECU and AAC single-game record with eight RBI ... Collected a persona-best four hits vs. UNC Wilmington (Mar. 29) ... One of five regulars who is batting over .300 (fifth at .311).
• Charlie Yorgen extended his consecutive start streak to 133 games (started in 2014 season) against Houston (April 3) ... Tallied career-best four hits vs. the Aggies (Feb. 23) ... Tied for second in AAC with five sac bunts.
• Joe Ingle recorded three saves last week including a pair in the AAC series win over Houston ... 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 2.45 ERA in 13 appearances ... Leads AAC with seven saves while also standing fifth nationally ... Has rrecorded 15 career saves, which is tied for fifth all-time at ECU ... Named to NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List.
• Travis Watkins batting .314 with a team high 10 doubles ... Has two HRs, 17 RBI and 20 runs ... Recorded at least one hit in 23 of 27 games ... 2015 Johnny Bench Award semifinalist ... Four-time Bench Watch List candidate (2013-16).
• ECU's starting pitching boasts a 2.57 ERA ... Allowed 56 runs (43 earned) with 101 Ks to 34 BBs in 150.2 innings ...The bullpen has surrendered 53 runs (47 earned) in 100.1 innings for a 4.22 ERA ... They have allowed 32 of 67 inherited runners to score (47.8 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: LHP Nick Durazo (0-0, 4.76 ERA) vs. LHP Jordan Barrett (0-3, 7.84 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 59-31 overall record (.656 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.
