Game Day Central: No. 24 ECU Travels To UCONN
May 06, 2016 | Baseball
| No. 24 East Carolina at UCONN (Games 45-47) | |
| Dates: | May 6-8 |
| Times | 3 p.m. / 1 p.m. / 12 Noon (ET) |
| Location | Storrs, Conn. (J. O. Christian Field) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. -- No. 24 East Carolina (27-16-1, 8-6-1) will hit the road for the first of four-straight games when it travels to UCONN (24-19, 8-6) for a three game American Athletic Conference series this weekend. First pitch of the series is scheduled for 3 p.m. (ET) on Friday, May 6 at J.O. Christian Field.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
? ECU and UCONN will meet for the second time in the last three weeks with a three game series at UCONN ... The Pirates took the first series back on April 23-24 in Greenville and own a 7-3 record against the Huskies as members of The American ... ECU owns a 31-7 all-time record in the series that dates back to 1979.
? The Pirates are ranked in the national polls for the 10th consecutive week (see page 13) despite a 1-2-1 week ... They dropped to No. 24 in the D1Baseball.com poll and are receiving votes in the NCBWA and 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 weekend series)
? Evan Kruczynski owns a 5-1 record with a 1.51 ERA ... Friday starter, he has faced off against All-America hurlers Connor Jones (UVA), Andrew Lantrip (HOU) and Anthony Kay (UCONN), as well as National POWs Kyle Cedotal (SE Louisiana), Jon Duplantier (Rice) and Lantrip posting a 2-0 record ... He was named to the Golden Spikes Midseason Award and National College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher-of-the-Year Watch Lists on April 20 ... Ten quality starts (20 career) in 2016.
? Jimmy Boyd has picked up the series clinching wins against HOU & MEM in AAC play ... Out dueled NCBWA National POW Seth Romero working a career-high 8.2 innings and was one out shy of a CG SHO (two-out error) in a 5-1 win, where he was named AAC and CollegeSportsMadness POW ... Recorded six quality starts (UVA, Rice, JAX, HOU, UCONN, CIN).
? Jacob Wolfe is 5-3 on the season with a 2.38 ERA in 12 starts ... Notched wins at TUL and vs. UCONN tossing career-high 7.2 innings ... 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 16 career quality starts (7 in 2016) and 10 career wins.
? Dwanya Williams-Sutton continues to lead The American in batting average (.354) and on-base pct. (.440) ... Also ranks first on the club with a .522 slugging pct, which is fourth in the league ... Has 12 extra-base hits on the season (7/2Bs, 3/3Bs, 2 HRs) - HRs vs. JAX and Elon ... Recorded his third GW RBI against Houston (4/2) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (2/29).
? Parker Lamm is second on the team and in The American in batting (.348) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (4/18) after batting .538 with eight RBI during Memphis series ... Recorded at least one hit in 34 of 40 games where he has an official at-bat, while reaching base in 35 contests.
? Eric Tyler is a two-time AAC Honor Roll selection (3/28 & 4/4) ... Batting .300 ... Leads the club in HRs (4) and RBI (31) ... First career multi-HR game vs. JAX (3/26) setting an ECU & AAC single-game record with 8 RBI ... Personal-best four hits vs. UNCW (3/29).
? Joe Ingle recorded AAC-best ninth save vs. CIN (4/30) ... Named AAC Honor Roll (4/25) ... Worked a career-high 4.0 IP with 7 Ks vs. Elon (4/5) in a win ... Fanned career-high nine vs. Maryland (3/6) ... Owns a 5-3 record with a 2.61 ERA in 22 games ... Recorded 17 career saves, which is fourth all-time at ECU ... Named to NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List.
? Travis Watkins batting .311, which ranks 10th in The American ... Leads ECU in doubles (13), runs (31) and total bases (73) ... Has 3 HRs and 24 RBI ... Laced three doubles at Memphis (4/16), which hadn't been done since Trent Whitehead in 2011 ... Picked up 11th GW-RBI with 2-R HR vs. UCONN (4/24), which was his third of the season ... At least one hit in 36 of 43 games ... Thrown out 15 would-be base stealers behind the plate ranking third in the AAC ... 2015 Johnny Bench Award semifinalist ... Four-time Bench Watch List candidate (2013-16).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Friday: LHP Evan Kruczynski (5-1, 1.51 ERA) vs. LHP Anthony Kay (5-2, 2.68 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Jimmy Boyd (6-3, 2.19 ERA) vs. LHP Tim Cate (2-1, 2.36 ERA)
Sunday: LHP Jacob Wolfe (5-3, 2.38 ERA) vs. RHP William Montgomerie (3-3, 3.65 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 67-38-1 overall record (.637 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.
