East Carolina University
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Gameday: No. 8 ECU Travels To Duke
March 13, 2017 | Baseball
| No. 8 East Carolina at Duke (Game 17) | |
| Date | Mar. 14, 2017 |
| Time | 4 p.m. |
| Location | Durham, N.C. (Durham Bulls Athletic Park) |
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| Game Notes | East Carolina (PDF) | Duke (PDF) l The American (PDF) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 8 East Carolina (12-4) will travel east for a midweek match-up at Duke (10-8) on Tuesday, Mar. 14 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. (ET). The Pirates are coming off a series win against in-state foe Charlotte, while the Blue Devils opened up Atlantic Coast Conference play at home with a series win against Virginia Tech.
MUSTACHE MARCH
• The entire team, including the coaching staff and support staff, will participate in Mustache March in order to raise awareness and money for the Jim "Catfish" Hunter chapter. Mustache March will create a fun and entertaining environment for Pirate fans throughout the month of March, which will also help towards ALS research. Please join our efforts of Striking Out ALS by donating to our event. All money raised throughout the season will go straight to the ALS Association, and more specifically the Jim "Catfish" Hunter chapter. During the 14th-Annual Keith LeClair Classic (Mar. 3-5) members of the local ALS Chapter will be on hand to receive donations. Also, please follow our status through various social media outlets (@ECUBaseball, and many more), as well as on the field. Go Pirates! ... For more information about Mustache March, please click on this link.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina owns a 34-12-1 all-time record in the series … The Pirates enter this weeks action having won 12 of their last 13 games with the lone loss coming against the 49ers last Friday night, which snapped their win streak at 10 games … The Blue Devils have won 7 of their last 10 games entering Tuesday's contest.
• ECU enters the weekend ranked in the Top-25 in all six major polls (8/Baseball America, 10/Perfect Game, 17/USA Today, 18/Collegiate Baseball, 18/D1Baseball and 18/NCBWA).
• The Pirates, who are in their 82nd season of intercollegiate baseball, won the 1961 NAIA National Championship, have claimed 24 conference titles (13 regular season/11 tournament), made 28 NCAA Regionals and advanced to four Super Regionals (2001, 2004, 2009 and 2016).
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to game)
• Last year Godwin guided the Pirates to their second consecutive NCAA Regional (No. 3 seed in Charlottesville) and a Super Regional appearance (Lubbock, Texas). ECU, who posted a 38-23-1 record and finished second in The American (15-8-1), rolled through regional play picking up wins against No. 20 Bryant (9-1), No. 10 Virginia (8-6) and William & Mary (8-4) en route to claiming the Charlottesville crown – its fourth regional title. The Pirates continued their magical run, defeating No. 5 national seed Texas Tech, 8-6, in the opener of the Super Regional and came 90 feet away from making their first appearance in the Men's College World Series in game two of the series.
• Hunter Hood will make his first career for the Pirates at Duke on Tuesday ... The lefty has appeared in three games (all out of the pen) posting a 0-1 record with a 5.40 ERA.
• Spencer Brickhouse leads the club in home runs (4) and runs scored (18) ... Hit three home runs in two-game set at CofC including his first multi-HR game on Mar. 8 (consecutive at-bats) ... Belted first home run in first collegiate game at Ole Miss (2/17) ... He started all 16 games (15/1B, 1/DH) and is batting .345 with 12 RBI ... Two game-winning RBI (ASU, CofC).
• Travis Watkins, who was hitless in the first two games of the season (0-for-7), broke out with a 3-for-5 performance in the Ole Miss finale driving in three runs ... Leads team with a .354 batting average, while sharing the lead with four doubles ... Belted second home run of the season (13th career) hitting his third career grand slam against Charlotte in game one of the doubleheader (3/11) ... The five-time Johnny Bench Award Watch List candidate (2013-17) has thrown out 4 of 7 would-be base stealers on the season ... 2017 preseason All-AAC selection by the leagues coaches ... Two-time team captain and two-time Bench Award semifinalist (2015-16).
• Charlie Yorgen extended his consecutive start streak to 183 games (started in 2014) vs. Charlotte over the weekend ... Belted first homer of the year (6th career) with his 3-run shot in the 10th inning giving ECU a 10-7 walk-off win against Charlotte in game one of the doubleheader (3/11) ... Tied for third on the team with a .345 average, while driving in nine and scoring 17 runs.
• Bryant Packard enters this week's play on a five-game hitting streak ... Hit first collegiate home run (solo) against Charlotte (G1) ... Tallied three multi-hit games on the year.
• Luke Bolka is tied for second on the team with two HRs, while driving in 12 (t3rd) ... Tallied a pair of game-winning RBI ... Blasted his second homer of the season hitting a grand slam in the second game of the La Salle series.
• Joe Ingle has worked 10.1 innings out of the bullpen allowing five runs (all earned) with 14 Ks ... Owns a 3-0 record ... Named a 2017 Second-Team Preseason All American by NCBWA ... Unanimous preseason All-AAC selection ... Three-time Stopper-of-the Year candidate (2015-17) ... Notched 20 career saves (4th all-time at ECU) ... Owns a 10-3 record in 70 games with a 2.85 ERA.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 2.59 ERA ... Allowed 28 runs (22 earned) with 70 Ks to 27 BBs in 76.1 innings ...The bullpen has surrendered 34 runs (30 earned) with 74 Ks to 30 BBs in 65.2 innings for a 4.11 ERA ... Allowed 8 of 37 inherited runners to score (21.6 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: LHP Hunter Hood (0-1, 5.40 ERA) vs. LHP Graeme Stinson (1-0, 5.40 ERA)
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 nine NCAA Regional and two College World Series teams at the Division I level as an assistant coach and head coach …During his two years at the helm of the program, Godwin has guided ECU to a pair of NCAA Regional berths, a Super Regional appearance, an American Athletic Conference Tournament title and a 90-49-1 (.646) overall record … Three players have earned All-America honors, five were named to the Charlottesville All-Regional Team, six took home all-conference honors (five first-teamers), seven were selected as American Player-of-the-Week, while a pair were drafted by Major League Baseball teams … Named 2015 AAC Coach-of-the-Year and was inducted into the George Whitfield Hall of Fame in January of 2016 … 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.
