East Carolina University
Liberty
Gameday: No. 16 ECU Hosts Liberty
March 27, 2017 | Baseball
| Liberty at No. 16 East Carolina (Game 26) | |
| Date | March 28, 2017 |
| Time | 6:30 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Greenville, N.C.(Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium) |
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| Live Game Coverage | Radio: WNCT 1070 AM Watch Live (Tuesday) TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options | Live Stats: Tuesday |
| Official Web Sites | East Carolina | Liberty |
| Game Notes | East Carolina (PDF) | Liberty (PDF) | The American (PDF) |
| 2017 Statistics | East Carolina | Liberty | The American |
| Baseball Central | Roster | Fact Book (PDF) | The American | NCAA Baseball | College Scoreboard |
| Social Media | @ECUScoreboard (in-game updates) | The American #ECUPirates | #ECUBaseball | #AmericanRising |
GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 16 East Carolina (17-8) will continue its eight-game home streak when it welcomes in Liberty (14-8) for a midweek match at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium on Tuesday, March 28 with a 6:30 p.m. (ET) scheduled first pitch.
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 (March 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 and Liberty will meet for the 12th time on the diamond … The Pirates hold a slim 6-5 advantage in the series, but the Flames have won the last four meetings … ECU comes into midweek action having swept Towson at home over the weekend, while Liberty took two of three from Charleston Southern on the road.
• ECU enters the weekend ranked in the Top-25 in a pair of polls (16/Perfect Game and No. 25/Baseball America), while receiving votes in the USA Today/Coaches Poll.
• 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 series)
• Jacob Wolfe will get the start against Liberty (March 28) ... The lefty last took the mound against No. 8 North Carolina allowing three runs (one earned) on two hits in 3.2 innings ... He is 2-2 on the season after picking up wins against La Salle and Charlotte ... He owns an 13-8 career ledger with a 3.33 ERA in 51 games (38 starts) ... Tossed first career complete game at UCONN (5/8/16) with a personal-best nine strikeouts ... Has 17 career quality starts.
• Spencer Brickhouse leads the club HRs (7) and runs (23), while tying for third in RBI (18) and fourth in hits (31) ... 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 25 games (19/1B, 6/DH) ... Two game-winning RBI (ASU, CofC).
• Travis Watkins is the team leader in RBI (24) and tied for second in hits (32), while batting .305 ... Stands second on the team with four home runs (14 career), two of which have been grand slams ... The five-time Johnny Bench Award Watch List candidate (2013-17) has thrown out 6 of 13 would-be base stealers on the season ... Two-time team captain and two-time Bench Award semifinalist (2015-16).
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton returned to action against Towson starting all three games ... On the week he batted .429 (6-for-14) with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored ... Belted his first home run of the year (sixth career) after an 11-pitch at-bat against Ole Miss to open the 2017 season ... Garnered a pair of preseason All-America honors (D1Baseball, NCBWA) and was a unanimous preseason All-AAC selection ... Led The American in average (.360) and on-base percentage (.455) on his way to three Freshman All-America Team designations ... Tallied six game-winning RBI on the season with four coming in league play.
• Charlie Yorgen saw his 190-game starting streak snapped vs. Towson (March 25) which started in 2014 ... 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).
• Luke Bolka is tied for third on the team with three HRs, while driving in 16 ... Tallied a three 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 15.0 innings out of the bullpen allowing nine runs (all earned) with 18 Ks ... Owns a 3-1 record with one save (Towson) ... 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 21 career saves (4th all-time at ECU) ... Sports a 10-4 record in 75 games with a 3.08 ERA.
• Dusty Baker enters this week's action batting .375 with 12 runs scored ... He has started 11 of 19 games in centerfield where he has registered 27 putouts and two assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage ... Registered career-high four hits at Elon.
• Eric Tyler enters this week on an 11-game hit streak where he is batting .432 (19-for-44) with a home run, five doubles, 10 RBI and eight runs scored ... Currently he is batting a team second-best .356 with three home runs, 18 RBI with 17 runs scored ... Leader on the club with 36 hits.
• Bryce Harman comes into this week having recorded a hit in 8 straight games ... Currently he is batting .345 (10-for-29) with six RBI and seven runs scored.
• Bryant Packard posted his first career four-hit game against Towson where he laced pair of doubles and drove in two ... He has tallied four multi-hit games on the season.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 3.68 ERA ... Allowed 57 runs (47 earned) with 108 Ks to 39 BBs in 115.0 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .251 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 63 runs (55 earned) with 113 Ks to 53 BBs in 108.0 innings for a 4.58 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .244 ... Allowed 20 of 56 inherited runners to score (35.7 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: RHP Zander Clouse (1-0, 1.38 ERA) vs. RHP Jacob Wolfe (2-2, 4.78 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 94-53-1 (.639) 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.
