East Carolina University
College of Charleston
Gameday: No. 8 ECU Travels To College Of Charleston
March 06, 2017 | Baseball
| College of Charleston (Games 12-13) | |
| Dates | Mar. 7-8, 2017 |
| Times | 5 p.m. \\\ 2:30 p.m. |
| Location | Charleston, S.C.(The Ballpark at Patriots Point) |
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| Live Game Coverage | Radio: WNCT 1070 AM Watch Live TuneIn Radio: Online (within the app search WNCT – Beach Boogie & Blues) |
| Internet Options | Live Stats: Both Games |
| Official Web Sites | East Carolina | College of Charleston | American Athletic Conference |
| Game Notes | East Carolina (PDF) | College of Charleston (PDF) | The American (PDF) |
| 2017 Statistics | East Carolina | College of Charleston | 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 |
CHARLESTON, S.C. – No. 8 East Carolina (8-3) hits the road for a two-game midweek series at College of Charleston (7-4) on Tuesday (5 p.m.) and Wednesday (2:30 p.m.) at The Ballpark at Patriots Point.
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 SERIES
• East Carolina owns a 7-4 record in the all-time series … The two teams last played in 2006 with the Pirates taking two-of-three on the weekend at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium … ECU enters the weekend ranked in the Top-25 in all six major polls (8/Baseball America, 10/Perfect Game, 17/USA Today, 18/D1Baseball, 19/NCBWA and 20/Collegiate Baseball).
• 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.
• Chris Holba will make his third start of the season (fourth career) when he toes the rubber against College of Charleston on Tuesday ... In his last outing he worked a career-high seven innings with a personal-best nine strikeouts vs. Elon ... For his career, Holba has appeared in 28 games posting a 5-1 record with one save in 44.2 innings ... He has allowed 24 runs (all earned) on 47 hits with 33 strikeouts and 13 walks for a 4.84 ERA.
• Luke Bolka leads the team in home runs (2) and shares the lead in RBI (12) with T.J. Riles ... He has tallied a pair of game-winning RBI ... Bolka blasted his second long ball of the season hitting a grand slam in the second game of the La Salle series.
• 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 .381 batting average, while sharing the lead with three doubles ... The five-time Johnny Bench Award Watch List candidate (2013-17) has thrown out 4 of 6 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).
• Spencer Brickhouse opened his collegiate career picking up a pair of hits at Ole Miss (2/17) in the season opener which included his first career home run ... He started all 11 games at first base batting .308 with 5 RBI and a team-best 12 runs ... GWRBI vs. ASU.
• Charlie Yorgen extended his consecutive start streak to 178 games (started in 2014) over the weekend ... Second on the team with a .351 average, while driving in six and scoring 11 runs.
• Joe Ingle has worked 6.2 innings out of the bullpen allowing one run (earned) with nine strikeouts ... Owns a 2-0 record ... Picked up wins against La Salle and WCU ... 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 9-3 record in 67 games with a 2.57 ERA.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 2.75 ERA ... Allowed 19 runs (17 earned) with 58 Ks to 17 BBs in 55.2 innings ...The bullpen has surrendered 15 runs (12 earned) with 53 Ks to 12 BBs in 40.1 innings for a 3.12 ERA ... Allowed 5 of 19 inherited runners to score (26.3 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: RHP Chris Holba (2.0, 1.88 ERA) vs. RHP Tucker White (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Wednesday: TBA vs. TBA
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 86-48-1 (.641) 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.
