Gameday: ECU Hosts UNC Wilmington On Tuesday
April 10, 2017 | Baseball
| UNC Wilmington at East Carolina (Game 34) | |
| Date | April 11, 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) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (18-15) returns to Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium to start a four-game home stand when it welcomes instate foe UNC Wilmington (13-17) for a Tuesday night matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina and UNC Wilmington will meet for the 133rd time on the diamond … The Pirates hold a 73-59 advantage in the series that dates back when the two teams were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) … ECU comes into midweek action on a season-long seven-game losing streak, while the Seahawks have dropped seven of its last 10 contests.
• For the first time this season, the Pirates have fallen out of the Top-25 rankings, while the Cougars are ranked in five of the six major polls including No. 11 (Perfect Game), No. 23 (Baseball America), No. 24 (NCBWA) and No. 25 in Collegiate Baseball and USA Today).
• 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)
• Kirk Morgan will make his second start of the season against UNC Wilmington (other at No. 4 UNC) ... The senior has appeared in 11 career games on the mound (two starts) posting a 5-0 record with a 3.76 ERA ... He has 18 career strikeouts to five walks in 26.1 innings.
• Jake Agnos has appeared in nine games (four starts) during his freshman season ... Owns a 1-2 record with a 2.25 ERA ... Has struck out 32 while walking 13 in 32.0 innings of work ... In his fourth start of the season (first in league play), he allowed four runs (all unearned) on four hits with four strikeouts and two walks in four innings ... Picked up first collegiate win against Towson ... Fanned a career-best 11 in five frames vs. WCU (3/3).
• Spencer Brickhouse enters Tuesday's game batting .314 (fourth-best on the team) ... He leads the club HRs (7) and tied for the lead in runs (24), while standing fifth in RBI (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 31 of 33 games ... Two game-winning RBI (ASU, CofC).
• Travis Watkins is the team leader in RBI (26) ... Tied for 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 7 of 19 runners on the season ... Two-time team captain and two-time Bench Award semifinalist (2015-16).
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton returned to the lineup on Mar. 24 against Towson after missing time with a thumb injury ... Since his return, he is .320 (8-for-25) with two home runs, two doubles, four RBI and five runs scored ... Has eight career home runs and three on the season.
• 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) ... Stands third on the team in batting average (.336) and hits (41) ... Leads the doubles (10) and walks (16).
• Luke Bolka is tied for second on the team with four HRs, while driving in 19 ... Tallied a three game-winning RBI ... Belted third home run of the year (9 career) at Houston (4/9/17) ... Second homer of the season was a grand slam in the second game of the La Salle series.
• Joe Ingle has worked 18.2 innings out of the bullpen allowing 17 runs (14 earned) with 19 Ks ... Owns a 3-3 record with two saves (TOW/LIB) ... Three-time Stopper-of-the-Year candidate (2015-17) ... Notched 22 career saves (4th all-time at ECU) ... Sports a 10-6 record in 78 games with a 3.41 ERA.
• Eric Tyler enters midweek action riding a six-game hit streak (at least one hit in 29 of 33 games) and has also reached base in 19 consecutive games ... Had career-best 12-game hit streak snapped against UCONN (Mar. 31) ... Currently he is batting a team second-best .348 with three home runs, 21 RBI with 19 runs scored ... Leader on the club with 46 hits.
• Bryant Packard posted his first career four-hit game against Towson where he laced pair of doubles and drove in two ... He has tallied six multi-hit games ranking sixth on the club.
• Dusty Baker enters Tuesday's game batting .340 with 15 runs scored ... He has started 15 of 26 games in centerfield where he has recorded 42 putouts and two assists with one error for a .978 fielding percentage ... Registered career-high four hits at Elon.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 3.93 ERA ... Allowed 80 runs (65 earned) with 130 Ks to 52 BBs in 149.0 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .256 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 94 runs (75 earned) with 138 Ks to 75 BBs in 145.2 innings for a 4.82 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .248 ... Allowed 37 of 80 inherited runners to score (46.3 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: LHP Chris Joyner (1-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. RHP Kirk Morgan (0-0, 6.00 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 95-60-1 (.612) 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.
