East Carolina University
UCF
Gameday: ECU Hosts UCF In AAC Action
April 12, 2017 | Baseball
| UCF at East Carolina (Games 35-37) | |
| Dates | April 13-15, 2017 |
| Times | 6:30 p.m. \\\ 6:30 p.m. \\\ 12 Noon (ET) |
| Location | Greenville, N.C. (Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium) |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Live Game Coverage | Radio: WNCT 1070 AM Watch Live (All Weekend) TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options | Live Stats: All Weekend |
| Official Web Sites | East Carolina | UCF |
| Game Notes | East Carolina (PDF) | UCF (PDF) | The American (PDF) |
| 2017 Statistics | East Carolina | UCF | 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. – East Carolina (19-15, 0-6 American) closes out its four-game home stand playing host to UCF (23-11, 2-4 American) in a three-game league series that starts Thursday, April 13 at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. First pitch of the series is set for 6:30 p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina and UCF will meet for the 40th time on the diamond Thursday evening … The Pirates hold a 29-10 all-time advantage in the series and have won nine-straight dating back to 2013 … ECU is 3-7 during its last 10 games having snapped a seven-game losing streak Tuesday night against instate foe UNC Wilmington … UCF comes into the series on a four-game skid and is 5-5 during its last 10 contests.
• For the first time this season, the Pirates have fallen out of the Top-25 rankings.
• 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)
• Jake Agnos is scheduled to make his fifth start of the season when he takes the hill against UCF on Thursday ... He as appeared in nine games 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).
• Trey Benton will toe the rubber Friday against UCF ... The right hander is 3-1 in eight starts and has fanned 49 (6th in AAC) while walking 13 ... He sports a 3.21 ERA after allowing 18 runs (16 earned) in 43.1 innings ... Struck out a career-high 10 batters against La Salle and Towson ... Has four quality starts.
• Spencer Brickhouse enters weekend action batting .306 (fourth-best on the team) ... He leads the club HRs (7) ... Stands third in runs (24) and tied for fifth in RBI (18) ... Hit three home runs in two-game set at CofC including his first multi-HR game on March 8 (consecutive at-bats) ... Belted first home run in first collegiate game at Ole Miss (2/17) ... He started all 31 of 34 games ... Two game-winning RBI (ASU, CofC).
• Travis Watkins is the team leader in RBI (27) ... Third 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).
• 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 (42) ... Leads the doubles (10) and walks (17).
• Luke Bolka is second on the club with five HRs and is tied for third with 22 RBI ... Has hit home runs in consecutive games heading into weekend play (at Houston and vs. UNCW) ... Tallied a team-best four game-winning RBI ... Has 10 career home runs.
• Joe Ingle has worked 19.2 innings out of the bullpen allowing 18 runs (15 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 79 games with a 3.46 ERA.
• Eric Tyler enters weekend action riding a seven-game hit streak (at least one hit in 30 of 34 games) and has also reached base in 20 consecutive games ... Had career-best 12-game hit streak snapped against UCONN (Mar. 31) ... Currently he is batting a team-best .350 with three home runs, 22 RBI with 22 runs scored ... Leader on the club with 48 hits (5th in AAC).
• 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 this weekend's series batting .340 with 15 runs scored ... He has started 15 of 27 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.
• West Covington has appeared in eight games out of the bullpen allowing three runs (all earned) in 12.0 innings ... Owns a 1-0 record and has not surrendered a run in his last three outings (6.2 IP).
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 3.87 ERA ... Allowed 81 runs (66 earned) with 133 Ks to 53 BBs in 153.2 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .252 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 95 runs (79 earned) with 141 Ks to 76 BBs in 150.0 innings for a 4.74 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .245 ... Allowed 37 of 82 inherited runners to score (45.1 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Thursday: RHP Robby Howell (5-0, 2.61 ERA) vs. LHP Jake Agnos (1-2, 2.25 ERA)
Friday: RHP Juan Pimentell (5-2, 1.80 ERA) vs. RHP Trey Benton (3-1, 3.32 ERA)
Saturday: LHP Joseph Sheridan (5-3, 4.25 ERA) 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 96-60-1 (.615) 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.
