East Carolina University
UNC Wilmington
Gameday: ECU Travels To UNC Wilmington
April 17, 2017 | Baseball
| East Carolina at UNC Wilmington (Game 36) | |
| Date | April 18, 2017 |
| Time | 6 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Wilmington, N.C. (Brooks Field) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (19-18) will hit the road for the first of four consecutive games this week when it travels to instate foe UNC Wilmington (16-18) for a Tuesday night clash at Brooks Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina and UNC Wilmington will meet for the 134thr time on the diamond … The Pirates hold a 74-59 advantage in the series that dates back when the two teams were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) … ECU comes into midweek action having dropped nine of its last 10 games, while on a season-long seven-game losing streak, while the Seahawks have won three straight and five of its last seven contests.
• 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)
• Jacob Wolfe will make his eighth start of the season at UNCW on Tuesday ... The lefty has started 7 of 11 games this season ... He owns a 3-2 record allowing 24 runs (20 earned) while striking out 21 in 35.1 innings ... He owns an 14-8 career ledger with a 3.44 ERA in 55 games (39 starts) ... Tossed first career complete game at UCONN (5/8/16) with a personal-best nine strikeouts ... Has 17 career quality starts.
• Kirk Morgan has appeared in 13 career games on the mound (four starts) posting a 6-0 record with a 3.77 ERA ... He has 21 career strikeouts to six walks in 31.0 innings.
• Spencer Brickhouse enters this weeks action batting .313 ... He leads the club HRs (7) ... Tied for third in runs (24) and 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 34 of 37 games ... Two game-winning RBI (ASU, CofC).
• Travis Watkins is the team leader in RBI (28) ... Tied for 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 8 of 21 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 ... Has hit two home runs on the season (seven career) ... Hit first career grand slam against UCF (4/13) ... His homer vs. the 49ers was a 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) ... Leads the team in walks (18), tied for first in doubles (10), tied for third in hits (44) and fourth in batting average (.317).
• Luke Bolka is second on the club with five HRs and is fourth with 22 RBI ... Hit home runs in consecutive games (at Houston/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 the week having reached base in 23-straight games ... Recorded at least one hit in 31 of 37 games ... Had career-best 12-game hit streak snapped against UCONN (Mar. 31) ... Currently he is batting a team-best .349 with four home runs, 23 RBI with 24 runs scored ... Leader on the club with 52 hits (4th 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 the week batting .328 with 17 runs scored ... He has started 17 of 30 games in centerfield where he has recorded 52 putouts and two assists with one error for a .982 fielding percentage ... Registered career-high four hits at Elon.
• West Covington has appeared in nine games out of the bullpen allowing eight runs (three earned) in 12.1 innings ... Owns a 1-0 record with a 2.19 ERA and has not surrendered an earned run in his last four outings (7.0 IP).
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 3.71 ERA ... Allowed 85 runs (70 earned) with 143 Ks to 58 BBs in 170.0 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .244 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 115 runs (91 earned) with 151 Ks to 84 BBs in 162.2 innings for a 5.03 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .256 ... Allowed 45 of 94 inherited runners to score (47.8 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: LHP Jacob Wolfe (3-2, 5.09 ERA) vs. LHP Clay Lockamon (0-1, 1.93 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 96-63-1 (.603) 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.
