East Carolina University
Cincinnati
Gameday: ECU Travels To Cincinnati
April 20, 2017 | Baseball
| East Carolina at Cincinnati (Games 39-41) | |
| Dates | April 21-23, 2017 |
| Times | 6 p.m. \\\ 4 p.m. \\\ 12 Noon (ET) |
| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio (Marge Schott Stadium) |
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CINCINNATI, Ohio – East Carolina (20-18, 0-9) returns to American Athletic Conference action this weekend traveling to Cincinnati (19-18, 4-5) for a three-game set at Marge Schott Stadium (April 21-23). First pitch of the series is slated for Friday, April 21 with a 6 p.m. (ET) scheduled first pitch.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina and Cincinnati will meet for the 19th times on the diamond Friday night … The Pirates hold a 12-42 all-time advantage in the series dating back to 2002 when both programs were members of Conference USA … East Carolina comes into the weekend having won 2 of its last 10 games – both wins over instate foe UNC Wilmington … Cincinnati is 6-4 over its last 10 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 series)
• Trey Benton will toe the rubber Friday night at Cincinnati ... The right-hander is 3-1 in nine starts and has fanned 56 (5th in AAC) while walking 13 ... He sports a 3.20 ERA after allowing 20 runs (18 earned) in 50.2 innings ... Struck out a career-high 10 batters against La Salle and Towson ... Has five quality starts.
• Evan Kruczynski couldl get the start Saturday afternoon, he second straight weekend start in conference play, after missing time with a leg injury ... Owns a 0-2 record in four starts with a 4.58 ERA ... Tallied his 25th career quality start at Ole Miss (2/17) out of 37 starts.
• Jake Agnos could make his sixth start of the season on Sunday against the Bearcats ... Has appeared in 10 games during his freshman season ... Owns a 1-2 record with a 2.25 ERA ... Struck out 33 while walking 18 in 36.0 innings ... 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).
• 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 weekend's action batting .316 ... He leads the club HRs (7) ... Third in runs (25) and fifth in RBI (19) ... 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 38 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 average (.340), walks (19) and doubles (11), third in hits (49) ... Reached base six times at UNCW (4/18) - 5 hits, 1 walk.
• Luke Bolka is second on the club with six HRs and is third with 25 RBI ... Hit home runs in consecutive games (at Houston/vs. UNCW) ... Tallied a team-best five game-winning RBI ... Has 11 career home runs.
• Eric Tyler enters the weekend having reached base in 24-straight games ... Recorded at least one hit in 31 of 38 games ... Had career-best 12-game hit streak snapped against UCONN (Mar. 31) ... Currently he is batting a team second-best .338 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.
• Dusty Baker enters the weekend batting .322 with 17 runs scored ... He has started 17 of 31 games in centerfield where he has recorded 53 putouts and two assists with one error for a .982 fielding percentage ... Registered career-high four hits at Elon.
• West Covington has appeared in 10 games out of the bullpen allowing 10 runs (five earned) in 14.0 innings ... Owns a 1-0 record with a 3.21 ERA.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 3.65 ERA ... Allowed 86 runs (71 earned) with 143 Ks to 58 BBs in 175.0 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .243 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 119 runs (95 earned) with 156 Ks to 85 BBs in 166.2 innings for a 5.13 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .257 ... Allowed 46 of 95 inherited runners to score (48.4 percent).
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Friday: RHP Trey Benton (3-1, 3.20 ERA) vs. LHP J.T. Perez (1-5, 4.44 ERA)
Saturday: TBA vs. TBA
Sunday: 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 97-63-1 (.608) 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.
