East Carolina University
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Gameday: ECU Travels To No. 4 UNC
April 03, 2017 | Baseball
| East Carolina at No. 4 North Carolina (Game 30) | |
| Date | April 4, 2017 |
| Time | 6 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Chapel Hill, N.C. (Boshamer Stadium) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (18-11) will hit the road for four games this week making its first stop at No. 4 North Carolina (22-6) for a Tuesday night match-up at Boshamer Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina and North Carolina will meet for the second time this season and the 78th all-time on Tuesday … The Tar Heels hold a 50-27 all-time record and have won three-straight in the series including a 6-2 win in Greenville back on March 22 … ECU comes into the contest having dropped three-straight games (5-5 in last 10) after suffering a sweep at home to Connecticut in American Athletic Conference action … UNC has won four-straight (8 of last 10) which included a road sweep at Florida State.
• For the first time this season, the Pirates have fallen out of the Top-25 rankings, while the Tar Heels are a Top-10 program in all five major polls including a No. 4 ranking by Baseball America.
• 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 first start on the mound at No. 4 North Carolina (last start was on Feb. 23, 2016 vs. N.C. A&T) ... The senior has appeared in 10 career games on the mound (two starts) posting a 5-0 record with a 3.47 ERA ... He has 17 career strikeouts in 23.1 innings.
• Spencer Brickhouse enters Tuesday's game riding a five-game hit streak ... He leads the club HRs (7) and runs (24), while standing fourth in RBI (18) and batting average (.329) ... 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 29 games (23/1B, 6/DH) ... Two game-winning RBI (ASU, CofC).
• Travis Watkins is the team leader in RBI (24) ... Stands 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 15 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 ... Garnered a pair of preseason All-America honors (D1Baseball, NCBWA) and was a unanimous preseason All-AAC selection ... Led The American in average (.360) and on-base percentage (.455) on his way to three Freshman All-America Team designations ... Tallied six game-winning RBI on the season with four coming in league play.
• 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 second on the team with a .352 average, while sharing second in hits (38) with Watkins ... Also leads the club in doubles (9) and walks (14).
• Luke Bolka is tied for third on the team with three HRs, while driving in 16 ... Tallied a three game-winning RBI ... Blasted his second homer of the season hitting a grand slam in the second game of the La Salle series.
• Joe Ingle has worked 17.1 innings out of the bullpen allowing 10 runs (nine earned) with 19 Ks ... Owns a 3-2 record with two saves (TOW/LIB) ... 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 22 career saves (4th all-time at ECU) ... Sports a 10-5 record in 76 games with a 3.01 ERA.
• Eric Tyler enters midweek action having reached base in 15-straight games ... Had career-best 12-game hit streak snapped against UCONN (Mar. 31) ... Currently he is batting a team third-best .350 with three home runs, 21 RBI with 18 runs scored ... Leader on the club with 41 hits.
• Bryce Harman is currently batting .294 with six RBI and seven runs scored ... Started 10 of 14 games played (6/1B, 4/DH).
• 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 week's action batting .364 with 14 runs scored ... He has started 12 of 22 games in centerfield where he has recorded 33 putouts and two assists with one error for a .972 fielding percentage ... Registered career-high four hits at Elon.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 3.38 ERA ... Allowed 67 runs (52 earned) with 127 Ks to 48 BBs in 138.1 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .251 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 70 runs (61 earned) with 123 Ks to 58 BBs in 121.2 innings for a 4.51 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .239 ... Allowed 25 of 65 inherited runners to score (38.5 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday: RHP Kirk Morgan (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Baum (4-0, 2.13 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 95-56-1 (.628) 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.
