Gameday: ECU Hosts Memphis In AAC Action
May 11, 2017 | Baseball
| Memphis at East Carolina (Games 50-52) | |
| Dates | May 12-14, 2017 |
| Times | 6:30 p.m. \\\ 4 p.m. \\\ 12 Noon (ET) |
| Location | Greenville, N.C. (Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (25-24, 4-11 AAC) continues its five-game home stand playing host to Memphis (26-23, 6-12 AAC) this weekend in a three-game American Athletic Conference series at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium with a 6:30 p.m. (ET) scheduled first pitch on Friday, May 12.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina and Memphis will meet for the 45th time on the diamond Friday, May 12 … The Pirates own a 28-16 all-time record, but have dropped the last two contests in the series including a 5-4 decision at the 2016 American Championships in Clearwater, Fla. … Both teams enter the weekend having lost three of their last five games.
• 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)
• Evan Kruczynski returned to the Friday night spot in the rotation vs. Tulane ... The lefty earned AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honors (4/24) after tossing 8 shutout innings at Cincinnati where he allowed one hit and retired 22-straight in a 6-0 win ... Tallied his 26th career quality start at Cincinnati (4/22) out of 340 starts ... Owns an 18-7 career record with a 2.98 ERA.
• Trey Benton has been the Saturday starter all season posting a 3-3 record (0-3 in AAC) with a 3.90 ERA in 12 starts ... He has fanned 69 batters (8th in AAC) while walking 16 in 64.2 innings pitched ... Struck out a career-high 10 batters against La Salle and Towson ... Has five quality starts.
• Jake Agnos gets the start on Sunday ... Has appeared in 13 (8 starts) during his freshman season ... Picked up first win in AAC play against Tulane striking out 10 in a career-high 7.1 innings ... Notched first collegiate win against Towson ... Fanned a career-best 11 in five frames vs. WCU (3/3) - all coming in relief.
• Charlie Yorgen saw his 190-game starting streak snapped vs. Towson (March 25) which started in 2014 ... Has hit three home runs on the season (eight 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) ... Earned American Hitter-of-the-Week and College Sports Madness Player-of-the-Week honors on April 24 ... Team second-best average (.335), runs (36) and leads in walks (23) ... Reached base six times at UNCW (4/18) - 5 hits, 1 walk.
• Spencer Brickhouse enters this weekend batting .311 ... Team co leader HRs (7) - has not hit one in 63 at-bats (span of 24 games) ... Fourth in runs (28) and fifth in RBI (24) ... 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 41 of 47 games ... Tallied three game-winning RBI (ASU, CofC, CIN).
• Travis Watkins is batting .320 to rank third on the team ... Team co leader with seven home runs ... Leader in RBI (38) and runs (37), while standing second in hits (66) ... Three of seven homers have been grand slams (five of 17 career HRs were grand slams) ... The five-time Johnny Bench Award Watch List candidate (2013-17) has thrown out 9 of 29 runners on the season ... Two-time team captain and two-time Bench Award semifinalist (2015-16).
• Eric Tyler enters the weekend having reached base in 35-straight games... Recorded at least one hit in 41 of 49 games (multiple 24 times) ... Had career-best 12-game hit streak snapped against UCONN (Mar. 31) ... Currently he is batting a team-best .360 with five home runs, 32 RBI with 33 runs scored ... Leader on the club with 72 hits (first in AAC) ... Named AAC Hitter-of-the-Week on May 1.
• Luke Bolka tied for the team lead with seven home runs and is fourth with 27 RBI ... Hit home runs in consecutive games (at Houston/vs. UNCW) ... Tallied a team-best five game-winning RBI ... Has 12 career home runs.
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton has hit seven home runs and is batting .291 in 22 games ... Hit two home runs vs. Liberty ... Added two home runs in USF series (both two-run shots, which came in consecutive games) ... For his career he is batting .339 with 12 home runs, 40 RBI and 31 XBHs.
• Dusty Baker enters the weekend batting .264 with 19 runs scored ... Started 23 of 41 games in CF where he has recorded 71 putouts and two assists with one error for a .986 fielding percentage ... Registered career-high four hits at Elon.
• Jacob Wolfe has appeared in 15 games making nine starts ... He is the team leader in wins (4) and sports a 4-3 record ... On the season has allowed 28 runs (24 earned) on 43 hits with 22 strikeouts to 21 walks in 44.0 innings ... Has not allowed an inherited runner to score on the season (five IHRs) ... For his career, he is 15-9 with a 3.46 ERA in 59 games (41 starts) ... Tossed first career complete game at UCONN (5/8/16) with a personal-best nine strikeouts ... Has 17 career quality starts.
• Bryant Packard posted his first career four-hit game against Towson where he laced pair of doubles and drove in two ... He has tallied seven multi-hit and four multi-RBI games ... Registered 12 XBHs, while batting .276 on the season.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 4.13 ERA ... Allowed 123 runs (107 earned) with 195 Ks to 72 BBs in 233.0 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .257 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 135 runs (110 earned) with 184 Ks to 97 BBs in 204.1 innings for a 4.85 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .260 ... Allowed 53 of 119 inherited runners to score (44.5 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Friday: LHP Drew Crosby (5-2, 4.18 ERA) vs. LHP Evan Kruczynski (2-2, 5.03 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Colton Hathcock (2-3, 3.09 ERA) vs. RHP Trey Benton (3-3, 3.90 ERA)
Sunday: RHP Jonathan Bowlan (4-5, 4.22 ERA) vs. LHP Jake Agnos (2-3, 3.33 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 103-69-1 (.598) 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.
