Gameday: ECU Travels To Connecticut
May 18, 2017 | Baseball
| East Carolina at Connecticut (Games 54-56) | |
| Dates | May 18-20, 2017 |
| Time | 7:05 p.m. \\\ 3 p.m. \\\ 3 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Hartford, Conn. \\\ Storrs, Conn. (Dunkin' Donuts Field \\\ J.O Christian FieldLewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (28-25, 6-15) will close out the regular season on the road at Connecticut (29-22, 12-9) in a three-game American Athletic Conference series. First pitch of the weekend is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. (ET) at Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford, Conn. on Thursday, May 18. Friday and Saturday games will be played at J.O. Christian Field with a 3 p.m. (ET) first pitch.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND
• East Carolina and Connecticut will meet for the second time this season in a three-game series … The Huskies swept the Pirates earlier this season in Greenville at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium … ECU holds a 34-10 all-time lead in the series, but is on a three-game loosing streak in the series.
• 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 ... Has tallied 27 career quality starts in 44 career starts ... Owns an 19-7 career record with a 3.01 ERA.
• Trey Benton has been the Saturday starter all season posting a 3-4 record (0-4 in AAC) with a 4.26 ERA in 13 starts ... He has fanned 70 batters (9th in AAC) while walking 18 in 67.2 innings pitched ... Struck out a career-high 10 batters against La Salle and Towson ... Has five quality starts.
• Jake Agnos became the Sunday starter in league play ... Has appeared in 14 (9 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.
• Kirk Morgan is 2-0 on the season in five appearances (4 starts) ... Has appeared in 15 career games on the mound posting a 7-0 record with a 3.15 ERA ... Has 32 career strikeouts to seven walks in 40.0 IP ... He has started 7 of 26 games in a utility role (1B, 3B and DH) ... Collected five hits on the year driving in five runs.
• Charlie Yorgen saw his 190-game starting streak snapped vs. Towson (March 25) which started in 2014 ... Has hit four home runs on the season (nine career) - with his last hit (home run) at Clark-LeClair coming in final at-bat (3-run shot) ... 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 (.340), runs (41) and leads in walks (26) ... Reached base six times at UNCW (4/18) - 5 hits, 1 walk.
• Spencer Brickhouse enters this weekend batting .320 ... Team co leader in HRs (9) ... Fourth in runs (33) and tied for fifth in RBI (26) ... Hit multiple home runs in two game (CofC, Memphis) ... Had 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 44 of 50 games ... Tallied three game-winning RBI (ASU, CofC, CIN).
• Travis Watkins is batting .329 to rank third on the team ... Team co leader with nine home runs ... Leader in RBI (42) and runs (44), while standing second in hits (73) ... Three of nine homers have been grand slams (five of 19 career HRs were grand slams) ... Hit two home runs vs. Campbell on Senior Night ... The five-time Johnny Bench Award Watch List candidate (2013-17) has thrown out 11 of 31 runners on the season ... Three-time team captain and two-time Bench Award semifinalist (2015-17).
• Eric Tyler enters the weekend having reached base in 39-straight games... Recorded at least one hit in 45 of 53 games (multiple 26 times) ... Had career-best 12 game hit streak snapped against UCONN (Mar. 31) ... Currently he is batting a team-best .356 with six home runs, 38 RBI with 36 runs scored ... Leader on the club with 78 hits (first in AAC) ... Named AAC Hitter-of-the-Week on May 1.
• Luke Bolka is third on the team with eight home runs and is fourth with 30 RBI ... Hit home runs in consecutive games (at Houston/vs. UNCW) ... Tallied a team-best six game-winning RBI ... Has 13 career home runs.
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton has hit seven home runs and is batting .290 in 26 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 .336 with 12 home runs, 41 RBI and 31 XBHs.
• Jacob Wolfe has appeared in 16 games making nine starts ... He is the team leader in wins (4) and sports a 4-3 record ... On the season has allowed 29 runs (25 earned) on 44 hits with 22 strikeouts to 23 walks in 45.0 innings ... Has allowed one inherited runner to score on the season (six IHRs) ... For his career, he is 15-9 with a 3.49 ERA in 60 games (41 starts) ... Tossed first career complete game at UCONN (5/8/16) with a personal-best nine strikeouts ... Has 17 career quality starts.
• ECU's starting pitching sports a 4.12 ERA ... Allowed 133 runs (115 earned) with 214 Ks to 78 BBs in 251.0 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .256 clip ...The bullpen has surrendered 144 runs (119 earned) with 205 Ks to 107 BBs in 224.1 innings for a 4.77 ERA and opposing hitters are batting .265 ... Allowed 56 of 129 inherited runners to score (43.4 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS
Thursday: LHP Jacob Wolfe (4-3, 5.00 ERA) vs. LHP Tim Cate (3-3. 3.38 ERA)
Friday: TBA vs. LHP Mason Feolo (7-2, 3.28 ERA)
Saturday: TBA vs. RHP Wills Montgomerie (5-3, 3.52 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 106-70-1 (.602) 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.
