East Carolina University
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Gameday: No. 10 ECU Hosts Cincinnati In American Action
May 11, 2018 | Baseball
| Cincinnati at No. 10 ECU (Games 48-50) | |
| Dates: | May 11-13, 2018 |
| Times:: | 6:30 p.m. \\\ 4p.m. \\\ 1 p.m. (ET) |
| Location: | Greenville, N.C. (Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium) |
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| Official Web Sites: | ECU | Cincinnati |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | Cincinnati | The American (PDF) |
| 2018 Statistics: | ECU | Cincinnati | The American |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 10 ECU returns home for the first of its final four games playing host to Cincinnati in a three-game American Athletic Conference series. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (ET) Friday, May 11 at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SERIES
• ECU (35-12, 11-7 AAC) and Cincinnati (25-22, 10-8 AAC) will meet for the 22nd time Friday evening with the Pirates holding a 14-5-2 all-time record in the series … The Pirates have won two-straight against the Bearcats that came in a series win a year ago in Cincinnati.
• The Pirates will honor their four seniors (West Covington, Andrew Henrickson, Davis Kirkpatrick and Ryan Ross) on Sunday, May 13th prior to the start of the game for Senior Day.
• ECU posted a 3-0 record last week completing a road sweep at Tulane … The Pirates come into this week's action ranked in all six national polls: D1Baseball (No. 10), Perfect Game (No. 12), USA Today/Coaches (No. 12), NCBWA (No. 13), Baseball America (No. 14) and Collegiate Baseball (No. 21) … It marks the eighth-straight week ECU has been ranked in all six polls and 11th consecutive week in at least one poll.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to weekend)
• Chris Holba is a two-time AAC Honor Member ... Fifth nationally in wins (9) ... Also ranks among the national leaders in ERA (33rd) ... Perfect Game Mid-Season First-Team All-American selection ... Named to Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List ... Surrendered first runs of the season at Charlotte (streak ended at 25.1 innings) ... Combined on a pair shutouts (UNC/Saint Joseph).
• Alec Burleson notched his third career win at Tulane tossing career-high 7.1 innings with seven strikeouts in his first career quality start ... Has not allowed a run in 7 of 15 appearances ... Fanned multiple batters in a game nine times ... Owns a 3-1 record picking up wins against Campbell, UNCW and Tulane.
• Tyler Smith posted wins against WCU, UNCC, UMD, Wichita State, Washington, Memphis and Tulane ... Notched save vs. UNC ... Tallied three quality starts (first career at UNCC) ... Ranks among nations Top 40 in ERA (29th) and wins (39th) ... Fanned career-high seven vs. UMD ... Suffered lone loss against USF.
• Jake Agnos has allowed nine runs (all earned) in his last 11 outings (29.2 IP) with 46 strikeouts, which includes five starts ... In those starts, he has posted a 2-1 record with wins at Elon and No. 3 Duke ... The lefty has not surrendered a run out of the bullpen (6 games) and fanned 21 batters ... He picked up first win of the season allowing two runs against CofC (3/7) ... Notched second win at No. 20 UCF (3/24) in relief tossing three scoreless innings with five strikeouts ... In last start, he worked five frames giving up four runs (all earned) on seven hits with seven strikeouts against Houston.
• Trey Benton made four appearances out of the bullpen this season tossing 7.2 scoreless frames with 10 strikeouts ... Earned AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honors (Feb. 26) holding then No. 6 UNC to one run (earned) on two hits with 11 strikeouts in six inning ... Has tallied four quality starts ... Stands 10th nationally in K-to-BB ratio (8.14) and 14th in BBs Per 9 Innings (1.16).
• Bryant Packard owns a 25-game hit streak which is third all-time at ECU ... It is also the third longest active streak in the nation ... During streak, he is batting .463 (45-97) with 9 HRs, 27 RBI, 24 Rs, 13 multi-hit Gs and 16 XBHs ... Has reached base in a career-high 30 games, which is also a career-best ... Team leader in HRs (11), hits (64), GW-RBI (7), average (.405/10th nationally), RBI (42), slugging (.684/15th nationally), multi-hit Gs (19) and multi-RBI Gs (10) ... Belted a career-best two home runs in a game twice (Washington, USF) - both coming in consecutive at-bats ... Smacked fourth leadoff home run of the season against Norfolk State.
• Spencer Brickhouse has registered at least one hit in 35 of 47 games (multiple 13 times) ... Hit HRs vs. UNCC, WCU (twice), UNC, Houston (twice) and Tulane ... Had four hits and had four RBI in the three-game tilt vs. UNC ... Had 27-game on-base streak snapped vs. CofC (3/7) ... Has six career game-winning RBI (two in 2018).
• Connor Litton is tied for second on the team in HRs (7) with Brickhouse ... Hit at HR in four-straight games (all solo) from March 30 to April 4 ... Hit first career grand slam at No. 20 UCF ... Collected 6 hits in UNC series (two in each game) ... Had career-long hit streak of 12 games snapped at Washington (April 7) in the series finale.
• Brady Lloyd leads the team in runs (36), while sharing the team lead in stolen bases (13) ... Stands second in hits (53) doubles (9) and third in average (.327) ... Went 5-or-5 with 5 runs against UMD (3/17) ... Two-time AAC Honor Roll (3/17, 3/26) ... At Campbell, he drove in a career-best two runs ... Registered a pair of game-winning RBI (2/21, 3/30) and has three for his career ... Two GW-RBI at Tulane (May 4-5).
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton tied for the team lead in stolen bases (13) and is second in average (.357) ... Hit four home runs (Washington, Tulane twice, Norfolk State) ... Tallied 11 multi-hit games.
• Jake Washer was named to 2018 Johnny Bench Award Watch List (4/18) ... Saw career-high 13-game hit streak come to an end at Memphis - batted .388 (14-for-49) with 3 HRs, 16 RBI and 10 runs scored ... Seventh on the team with 10 multi-hit games, while ranking second with multi-RBI games (9) ... Hit HRs vs. UNCC, No. 20 UCF, UNCW, Wash. and USF ... Drove in a career-high 4 runs at UNC (Feb. 25).
• Ryan Ross leads the club with five saves ... Picked up first career win at Tulane ... Suffered a pair of losses to Houston ... Named ECU's 2018 Mr. Pirate ... Earned AAC Honor Roll honors (3/19) after picking up two saves in UMD series where he tossed 9.1 scoreless frames with 11 Ks and no BBs.
• ECU's starting pitching is sporting a 3.07 ERA (team is 11th nationally) ... They have allowed 90 Rs (78 ERs) with 197 Ks to 61 BBs ... The bullpen has allowed 80 Rs (68 ERs) with 173 Ks and 69 BBs in 192.2 innings for a 3.18 ERA ... The pen has allowed 51 inherited runners to score (51 of 149; 34.2 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS (2018 stats)
Friday: LHP JT Perez (6-3, 2.41 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Holba (9-0, 1.98 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Nathan Kroger (1-3, 4.68 ERA) vs. LHP Alec Burleson (3-1, 2.27 ERA)
Sunday: LHP Cam Allred (5-2, 3.88 ERA) 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 three years at the helm of the program, Godwin has guided ECU to a pair of NCAA Regional berths (2015-16), a Super Regional appearance (2016), an American Athletic Conference (2015) Tournament title and a 145-85-1 (.630) 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 three have been 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 … Recently he was named to the 2018 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team staff where he will serve as the third base and hitting coach … 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.
