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Gameday: No. 9 ECU Closes Out Regular Season At No. 22 UCONN
May 17, 2018 | Baseball
| No. 9 ECU at No. 22 UCONN (Games 52-54) | |
| Dates: | May 17-19, 2018 |
| Times:: | 1 p.m. \\\ 1 p.m. \\\ 1 p.m. (ET) |
| Location: | Storrs, Conn. (J.O Christian Field) |
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| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game Watch Live: (All Weekend - SUBSCRIPTION) TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options: | Live Stats: All Weekend |
| Official Web Sites: | ECU | UCONN |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | UCONN | The American (PDF) |
| 2018 Statistics: | ECU | UCONN | The American |
| Baseball Central: | Roster | Schedule/Results | Fact Book (PDF) | The American | NCAA Baseball | College Scoreboard |
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STORRS, Conn. – No. 9 ECU closes out its regular season at No. 22 UCONN in a three-game American Athletic Conference series starting Thursday, May 17 at J.O. Christian Field. First pitch of the three-game set is scheduled for 1 p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SERIES
• ECU (38-13, 13-8) and UCONN (30-17-1, 12-9) will meet for the 48th time Thursday afternoon with the Pirates holding a 35-12 all-time record in the series … The Huskies have won 5 of the last 6 meetings between the two clubs with ECU claiming a win in the 2017 series finale, 3-0.
• ECU posted a 4-1 record last week which included a series win over Cincinnati … The Pirate come into this week's action ranked in all six national polls: D1Baseball (No. 9), Perfect Game (No. 9), NCBWA (No. 10), USA Today/Coaches (No. 10), Baseball America (No. 13) and Collegiate Baseball (No. 21) … It marks the ninth-straight week ECU has been ranked in all six polls and 12th consecutive week in at least one poll.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to midweek)
• Chris Holba is a two-time AAC Honor Member ... Seventh nationally in wins (9) ... Also ranks among the national leaders in ERA (35th) ... 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 fourth career win vs. Cincinnati allowing a season-high four run on five hits ... Also recorded wins against Campbell, UNCW and Tulane ... Tossed career-high 7.1 innings with seven strikeouts in his first career quality start at Tulane ... Has not allowed a run in 7 of 16 appearances ... Fanned multiple batters in a game 10 times.
• Jake Agnos has allowed 12 runs (all earned) in his last 12 outings (31.0 IP) with 48 strikeouts, which includes six 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 six appearances out of the bullpen this season tossing 11.0 scoreless frames with 14 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 17th nationally in K-to-BB ratio (6.78) and 27th in BBs Per 9 Innings (1.40).
• Bryant Packard owns a 29-game hit streak which tied the school record (Stephen Batts, 2007) and is the second-longest active streak in the nation (Kamren Dukes, Texas Southern, 34 games) ... During streak, he is batting .460 (53-115) with 10 HRs, 30 RBI, 31 Rs, 16 multi-hit Gs and 18 XBHs ... Has reached base in a career-high 34 games, which is also a career-best ... Team leader in HRs (12), hits (72), GW-RBI (7), average (.409/t8th nationally), RBI (45), slugging (.682/21st nationally), multi-hit Gs (22) and multi-RBI Gs (11) ... Belted a career-best two home runs in a game twice (Washington, USF) - both coming in consecutive at-bats ... Smacked fifth leadoff home run (first inning) of the season against Cincinnati.
• Spencer Brickhouse has registered at least one hit in 37 of 51 games (multiple 15 times) ... Drove in career-best six runs against Cincinnati (5/12) ... Hit HRs vs. UNCC, WCU (twice), UNC, Houston (twice), Tulane and Cincinnati (twice) ... 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 seven career game-winning RBI (three in 2018).
• Connor Litton recorded second GW RBI of the season against Cincinnati (5/13) to clinch the weekend series in walk-off fashion (2-RBI single in B9th) ... Third on the team in HRs (8) ... 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 stands second on the team in hits (57), runs (38) and stolen bases (13) ... 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 leads team in hit by pitches (12) and stolen bases (16) ... Second in average (.383) ... Hit seven home runs (Washington, Tulane/twice, Norfolk State, Cincinnati and Campbell/twice) ... Tallied 12 multi-hit games.
• Jake Washer was named to 2018 Johnny Bench Award Semifinal 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 ... Tied for fifth on the team with 11 multi-hit games, while ranking second with multi-RBI games (9) ... Hit HRs vs. UNCC, No. 20 UCF, UNCW, Washington, USF and Cincinnati ... 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 3.20 ERA (team is t17th nationally) ... They have allowed 99 Rs (87 ERs) with 207 Ks to 63 BBs ... The bullpen has allowed 93 Rs (76 ERs) with 193 Ks and 78 BBs in 212.2 innings for a 3.43 ERA ... The pen has allowed 58 inherited runners to score (58 of 167; 34.7 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS (2018 stats)
Thursday: RHP Chris Holba (9-0, 2.07 ERA) vs. LHP Mason Feole (7-1, 2.58 ERA)
Friday: LHP Alec Burleson (4-1, 2.83 ERA) vs. RHP Jeff Kersten (4-2, 3.86 ERA)
Saturday: TBA vs. LHP Chase Gardner (3-2, 3.59 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 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 148-86-1 (.632) 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.
