East Carolina University
Tulane
Gameday: No. 12 ECU Travels To Tulane For AAC Series
May 04, 2018 | Baseball
| No. 12 ECU at Tulane (Games 43-45) | |
| Dates: | May 4-6, 2018 |
| Times: | 7:30 p.m. \\ 2 p.m. \\ 12 Noon (ET) |
| Location: | New Orleans, La. (Greer Field at Turchin Stadium) |
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| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game Watch Live : (Subscription - All Weekend) TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options: | Live Stats: All Weekend |
| Official Web Sites: | ECU | Tulane |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | Tulane (PDF) | The American (PDF) |
| 2018 Statistics: | ECU | Tulane | The American |
| Baseball Central: | Roster | Schedule/Results | Fact Book (PDF) | The American | NCAA Baseball | College Scoreboard |
| Social Media: | ECUScoreboard (in-game updates) | ECUBaseball | The American #ECUPirates | #ECUBaseball |
GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 12 ECU hits the road for a three-game American Athletic Conference series against Tulane at Greer Field inside Turchin Stadium. First pitch between the two clubs is slated for Friday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SERIES
• ECU (30-12, 8-7 AAC) and Tulane (22-24, 7-8 AAC) have meet 55 times with the Green Wave holding a 31-24 all-time advantage in the series … ECU has won 8 of the last 12 meetings including last year's series in Greenville.
• ECU lost just its second weekend series of the season last week to Houston in a three-game sweep … The Pirates come into this week's action ranked in all six national polls: D1Baseball (No. 12), Baseball America (No. 14), NCBWA (No. 14), USA Today/Coaches (No. 14), Perfect Game (No. 15) and Collegiate Baseball (No. 25) … It marks the seventh-straight week ECU has been ranked in all six polls and 10th consecutive week in at least one poll.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to weekend)
• Chris Holba is a two-time AAC Honor Member ... Second nationally in wins (9) ... Also ranks among the national leaders in ERA (12th) ... 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 will make his fourth career start vs. Tulane (others: CAM, MEM, HOU) ... Has not allowed a run in 7 of 14 appearances ... Fanned multiple batters in a game eight times with a carer-best five vs. WCU (collegiate debut) ... Owns a 2-1 record picking up wins against Campbell and UNCW.
• Tyler Smith posted wins against WCU, UNCC, UMD, Wichita State, Washington and Memphis ... Notched save vs. UNC ... Tallied three quality starts (first career at UNCC) ... Ranks among nations Top 40 in ERA (32nd) and wins (69th) ... Fanned career-high seven vs. UMD ... Suffered losses against USF and Houston.
• Jake Agnos has allowed seven runs (all earned) in his last eight outings (23.2 IP) with 36 strikeouts, which includes four 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 and fanned 11 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 his first career relief appearance tossing 3.2 scoreless frames against Houston with six 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 (8.83) and 13th in BBs Per 9 Innings (1.07).
• Bryant Packard owns a 20-game hit streak which ranks sixth all-time at ECU ... During streak, he is batting .494 (38-77) with 8 HRs, 24 RBI, 20 Rs, 11 multi-hit Gs and 14 XBHs ... Has reached base in a career-high 25 games, which is also a career-best ... Team leader in HRs (10), hits (56), GW-RBI (7), average (.406/10th nationally), RBI (39), slugging (.696/17th nationally), multi-hit Gs (17) and multi-RBI Gs (10) ... Belted a career-best two home runs in a game twice (Washington, USF) - both coming in consecutive at-bats.
• Spencer Brickhouse has registered at least one hit in 31 of 42 games (multiple 12 times) ... Currently owns a seven-game hit streak ... Hit HRs vs. UNCC, WCU (twice) and UNC ... 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 five career game-winning RBI (one in 2018).
• Connor Litton ranks second on the team in HRs (7) ... 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 (33), while sharing the lead in stolen bases (10) ... Stands second in hits (49), doubles (9) and average (.350) ... 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.
• Dwanya Williams-Sutton returned to the Pirates lineup at Washington where he collected a pair of hits and belted his first home run of the season (13th career) ... Stands third on the team with a .349 batting average and has scored 17 runs ... Co-leader with 10 stolen bases.
• 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 ... Tied for fifth on the team with 10 multi-hit games, while ranking second with multi-RBI games ... 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 ... Suffered a pair of losses to Houston out of the bullpen last week ... 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 2.96 ERA (team is 14th nationally) ... They have allowed 79 Rs (68 ERs) with 177 Ks to 54 BBs ... The bullpen has allowed 77 Rs (66 ERs) with 151 Ks and 61 BBs in 169.0 innings for a 3.51 ERA ... The pen has allowed 46 inherited runners to score (46 of 135; 34.1 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS (2018 stats)
Friday: RHP Chris Holba (9-0, 1.48 ERA) vs. RHP Kaleb Roper (4-4, 4.86 ERA)
Saturday: LHP Alec Burleson (2-1, 1.91 ERA) vs. RHP Keagan Gillies (5-4, 2.71 ERA)
Sunday: RHP Tyler Smith (6-1, 1.86 ERA) vs. RHP Josh Bates (2-1, 4.42 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 140-85-1 (.622) 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.
