East Carolina University
UNC Wilmington
Gameday: No. 10 ECU Travels To UNCW For In-State Clash
May 09, 2018 | Baseball
| No. 10 ECU at UNCW (Game 47) | |
| Date: | May 9, 2018 |
| Time: | 6:00 p.m. (ET) |
| Location: | Wilmington, N.C. (Brooks Field) |
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| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game Watch Live: (Wednesday) TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options: | Live Stats: Wednesday |
| Official Web Sites: | ECU | UNCW |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | UNCW | The American (PDF) |
| 2018 Statistics: | ECU | UNCW | The American |
| Baseball Central: | Roster | Schedule/Results | Fact Book (PDF) | The American | NCAA Baseball | College Scoreboard |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 10 ECU will hit the road to square off against in-state rival UNC Wilmington on Wednesday, May 9 at Brooks Field. First pitch is slated for 6: p.m. (ET).
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SERIES
• ECU (34-12) and UNC Wilmington (29-17) will meet for the 136th time with the Pirates holding a 76-59 all-time record in the series … The Pirates won the last four meetings in the series including a 6-4 victory earlier this year in Greenville.
• 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 midweek)
• 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 seven runs (all earned) in his last 10 outings (27.2 IP) with 42 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 (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 three appearances out of the bullpen this season tossing 5.2 scoreless frames with nine 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 seventh nationally in K-to-BB ratio (9.33) and 12th in BBs Per 9 Innings (1.03).
• Bryant Packard owns a 23-game hit streak which is tied for third all-time at ECU ... During streak, he is batting .478 (43-90) with 8 HRs, 26 RBI, 22 Rs, 13 multi-hit Gs and 15 XBHs ... Has reached base in a career-high 28 games, which is also a career-best ... Team leader in HRs (10), hits (62), GW-RBI (7), average (.411/8th nationally), RBI (41), slugging (.682/18th 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.
• Spencer Brickhouse has registered at least one hit in 33 of 45 games (multiple 12 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 (34), while standing second in average (.342), stolen bases (11), hits (52) and doubles (9) ... 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 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) ... Tied for second on the team with .342 average ... Belted a pair of home runs at Tulane (May 5) ... Leader in stolen bases (12).
• 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 ... 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 3.08 ERA (team is 15th nationally) ... They have allowed 88 Rs (76 ERs) with 190 Ks to 56 BBs ... The bullpen has allowed 77 Rs (66 ERs) with 162 Ks and 65 BBs in 180.2 innings for a 3.29 ERA ... The pen has allowed 50 inherited runners to score (50 of 143; 34.9 percent).
PROBABLE STARTERS (2018 stats)
Tuesday: LHP Jake Agnos (4-2, 3.35 ERA) vs. RHP Landen Roupp (0-3, 2.87 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 144-85-1 (.628) 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.
