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Gameday: No. 14 ECU Travels To No. 24 Duke
March 12, 2019 | Baseball
| No. 14 ECU at No. 24 Duke (Game 18) | |
| Date: | March 12, 2019 |
| Time: | 4 p.m. (ET) |
| Location: | Durham, N.C.(Durham Bulls Athletic Park) |
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| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game Watch Live (ACC Network Extra) TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options: | Live Stats: Tuesday |
| Official Web Sites: | ECU | Duke |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | Duke (PDF) | The American (PDF) |
| 2019 Statistics: | ECU | Duke |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 14 ECU hits the road for the first of four games this week when it travels to No. 24 Duke Tuesday, March 12. First pitch at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park is set for 4 p.m. (ET).
IT'S MUSTACHE MARCH
• Annually, for the past 16 seasons, ECU hosts the "Keith LeClair Classic" a tournament put together to bring awareness to ALS through the Jim "Catfish" Hunter chapter, which is located in Raleigh, N.C. The chapter finds the tournament as a way to continue awareness and fundraising in Coach LeClair's honor. The goal is to use the LeClair Classic as a starting point for our own fundraiser to help Strikeout ALS.
• In 2018, the ECU and Memphis baseball programs participated in "Mustache March" raising nearly $11,000 with donations going towards funding, supporting families and researching through local chapters. The past two seasons, ECU Dowdy Student Stores has donated $10,500 from t-shirt sales during the year and has pushed ECU's three-year total to $32,656 in donations.
• This year, ECU will team up with the Memphis and Michigan baseball clubs hoping to raise $10,000 in 2019 … Pirate fans wishing to donate can do so by clicking here.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
• ECU (12-5) is coming off a series sweep against Marist and enters the midweek matchup having won four-straight, including a 3-2 win over then No. 9 Ole Miss on the road … On the season, the Pirates are averaging six runs per game, while surrendering 4.4 rpg … ECU is batting .299 on the year and has racked up 172 hits.
• Duke (11-5) enters the game having taken two of three games at Virginia in league play … The Blue Devils are batting .264 on the season, while their pitching staff sports a 3.10 ERA.
• ECU and Duke have played 50 times with the Pirates holding a 37-12-1 edge in the all-time series … ECU enters the game having won 17-straight games dating back to 1998, including a 9-2 victory last year at Jack Combs Field.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to game)
• Gavin Williams will make his third career start at No. 24 Duke ... Worked career-high five innings in last two outings (Elon and at No. 8 Mississippi State) ... Owns a 1-1 record with a 1.82 ERA with 24 Ks in 29.2 innings ... Notched first career win against Elon (2/27) where he allowed two runs and struck out six ... Had career-best seven punch outs in first collegiate start at Campbell.
• Alec Burleson ranks among the nation's leaders in hits (seventh), sac flies (eighth), doubles (10th), avg. (11th) and hits per game (18th/1.75) ... Owns a .467 batting average with two home runs, 12 RBI, eight doubles, nine runs scored ... Has tallied 28 hits, eight multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests ... Earned AAC Player-of-the-Week accolades, while also being tabbed Perfect Game National Player-of-the-Week on Feb. 25 ... On the mound, struck out a career-high 10 batters vs. Monmouth ... Appeared in five games (three starts) posting a 1-0 record ... Sports a 2.70 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 20.0 innings ... Hit first collegiate home run at Campbell ... Fanned multiple batters in a game 17 times.
• Jake Agnos has recorded at least nine strikeouts in three-straight outings ... Named AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honors (Feb. 25) after tossing seven scoreless frames with 11 strikeouts against Monmouth ... Fanned 10 batters in seven scoreless innings against Marist (3/8) ... Played for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) ... Owns an 9-8 career record with a 3.52 ERA.
• Tyler Smith owns a 10-1 career record with one save in 45 appearances (15 starts) ... Registered fourth career quality start vs. Monmouth ... Fanned career-high seven vs. Maryland in 2018
• Spencer Brickhouse is batting .368 on the season despite missing three games ... Had 36-game on-base streak snapped at Campbell ... Belted two homers on the season (22 career) ... Has nine career game-winning RBI including two in 2019 ... His homer against Radford in the series opener was the third-straight on Opening Day.
• Ryder Giles stands second in the nation with six sac bunts ... Started 12 games at third base where he is batting .298 with six RBI and seven runs ... Tallied three multi-hit and two multi-RBI games as a freshman.
• Jake Kuchmaner earned AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week, Collegiate Baseball National Player-of-the-Week and Perfect Game National Pitcher-of-the-Week accolades (3/11) after working 8.2 innings with nine strikeouts at No. 9 Ole Miss (had no-hitter through 8.2 innings) - both career-highs ... Registered two career quality starts (Houston/2018, Ole Miss/2019).
• Trey Benton notched eighth career win, which came in relief against Radford ... In 19 career games out of the bullpen, he has allowed 10 runs (six earned) on 22 hits with 27 strikeouts and 13 walks in 29.1 frames ... Struck out a career-high 11 batters (six innings) against UNC in 2018 ... Tallied nine career quality starts.
• Bryant Packard returned to the starting lineup vs. Air Force (Feb. 25) after missing four games with an injury ... Batting .320 with two home runs, eight RBI and 13 runs scored ... Owns a career .355 batting average with 17 home runs and 70 RBI ... Named to five preseason All-America teams (four first-team), Golden Spikes Award Watch List and preseason AAC Player-of-the-Year in 2019 ... Set school record with a hit in 32-straight games that ended on May 22 ... Smacked five leadoff home runs (first inning), which was tied for the national lead in 2018.
• Brady Lloyd leads the team with three game-winning RBI (two in Marist series) ... Tied for the team lead in stolen bases (four) with Turner Brown ... Owns a .310 career average ... Went 5-for-5 with 5 runs against Maryland on March 17, 2018.
• Jake Washer named 2018 Johnny Bench Award Semifinalist ... Preseason All-AAC selection by the leagues head coaches ... Bench Award candidate in 2019 ... Has eight career home runs with 51 RBI.
• Turner Brown tied ECU single-game record with two triples vs. Marist (3/10) ... Hit 10th career home run against the Red Foxed (3/9) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (3/11) ... ECU's all-time leader with 45 sacrifices ... Ranks fifth in assists (495) and tied for sixth in hit by pitches (27) ... Registered 14 career game-winning RBI (8 in 2018).
• ECU's pitching staff sports a 3.53 ERA ... The starters own a 3.79 ERA allowing 42 runs (38 earned) with 93 strikeouts to 30 walks ... The bullpen has surrendered 32 runs (23 earned) with 68 punch outs and 17 walks in 65.0 innings for a 3.18 ERA.
PROBABLE STARTERS (2018 stats)
Tuesday: RHP Gavin Williams (1-1, 2.57 ERA) vs. RHP Cooper Stinson (0-0, 3.75 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 10 NCAA Regional and two College World Series teams at the Division I level as an assistant coach and head coach … During his four years at the helm of the program, Godwin has guided ECU to three NCAA Regional berths (2018 Greenville Regional host), a Super Regional appearance, two American Athletic Conference Tournament titles and a 166-96-1 (.633) overall record … Eight players have earned All-America status, seven were NCAA All-Regional selections, 12 were named all-conference (11 first-teamers), while six 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 … Recently he completed a summer stint on the 2018 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team staff that posted a 12-3 record that included series wins over Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba … 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.
