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Mississippi State
Gameday: No. 14 ECU Travels To The Magnolia State
March 04, 2019 | Baseball
| Games 13-14 | |
| Dates: | March 5-6, 2019 |
| Times: | 3:00 p.m. (Tuesday/Wednesday) |
| Location: | Starkville, Miss.(Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium) Oxford, Miss. (Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field) |
| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game Watch Live (SEC Network+ / Watch ESPN) TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options: | Live Stats: Mississippi State l Ole Miss |
| Official Web Sites: | ECU | Mississippi State | Ole Miss |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | Mississippi State (PDF) | Ole Miss (PDF) | The American (PDF) |
| 2019 Statistics: | ECU | Mississippi State | Ole Miss |
| Baseball Central: | Roster | Schedule/Results | NCAA Baseball | College Scoreboard |
| Social Media: | ECUBaseball | The American #ECUPirates | #ECUBaseball | #AmericanRising |
STARKVILLE, Miss. – No. 14 ECU will hit the road for a pair of midweek games in the Magnolia State when it squares off against No. 8 Mississippi State (March 5) and No. 12 Ole Miss (March 6). First pitch for both contests 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 GAMES
• ECU (8-4) is coming off a 3-2 week where it picked up wins over Elon, Utah and Western Carolina … They dropped a Monday contest to Air Force and suffered their lone loss in the LeClair Classic at the hands of Wright State … On the season, ECU is averaging 6.6 runs per game, while surrendering 5.0 rpg … ECU is batting .307 which ranks 22nd in the nation.
• ECU will face Mississippi State for the second time in program history with the Bull Dogs holding a 1-0 all-time lead, which came in 1970 … The Pirates and the Rebels will square off for the fourth time with Ole Miss holding a 3-0 record in the series – all coming in 2017 … Overall, ECU is 14-34 against members of the Southeastern Conference.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to midweek games)
• Gavin Williams is set to make his third career start vs. Mississippi State ... Owns a 1-0 record with a 1.46 ERA with 22 Ks in 24.2 innings ... Notched first career win against Elon (2/27) after working five innings 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 Top 6 in five statistical categories including doubles (2nd), hits (2nd), hits per game (3rd), batting average (5th) and sac flies (6th) ... Owns a .542 batting average with two home runs, 11 RBI, seven doubles, eight runs scored ... Has tallied 26 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 allowing one run on five hits in seven innings for his first win of the season ... In three starts, he owns a 3.18 ERA with 18 punch outs and six walks in 17.0 innings ... Hit first collegiate home run at Campbell ... Fanned multiple batters in a game 16 times ... Named AAC Freshman Pitcher-of-the- Year and a First Team Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American in 2018.
• Jake Agnos earned AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honors (Feb. 25) after tossing seven scoreless frames with 11 strikeouts against Monmouth ... Named preseason All-AAC by the leagues head coaches ... Played for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) ... Set AAC Tournament record with nine strikeouts vs. Connecticut in the 2018 title game ... Owns an 8-8 career record with a 3.70 ERA.
• Tyler Smith owns a 10-1 career record with one save in 44 appearances (14 starts) ... Registered fourth career quality start vs. Monmouth ... Named preseason All-AAC by the leagues head coaches ... Earned second-team All-AAC honors in 2018 after going 7-1 with one save ... Fanned career-high seven vs. UMD.
• Spencer Brickhouse is batting .368 on the season despite missing three games ... Had 36-game on-base streak snapped at Campbell ... Belted 21st career home run vs. Radford in the series opener, which was his third-straight Opening Day homer ... Named Most Outstanding Player at the 2018 AAC Championships ... Picked up first-team all-conference honors as a DH ... Has eight career game-winning RBI (one in 2019) ... Named CCBL All-Star Game MVP.
• Trey Benton notched eighth career win, which came in relief against Radford in the series opener ... In 18 career games out of the bullpen, he has allowed nine runs (six earned) on 22 hits with 26 strikeouts and 11 walks in 28.2 frames ... Appeared in 41 career games making 23 starts ... 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 against Air Force (Feb. 25) after missing four games with an injury ... Named to a program-best seven All-America teams in 2018 where he batted .406 (second in D1) ... Earned AAC Player-of-the-Year honors a year ago ... Owns a career .357 batting average with 16 home runs and 68 RBI ... Spent summer of 2018 playing for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) ... 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 earned First-Team All-AAC honors as a junior ... Owns a .301 career average ... Started 75 of 139 career games ... Went 5-for-5 with 5 runs against UMD (3/17/18).
• 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 49 RBI.
• Turner Brown has played in 182 career games (178 starts) ... Is ECU's all-time leader with 45 sacrifices and stands seventh on the all-time assists list (483) ... Registered 14 career game-winning RBI (8 in 2018).
• ECU's pitching staff sports a 3.99 ERA ... The starters own a 3.90 ERA allowing 27 runs (22 earned) with 67 strikeouts to 22 walks ... The bullpen has surrendered 29 runs (21 earned) with 47 punch outs and 12 walks in 46.0 innings for a 4.11 ERA.
PROBABLE STARTERS (2019 stats)
Tuesday:RHP Gavin Williams (1-0, 2.00 ERA) vs. RHP Keegan James (1-0, 1.12 ERA)
Wednesday: TBA vs. LHP Doug Nikhazy (1-0, 1.80 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 162-95-1 (.630) 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.
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