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Gameday: No. 11 ECU Hosts Duke In Midweek Action
April 03, 2019 | Baseball
| Duke at No. 11 ECU (Game 28) | |
| Date: | April 3, 2019 |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. (ET) |
| Location: | Greenville, N.C.(Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium) |
| Tickets: | Buy Tickets |
| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game Watch Live TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options: | Live Stats: Wednesday |
| 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. 11 ECU returns home for one night when it plays host to in-state foe Duke Wednesday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium with a 6:30 p.m. (ET) scheduled first pitch.
NEARLY $11,000 RAISED FOR 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 four-year total to $43,492 in donations.
• This year, ECU teamed up with the Memphis and Michigan baseball clubs to raise $10,836 for ALS.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME
• ECU (21-6) comes into the contest having won nine-straight games, which ties Ball State and Stanford for the longest active win streak … The Pirates completed their third consecutive weekend series sweep (second in The American) at USF this past weekend … On the season, they are averaging 6.1 runs per game, while surrendering 4.0 rpg … ECU is batting .295 on the year and has racked up 267 hits, which stands 58th nationally.
• Duke (14-14) has lost nine of its last 11 games since the two clubs met back on March 12 in Durham … The Blue Devils, who were swept at North Carolina, are hitting at a .268 clip, while their pitching staff owns a 3.74 ERA.
• ECU and Duke have met 51 times with the Pirates holding a 37-13-1 edge in the all-time series … The Blue Devils took the last meeting, 7-2, in Durham snapping the Pirates 17-game win streak in the series.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to game)
• Alec Burleson ranks among the national leaders (Top 50) in sac flies (sixth), average (17th), hits per game (24/1.62), hits (27th) and doubles (45th) ... Owns a .420 batting average with four home runs, 21 RBI, 10 doubles, 14 runs scored ... Has tallied 42 hits, 14 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI contests ... Earned AAC Player-of-the-Week accolades, while also being tabbed Perfect Game National Player-of-the-Week on Feb. 25 ... Two-time AAC Honor Roll selection (2/18, 4/1) ... Enters Duke game having homered in consecutive games ... On the mound, struck out a career-high 10 batters vs. Monmouth ... Appeared in nine games (three starts) posting a 2-0 record with two saves ... Sports a 2.96 ERA with 32 strikeouts in 27.1 innings.
• Jake Agnos has recorded at least seven strikeouts in six-straight games ... Two-time AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week selections (2/25, 4/1) ... Tied career-high with 11 punch outs vs. Monmouth and at USF ... Had 10 strikeouts against Marist ... Stands 12th nationally in Ks per 9 innings (13.73) and 14th in total strikeouts (61) ... Tallied four quality starts on the year ... Played for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) in Summer of '18.
• Tyler Smith earned second win of the season (11th career) at Maryland ... Registered fifth career quality start vs. Terps ... Fanned career-high seven batters vs. UMD in 2018 ... Tied for 16th nationally in starts (seven).
• Gavin Williams has appeared in 21 career games making four starts ... In last start at No. 24 Duke, he gave up five runs in the first inning before exiting the game ... Worked career high five innings against Elon and at No. 8 Mississippi State ... Struck out career-high eight batters at USF (3/31) earning first career save ... Owns a 1-2 record with a 2.97 ERA ... Fanned35 batters in 36.1 innings ... Notched first career win against Elon (2/27) where he allowed two runs and struck out six ... Tallied six or more strikeouts in a game three times.
• Spencer Brickhouse earned AAC Player-of-the-Week honors on March 25 ... Currently batting .392 with six home runs, 19 RBI ... Ranks 16th nationally in slugging percentage (.743) and 22nd in on-base percentage (.521) ... Had 36-game on-base streak snapped at Campbell ... Hit a pair of home runs and drove in eight runs in series sweep of UCF ... Owns a .316 career batting average with 26 home runs and 97 RBI ... Has 11 career game-winning RBI (four in 2019) ... His homer against Radford in the series opener was his third-straight on Opening Day.
• Ryder Giles stands sixth in the nation in sac bunts and seventh in sac bunts per game ... Started 22 games at third base where he is batting .254with 11 RBI and 12 runs scored ... Tallied four multi-hit, three multi-RBI games and has scored multiple runs in a contest twice.
• Jake Kuchmaner tossed 28th perfect game in NCAA DI history at Maryland (3/17) ... Swept league and national honors in consecutive weeks (3/11 & 3/18) ... In last five outings (four starts) has allowed seven runs on eight hits with 32 strikeouts to 11 walks in 33.0 innings ... Fanned career high nine batters at No. 9 Ole Miss ... Registered three career quality starts.
• Trey Benton notched eighth career win, which came in relief against Radford ... In 20 career games out of the bullpen, he has allowed 10 runs (six earned) on 23 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 hit grand slams in consecutive games at USF (first Pirate to do so since Zach Wright in 2010) ... Tallied a pair of game-winning RBI at USF (11 career GW 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 ... Played for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) in Summer of '18 ... Hit five leadoff HRs (first inning), which was tied for the national lead in 2018.
• Brady Lloyd second on the team with three game-winning RBI (two in Marist series) ... Batting .238 with 10 RBI and 15 runs ... Second on the club with five stolen bases ... Tallied seven sacrifices ... Has been hit by a pitch eight times to lead the team ... Set career-highs vs. UMD (3/17/18) going 5-for-5 with 5 runs.
• Jake Washer named 2018 Johnny Bench Award Semifinalist ... Preseason All-AAC selection by the leagues head coaches ... Bench Award candidate in 2019 ... Has 10 career home runs with 58 RBI ... Started 24 games in 2019 (20/catcher, 4/DH).
• Turner Brown tied ECU single-game record with two triples vs. Marist (3/10) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (3/11) ... ECU's all-time leader with 49 sacrifices ... Ranks fifth in assists (519) and tied for sixth in hit by pitches (27) ... Registered 14 career game-winning RBI (8 in 2018).
• ECU's pitching staff sports a 3.43 ERA ... The starters own a 3.84 ERA allowing 65 runs (61 earned) with 145 strikeouts to 49 walks ... The bullpen has surrendered 42 runs (32 earned) with 116 punch outs and 31 walks in 101.1 innings for a 2.84 ERA ... They have allowed 18 of 54 inherited runners to score on the year (33.3 pct.).
PROBABLE STARTERS (2019 stats)
Wednesday: RHP Cooper Stinson (1-1, 2.48 ERA) vs. RHP Ryder Giles (0-0, 0.00 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 175-97-1 (.643) overall record, which ranks fifth all-time among ECU head coaches … 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.
