East Carolina University
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No. 8 ECU Travels To Cincinnati For AAC Series
May 02, 2019 | Baseball
| No. 8 ECU at Cincinnati (Games 45-47) | |
| Dates: | May 3 and May 5, 2019 |
| Times: | DH (2:30 p.m.; 6:15 p.m.) \\\ 1 p.m. (ET) |
| Location: | Cincinnati, Ohio (Marge Schott Stadium) |
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| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game Watch Live TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options: | Live Stats: All Weekend |
| Official Web Sites: | ECU | Cincinnati |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | Cincinnati | The American (PDF) |
| 2019 Statistics: | ECU | Cincinnati |
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CINCINNATI, Ohio – No. 8 ECU returns to the road for its next seven games and will kick-off the road trip with a three-game American Athletic Conference series at Cincinnati. Due to potential weather in the are over the weekend, the two clubs will play a doubleheader on Friday, May 3 starting at 2:30 p.m. (ET) and will wrap-up the series on Sunday, May 5 at 1 p.m. (ET) inside Marge Schott Stadium.
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 SERIES
• ECU (33-11, 13-2) enters the weekend having won five-straight AAC series, which included three sweeps (UCF, USF and UConn) … The Pirates, who have won eight of their last nine (21 of last 26), leads the league with a 13-2 record which is the best start in conference play since 2001 when ECU posted a 19-2 record (the 2004 club posted a 25-5 C-USA record) … ECU owns a .296 batting average (36th nationally) with 47 home runs, 428 hits (130 for extra bases) and 264 RBI to rank among the conference leaders … ECU is averaging 6.5 runs per game, while surrendering 3.9 prg … The Pirates pitching staff owns a 3.45 ERA (21st nationally) with 421 strikeouts (first in AAC).
• Cincinnati (22-22, 11-7) is third in the standings behind ECU and Tulane, but has more wins than the Green Wave entering the weekend … The Bearcats are coming off a home sweep of Wichita State and have won four of their last five games … Cincinnati is hitting at a .248 clip with 20 home runs, 367 hits (91 for extra bases) and 178 RBI … They own a 5.17 ERA having allowed 251 runs in 390 innings with 350 punch outs.
• ECU and Cincinnati have met 24 times with the Pirates holding a 16-6-2 lead in the all-time series between the former Conference USA and current AAC foes … The Pirates have won two consecutive games in the series and have won four of the last six meetings.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to series)
• Jake Agnos struck out a career-high 14 batters in a personal-best 8.2 innings against No. 18 UConn ... Recorded at least seven strikeouts in 10-straight games (double-digit four times) ... Three-time AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week selections (2/25, 4/1, 4/22) ... Named Collegiate Baseball National Player-of-the-Week (4/22) ... Stands ninth nationally in strikeouts (100) and ninth in strikeouts per nine innings (13.65) ... Tallied five quality starts on the year ... Fanned 250 career batters, which stands fourth all-time in the AAC and ninth at ECU ... Played for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) in Summer of '18.
• 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) ... Ranks fourth nationally in WHIP (0.80) and seventh in hits allowed per game (4.72) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (4/29) after working 8.2 innings against Tulane ... Has worked into the ninth inning three times this season ... Fanned career-high nine batters at No. 9 Ole Miss ... Registered three career quality starts.
• Tyler Smith is one of two Pirate pitchers with five wins on the season (5-0) ... Tied for 35th nationally in starts ... Earned wins over Western Carolina, Maryland, USF, Houston and UConn ... Sports a 14-1 career record ... Registered fifth career quality start vs. Terps ... Fanned career-high seven batters vs. UMD in 2018.
• Alec Burleson owns a 4-1 record on the mound this season in 16 appearances (five starts) with a 3.46 ERA ... He picked up his ninth career win at ODU (4/24) ... Registered career-high 10 batters vs. Monmouth earlier in the season and has 43 punch outs to 14 walks in 39.0 innings ... At the plate, he stands 13th nationally in sac flies (sixth) ... Owns a .355 batting average with five home runs, 33 RBI, 14 doubles and 20 runs ... Tallied a team-high 19 multi-hit games, while posting a team second-best seven multi-RBI contests ... Named to a pair of Midseason All-America Teams (D1Baseball, Perfect Game) as a utility player ... 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).
• Gavin Williams has appeared in 26 career games making four starts ... Has worked out of the bullpen in his last seven outings (UCF, USF, Houston, UCLA, UCONN, ODU, Tulane) tossing 16.2 innings where he has allowed six runs (five earned) on nine hits with four walks and 19 strikeouts ... In last start at No. 24 Duke, he gave up five runs in the first inning before exiting the game ... Tallied six or more strikeouts in a game three times with career-high 8 at USF.
• Spencer Brickhouse earned AAC Player-of-the-Week honors on March 25 ... Currently batting .341 with 12 home runs, 45 RBI ... Hit a pair of home runs (3-run, 2-run) in series finale vs. No. 18 UConn where he drove in five ... Drew five walks in UCLA series pushing his season total to 24 (team leader) ... Also hit a pair of HRs at Houston in Game 1 of a doubleheader (2-run, grand slam) ... Owns a .312 career batting average with 32 home runs and 123 RBI ... Has 13 career GW RBI (6 in 2019).
• Ryder Giles stands 24th in the nation in sac bunts ... Started 34 games at third where he is batting .248 with 17 RBI and 18 runs scored ... Tallied five multi-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Made first collegiate start against Duke (4/3) ... Sports a 1.26 ERA in 12 appearances with one save ... Tallied two GW RBI.
• Bryant Packard earned AAC Player-of-the-Week honors (4/29) after batting .550 with four multi-hit and nine runs scored during the Pirates 4-1 week ... Hit grand slams in consecutive games at USF ... Tallied a pair of game-winning RBI at USF (11 career) ... 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 ... Owns a .367 career batting average with 21 home runs.
• Brady Lloyd is second on the team lead with 5 GW RBI this season (2 vs. Marist) ... Batting .245 with one home run, 19 RBI and 23 runs ... Second on the club with five stolen bases ... Tallied 13 sacrifices (12 sac hits ranking fourth nationally) ... Has been hit by a pitch 10 times in '19 (19 career).
• Jake Washer named to 2019 Buster Posey Watch List ... '18 Bench Award Semifinalist ... Hit home runs in consecutive games at Houston ... Tallied 14 career home runs with 72 RBI ... Started 38 games in 2019 (32/catcher, 6/DH) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (4/22) for first time in career.
• 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 54 sacrifices ... Ranks third in assists (554) and fifth in hit by pitches (30) ... Registered 14 career game-winning RBI (8 in 2018).
• ECU's pitching staff sports a 3.45 ERA (21st nationally) with six shutouts (fifth nationally) ... The starters own a 3.52 ERA allowing 96 runs (87 earned) with 235 strikeouts to 74 walks ... The bullpen has surrendered 74 runs (63 earned) with 186 punch outs and 51 walks in 169.0 innings for a 3.36 ERA ... They have allowed 30 of 95 inherited runners to score on the year (31.6 pct.).
PROBABLE STARTERS (2019 stats)
Friday (G1): LHP Jake Agnos (6-2, 2.63 ERA) vs. LHP David Orndorff (3-1, 3.86 ERA)
Friday (G2): LHP Jake Kuchmaner (4-1, 2.07 ERA) vs. LHP Evan Shawver (2-5, 5.19 ERA)
Sunday: RHP Tyler Smith (5-0, 5.27 ERA) vs. TBD
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 187-102-1 (.647) overall record, which stands fourth 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.
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