East Carolina University
Quinnipiac
Gameday: ECU Hosts Quinnipiac Friday Night
May 30, 2019 | Baseball
| 2019 NCAA Greenville Regional | |
| Dates: | May 31-June 3, 2019 |
| Location: | Greenville, N.C. (Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium) |
| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game Watch Live: (Watch ESPN) | Tournament Central | Interactive Bracket TuneIn Radio: Online (Pirate IMG Sports Network) |
| Internet Options: | Live Stats: All Weekend |
| Official Web Sites: | ECU | NC State | Campbell | Quinnipiac |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | NC State State (PDF) | Campbell (PDF) | Quinnipiac (PDF) | The American (PDF) |
| 2019 Statistics: | ECU | NC State | Campbell | Quinnipiac |
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GREENVILLE, N.C.. – Top seed ECU (43-15) will open the 2019 Greenville Regional Friday, May 31 when it plays host to No. 4 seed Quinnipiac (29-27) at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. First pitch for the Pirates is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET).
REGULAR SEASON AAC CHAMPIONS
ECU claimed its first regular season title in The American last Friday in a 6-1 win at Wichita State … The Pirates go a solid outing by Jake Agnos (7.0 IP, 0 Rs) on the mound, while Alec Burleson tallied three hits and plated four runs … The title was the first in regular season play since the 2009 club won the Conference USA crown.
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 REGIONAL
• ECU has earned seven No. 1 seeds in a regional (1999/Baton Rouge, La.; 2000/Lafayette, La.; 2001/Wilson, N.C.; 2004/Kinston, N.C.; 2009/Greenville, N.C.; 2018/Greenville, N.C.: 2019/Greenville, N.C.).
• The Pirates have garnered three national seeds in its history (No. 7 in 2001; No. 12 in 2018; No. 10 in 2019).
• ECU is hosting its third on campus regional (Clark-LeClair Stadium) - 2009, 2018 and 2019.
• The Pirates have also hosted opening round regional tournaments on two occasions at different venues (Wilson, N.C./Fleming Stadium/2001) and (Kinston, N.C./Grainger Stadium/2004).
• Additionally, ECU used the Kinston facility when it hosted Tennessee for a Super Regional in 2001.
• Of the 64 teams announced, the Pirates own a 12-6 overall record in 2019 vs. nine schools: Campbell (1-1), Cincinnati (3-0), Duke (1-1), Mississippi State (0-1), North Carolina (1-0), Ole Miss (1-0), UConn (3-0), UCLA (0-3) and UNCW (2-0).
• In recent year the Pirates have faced two of the three clubs competing in the Greenville regional, most recently splitting a home-and-home series with Campbell (Feb. 20 and May 14) with each team winning on their home field. The Pirates and the Wolfpack have met 108 times in the two programs history with the last coming in 2017 in Raleigh. ECU and Quinnipiac have played just once, which was during the 2008 season.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to regional play)
• Jake Agnos named First-Team Collegiate Baseball All-American … Named AAC Pitcher-of-the-Year and was a first-team selection ... Set the ECU and AAC single-season strikeout records against Memphis with his 10 punch-out performance (124 on the season) ... Had consecutive inning scoreless streak snapped vs. Houston (5/22) in AAC Championships on a wild pitch (streak ended at 32.2 IP) ... Four-time AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honoree (2/25, 4/1, 4/22, 5/20) ... Struck out a career-high 14 batters in a personal-best 8.2 innings against No. 18 UConn ... Has five double-digit strikeout performances on the season (6 Ks in 14-straight) ... Named Collegiate Baseball National Player-of-the-Week (4/22) ... Enters regional play seventh in strikeouts and ninth in Ks per 9 innings (13.10) ... Tallied eight quality starts on the year ... Fanned 281 career batters, which stands second all-time in the AAC and fifth at ECU ... Played for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) in Summer of '18 ... Named to 2019 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 First-Team ... Semifinalist for 2019 College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher-of-the-Year.
• Jake Kuchmaner earned First-Team All-AAC honors ... 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 38th nationally in WHIP (1.00) and 37th in hits allowed per game (6.21) ... 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 four career quality starts.
• Tyler Smith is one of two Pirates pitchers with seven or more wins on the season (7-1) ... Tied for 23rd nationally in starts ... Earned wins over Western Carolina, Maryland, USF, Houston, UConn, Cincinnati and Wichita State ... Sports a 16-2 career record ... Registered sixth career quality start at Cincinnati (2019) ... Fanned career-high eight batters at Cincinnati (2019).
• Alec Burleson earned First-Team Collegiate Baseball All-America honors …Finalist for John Olerud Two-Way National Player-of-the-Year Award … Named First-Team All-AAC as an outfielder and second-team as a utility player ... Earned his 10th career win at No. 12 UNC ... Registered career-high 10 strikeouts vs. Monmouth (2/23) in second start of the year ... At the plate, he stands fifth nationally in sac flies (5) and 22nd in doubles (21) ... Owns a .370 batting average with nine home runs and 54 RBI ... Hit a pair of home runs (consecutive at-bats) against Memphis in series finale ... Tallied a team-high 26 multi-hit games, while posting a team second-best 14 multi-RBI contests ... Named to a pair of Midseason All-America Teams (D1Baseball, Perfect Game) as a utility player ... Three-time AAC Player-of-the-Week honoree ... Tabbed Perfect Game National Player-of-the-Week on Feb. 25 ... Two-time AAC Honor Roll selection (2/18, 4/1) ... Named to 2019 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 First-Team.
• Spencer Brickhouse named First-Team All-AAC as a DH and second-team as a first baseman ... Earned AAC Player-of-the-Week honors (3/25) ... Currently batting .331 with 12 home runs, 51 RBI ... Hit a pair of home runs (3-run, 2-run) in series finale vs. No. 18 UConn with five RBI ... Drew five walks in UCLA series ... Leads the club with 42 free passes ... Also hit a pair of HRs at Houston in Game 1 of a DH (2-run, grand slam) ... Owns a .312 career batting average with 32 home runs and 129 RBI ... Has 14 career GW RBI (7 in 2019).
• Bryant Packard earned First-Team All-AAC honors for the second year (both unanimous selections) ... Second on the team in batting (.349) and multi-hit games (20) ... Had career-long on-base streak snapped (34 games) in AAC Championships ... Earned AAC Player-of-the-Week honors (4/29) ... 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 in 2018 ... Played for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) in Summer of '18 ... Owns a .356 career batting average with 21 home runs, 97 RBI and 116 runs.
• Jake Washer named First-Team All-AAC ... 2019 Buster Posey Watch List ... '18 Bench Award Semifinalist ... Team leader in home runs (13) ... Hit three in the AAC Championships (two vs. Houston) ... Smacked home runs in consecutive games at Houston ... Belted first career grand slam at No. 12 UNC (5/8) ... Tied his career-high with four RBI against UNC and Memphis this season (other was vs. UNC in 2018) ... Tallied 19 career home runs with 87 RBI ... Started 49 games in 2019 (42/catcher, 7/DH).
• Turner Brown earned Second-Team All-AAC selection ... Tied ECU single-game record with two triples vs. Marist (3/10) ... Hit solo home run vs. Wichita State in AAC Championships ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (3/11) ... ECU's all-time leader with 55 sacrifices ... Third in assists (587) and fifth in hit by pitches (36) ... Registered 14 career game-winning RBI (8 in 2018).
• ECU's pitching staff sports a 3.70 ERA with six shutouts ... Starters own a 3.39 ERA allowing 124 runs (112 ER) with 308 Ks to 110 BBs ... Bullpen has allowed 113 runs (100 ER) with 237 punch outs and 80 walks in 218.2 innings for a 4.12 ERA.
PROBABLE STARTERS (2019 stats)
Friday LHP Chris Enns (6-5, 3.67 ERA) vs. LHP Jake Kuchmaner (6-2, 2.83 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-plus 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, the 2019 AAC regular season crown and a 197-106-1 (.650) overall record, which stands fourth all-time among ECU head coaches … Eight players have earned All-America status, seven were NCAA All-Regional selections, 18 were named all-conference (17 first-teamers), while six were drafted by Major League Baseball teams … Named 2015 and 2018 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 (46-16 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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