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Gameday: No. 8 ECU Travels To No. 14 UNC
May 07, 2019 | Baseball
| No. 8 ECU at No. 14 UNC (Game 48) | |
| Date: | May 8, 2019 |
| Time: | 6 p.m. (ET) |
| Location: | Chapel Hill, N.C.(Boshamer 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 | UNC |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | UNC (PDF) | The American (PDF) |
| 2019 Statistics: | ECU | UNC |
| Baseball Central: | Roster | Schedule/Results | NCAA Baseball | College Scoreboard |
| Social Media: | ECUBaseball | The American #ECUPirates | #ECUBaseball | #AmericanRising |
GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 8 ECU continues its seven-game road trip Wednesday traveling to in-state foe and No. 14 UNC for a midweek matchup in Chapel Hill. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET) at Boshamer 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 GAME
• ECU (36-11) comes into the midweek matchup having won three-straight games and 11 of its last 12 games … UNC leads the all-time series 50-29, but the Pirates have won two of the last three taking a rare home, home and neutral series a year ago … ECU owns a .294 batting average (32nd nationally) with 48 home runs, 458 hits (142 for extra bases) and 285 RBI to rank among the conference leaders … ECU is averaging 6.5 runs per game, while surrendering 3.8 rpg … The Pirates pitching staff owns a 3.40 ERA (15th nationally) with 447 strikeouts (first in the AAC).
• UNC (35-12) enters the game eight of its last nine games … The Tar Heels are hitting at a .276 clip with 57 home runs, 435 hits (168 for extra bases) and 330 RBI … They own a 4.23 ERA with 414 punch outs.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to game)
• 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 12th nationally in doubles (19) and 19th in sac flies (six) ... Owns a .371 batting average with six home runs, 38 RBI and 25 runs ... Tallied a team-high 21 multi-hit games, while posting a team second-best nine multi-RBI contests ... Named to a pair of Midseason All-America Teams (D1Baseball, Perfect Game) as a utility player ... Two-time AAC Player-of-the-Week honoree, while also being tabbed Perfect Game National Player-of-the-Week on Feb. 25 ... Two-time AAC Honor Roll selection (2/18, 4/1).
• Jake Agnos struck out a career-high 14 batters in a personal-best 8.2 innings against No. 18 UConn ... Recorded at least eight strikeouts in 11-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 eighth nationally in strikeouts (108) and seventh in strikeouts per nine innings (13.69) ... Tallied six quality starts on the year ... Fanned 258 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 13th nationally in WHIP (0.89) and 11th in hits allowed per game (5.13) ... 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 six or more wins on the season (6-0) ... Tied for 24th nationally in starts ... Earned wins over Western Carolina, Maryland, USF, Houston, UConn and Cincinnati ... Sports a 15-1 career record ... Registered sixth career quality start at Cincinnati (2019) ... Fanned career-high eight batters at Cincinnati (2019).
• Gavin Williams has appeared in 27 career games making four starts ... Has worked out of the bullpen in his last eight outings (UCF, USF, Houston, UCLA, UCONN, ODU, Tulane, Cincinnati) tossing 18.2 innings where he has allowed six runs (five earned) on 11 hits with five walks and 21 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 .356 with 12 home runs, 47 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 .317 career batting average with 32 home runs and 125 RBI ... Has 14 career GW RBI (7 in 2019).
• Ryder Giles stands 27th in the nation in sac bunts ... Started 37 games at third where he is batting .248 with 17 RBI and 19 runs scored ... Tallied five multi-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Tallied two GW RBI ... Made first collegiate start against Duke (4/3) ... Sports a 1.26 ERA in 12 appearances with one save.
• 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 .363 career batting average with 21 home runs, 95 RBI and 110 runs.
• Brady Lloyd is second on the team lead with 5 GW RBI this season (2 vs. Marist) ... Batting .240 with one home run, 19 RBI and 23 runs ... Second on the club with five stolen bases ... Tallied 14 sacrifices (13 sac hits ranking third 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 74 RBI ... Started 40 games in 2019 (34/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 (565) and fifth in hit by pitches (33) ... Registered 14 career game-winning RBI (8 in 2018).
• ECU's pitching staff sports a 3.40 ERA (15th nationally) with six shutouts (fifth nationally) ... The starters own a 3.45 ERA allowing 101 runs (92 earned) with 253 strikeouts to 82 walks ... The bullpen has surrendered 78 runs (66 earned) with 194 punch outs and 53 walks in 178.1 innings for a 3.33 ERA ... They have allowed 30 of 100 inherited runners to score on the year (30.0 pct.).
PROBABLE STARTERS (2019 stats)
Wednesday: TBA vs. RHP Andrew Grogan (4-1, 3.38 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 190-102-1 (.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, 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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