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Gameday: No. 10 ECU Travels To No. 7 Louisville
June 07, 2019 | Baseball
| 2019 Louisville Super Regional | |
| Dates: | June 7-9, 2019 |
| Location: | Louisville, Ky. (Jim Patterson 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 | Louisville |
| Game Notes: | ECU (PDF) | Louisville | The American (PDF) |
| 2019 Statistics: | ECU | Louisville |
| Baseball Central: | Roster | Schedule/Results | NCAA Baseball | College Scoreboard |
| Social Media: | ECUBaseball | The American #ECUPirates | #ECUBaseball | #AmericanRising |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No. 10 national seed ECU travels to No. 7 national seed Louisville in the Super Regional action, which starts Friday, June 7 at Jim Patterson Stadium. First pitch is slated for 12:06 p.m. (ET) and will be shown live on ESPN2.
2019 GREENVILLE REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
ECU won its fifth regional championship title earlier this week winning four games in two days coming out of the loser's bracket … After dropping the first game of the regional to Quinnipiac (5-4), ECU rebounded with a 9-2 win over No. 18 NC State before eliminating Quinnipiac 13-3 to reach the finals … The Pirates completed the regional win with a doubleheader sweep over undefeated Campbell scoring 22 runs to the Camels six.
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
• ECU is making its fifth Super Regional (2001, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2019).
• ECU owns a 1-8 all-time record in Super Regionals.
• ECU has played five of the 15 other Super Regional teams posting a 3-5 record (Duke 1-1, Mississippi State 0-1, North Carolina 1-0, Ole Miss 1-0, UCLA 0-3).
• 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).
• ECU's pitching staff sports a 3.66 ERA with six shutouts ... Starters own a 3.45 ERA allowing 134 runs (122 ER) with 325 Ks to 122 BBs ... Bullpen has allowed 119 runs (106 ER) with 255 punch outs and 84 walks in 242.1 innings for a 3.94 ERA.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to superregional play)
• Jake Agnos named First-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... 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 super regional play sixth in strikeouts ... Tallied nine quality starts on the year ... Fanned 290 career batters, which is tied for first 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 (1.02) and 55th in hits allowed per game (6.49) ... 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 three Pirates pitchers with seven or more wins on the season (7-1) ... Tied for 73rd 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 named First-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... First-Team All-AAC as an outfielder and second-team as a utility player ... Earned his 11th career win against Campbell in elimination game ... Picked up 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 eigth nationally in sac flies (8) and 13th in doubles (22) ... Owns a .373 batting average with nine home runs and 61 RBI ... Hit a pair of home runs (consecutive at-bats) against Memphis in series finale ... Tallied a team-high 28 multi-hit games and is tied for first with 16 multi-RBI contest ... 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 ... Finalist for the 2019 John Olerud Two-Way National Player-of-the-Year.
• 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 .335 with 13 home runs, 55 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 44 free passes ... Also hit a pair of HRs at Houston in Game 1 of a DH (2-run, grand slam) ... Owns a .313 career batting average with 32 home runs and 133 RBI ... Has 14 career GW RBI (7 in 2019).
• Bryant Packard earned First-Team All-AAC honors for the second year (both unanimous selections) ... Two-time NCAA All-Greenville Regional member ... Second on the team in batting (.363) and multi-hit games (24) ... 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 ... Played for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) in Summer of '18 ... Owns a .361 career batting average with 22 home runs, 102 RBI and 122 runs.
• Jake Washer named Greenville Regional Most Outstanding Player ... First-Team All-AAC ... 2019 Buster Posey Watch List ... '18 Bench Award Semifinalist ... Team leader in home runs (17) ... Hit home runs in three consecutive at-bats in Regional play (has seven HRs in 8 postseason games) ... Hit three in the AAC Championships (two vs. Houston) ... Smacked home runs in consecutive games twice (Houston, Quinnipiac) ... Belted first career grand slam at No. 12 UNC (5/8) ... Tied his career-high with four RBI against UNC, Memphis and QUI ... Tallied 23 career home runs.
• Turner Brown earned Second-Team All-AAC selection ... 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 56 sacrifices ... Third in assists (60`) and fifth in hit by pitches (36).
PROBABLE STARTERS (2019 stats)
Friday LHP Jake Agnos (11-2, 2.02 ERA) vs. LHP Reid Detmers (11-4, 2.96 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 (2018-19 Greenville Regional host), two Super Regional appearances, two American Athletic Conference Tournament titles, the 2019 AAC regular season crown and a 201-107-1 (.652) 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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