East Carolina University
College of Charleston
ECU Travels To College Of Charleston
March 17, 2022 | Baseball
| Games: 18-20 | |
| Dates: | March 18-20, 2022 |
| Time: | 4 p.m. \\\ 2 p.m. \\\ 1 p.m. (ET) |
| Location: | Charleston, S.C. (All Weekend) (The Ballpark At Patriots Point) |
| Game Program: | Baseball Gameday #3 |
| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game FloSports (Friday | Saturday | Sunday) Varsity Network: Online (LEARFIELD) |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (9-8) continues its five-game road trip by traveling south to the College of Charleston (10-7) for a three-game series. First pitch of the weekend is slated for Friday, March 18 at 4 p.m. (ET) at the Ballpark at Patriots Point and will be streamed on FloSports (subscription).
The Pirates, who have made 31 NCAA Regional appearances, won their second-straight American Athletic Conference regular season title with a league-best 20 victories, hosted the Greenville Regional (sixth in program history) for the third consecutive year in 2021 after earning a No. 13 National seed and advanced to the Vanderbilt Super Regional. ECU finished ranked in all six national polls (Collegiate Baseball/No. 12, D1Baseball/No. 12, Perfect Game/No. 12, Baseball America/No. 13, NCBWA/No. 13 and USA Today/No. 13) in 2021 after posting a 44-17 overall record.
ECU returns 25 players including Freshman All-America selections C.J. Mayhue (2020), Zach Agnos (2021) and Josh Moylan (2021) along with AAC All-Conference performers Jake Kuchmaner (2019) and Bryson Worrell (2021). In all, the roster consists of 13 freshmen, 19 sophomores, five juniors and five seniors.
The 2021-22 recruiting class consists of three infielders (Quinn Allen, Landon Howard and Jacob Jenkins-Cowart), two outfielders (Carter Cunningham and Luke Nowak), two catchers (Ayden Edwards and Ryan McCrystal) and nine pitchers (Merritt Beeker, Charlie Hodges, Jake Hunter, Jordan Little, Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Erik Ritchie, Ben Terwilliger, Jaden Winter and Trey Yesavage).
IT'S MUSTACHE MARCH
As the calendar turns to a new month, the East Carolina baseball team (players, coaching staff and support staff) will once again participate in Mustache March to raise money and awareness for ALS Research and the Jim "Catfish" hunter chapter. This year, the Pirates will team up with the Pitt Community College (PCC), Memphis and Michigan baseball programs to help fight and strikeout ALS with a goal of raising $10,000. Click here to donate.
As most of Pirate Nation knows, the ECU Baseball program has been greatly affected by ALS as former head coach and ECU Hall of Famer Keith LeClair was diagnosed with ALS while coaching in 2001. The Pirates continue to follow the mission, vision and characteristics that made Coach LeClair such a tremendous leader, father, friend and coach. Current PCC Head Coach Tommy Eason coached under LeClair from 1998-2005, Michigan Head Coach Erik Bakich and Assistant Head Coach Nick Schnabel both played for LeClair and were teammates of ECU skipper Cliff Godwin from 1999-2000.
Starting Tuesday, March 1 and running through the end of the month, the Pirates will grow mustaches to continue raising money for ALS research which over the last four years has raised over $36,000. With the additional support from ECU Dowdy Student Stores, the four-year total has eclipsed $57,000 in total donations.
INDIVIDUAL QUICK HITS (prior to weekend)
- For the third-straight year, Jake Kuchmaner was penciled into the weekend rotation ... In four starts, he owns an 1-1 record with a 2.75 ERA where he has allowed eight runs (six earned) on 18 hits in 19.2 innings ... Registered his second quality start of the season against Saint Mary's (March 11) and has eight for his career ... As a Pirate, he is 18-7 with a 3.83 career ERA over 51 appearances (41 starts) ... The lefty has worked 204.2 innings with 169 strikeouts to 52 walks ... A First-Team All-AAC selection in 2019, he tossed the 31st perfect game in NCAA DI history at Maryland on March 17.
- Josh Grosz earned his first career win in relief at Duke (March 1) tossing three scoreless frames with five punch outs ... Picked up second win of the year against Michigan (March 5) ... For his career, he is 2-1 with a 5.81 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 26.1 IP.
- Jake Hunter made his collegiate debut against Bryant (2/20) as the Sunday starter ... In four weekend starts, he sports a 0-0 record with a 4.26 ERA .. The right-hander combined on a 5-0 shut out against North Carolina (2/27) tossing 3.1 scoreless frames with three punch outs ... Became the first true freshman to start a game opening weekend since Trey Benton (2017) at Ole Miss.
- Carter Spivey had a career outing against North Carolina (2/27) where he tossed 4.1 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts (both career-highs) ... In eight outings, which included a start at Campbell, he is 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA and has struck out 23 while walking one in 16..2 total frames.
- C.J. Mayhue was tabbed as a preseason All-American (third-team) by NCBWA ... Prior to the season opener, he earned inclusion on the NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List for the second consecutive year ... At ECU, he has appeared in 52 games (all relief) posting a 6-1 record with nine saves ... Owns a 2.58 ERA and has struck out 114 batters while walking 32 over 80.1 innings ... Converted one of two save opportunities (save vs. Radford,March 9; blew vs. Bryant Feb. 19).
- Garrett Saylor was named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players-of-the-Week (March 14) after appearing in four games during the Pirates 3-2 week, which included a series win over Saint Mary's ... Also named to AAC Honor Roll (March 14) ... In eight outings (two starts) he is 1-2 with one save and has struck out 31 batters in 19.0 innings.
- Lane Hoover ranks second on the team with a .356 batting average ... Owns an eight-game hitting streak ... During his four years at ECU, he has started 109 of 128 games posting a .311 batting average with a home run, 12 doubles and 49 RBI ... Tallied four game-winning RBI (one in 2022).
- Alec Makarewicz was named to AAC Honor Roll (March 7) ... Leads the club with 16 RBI (4 at Duke/March 1) while hitting a team-best three home runs (Bryant/Feb. 9, Michigan/March 5, Saint Mary's/March 11).
- Justin Wilcoxen has started 11-of-16 games played behind the plate ... Tallied three multi-hit and one multi-RBI games this season ... Hit first career home run against North Carolina (Feb. 27).
- Jacob Jenkins-Cowart sports a team-best .408 average while sharing the team lead with seven multi-hit games with Bryson Worrell ... Registered a pair of game-winning RBI in the weekend series against Saint Mary's (March 11 and March 13/game two of doubleheader) ... Drove in multiple runs in a game twice (UNC/Feb. 27 and Virginia Tech/March 8) ...
- Skylar Brooks has appeared in 10 games, which is tied for the team lead with C.J. Mayhue - both fifth nationally ... Owns an 0-1 record with two saves and a 2.79 ERA ... Fanned 17 batters while walking seven in 92 innings ... Notched saves against UNC (Feb. 27) and Indiana State (March 4).
- Josh Moylan ranks 92nd nationally with 13 walks after drawing seven free passes during the Pirates 4-0 week (March 1-6) ... He tallied four walks at Duke (March 1) - something that hadn't been done since Corey Thompson in 2012 (vs. Milwaukee) ... Has appeared in 73 career games (71 starts) and owns .275 career batting average with seven home runs and 42 RBI.
- Zach Agnos leads the team with three game-winning RBI, including two during the LeClair Classic ... He has six multi-hit and two multi-RBI games ... In his time at ECU, he has started all 95 games played where he is batting .266 with seven home runs, 20 doubles and 63 RBI.
- Ryder Giles has started 144 of 149 games played at shortstop since stepping on campus in 2019 ... Last year he led the team with 16 total sacrifices (15 sac hits) where he ranked second nationally … Currently stands third all-time in the Pirate annuals with 37 sacrifices … Earned his sixth career save against Maryland tossing 2.1 scoreless frames with three strikeouts.
- Bryson Worrell has started all 17 games in center where he owns a .286 average with two home runs, five doubles and has driven in eight ... He has started 118 of 173 games batting .277 with 22 home runs, 31 doubles, five triples and 84 RBI ... Has swiped 19 of 26 bases and owns a .978 career fielding percentage.
- ECU opened its 88th season of collegiate baseball (1932-42, 1946-present) against Bryant (Feb. 18) falling 10-2 ... The Pirates have made a regional appearance in 17 of the last 22 seasons, including five of six under Godwin (2015, '16, '18, '19, '21) - no post-season in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- For the first time since the end of the 2017 season, the Pirates are not ranked nor receiving votes in any of the six major polls ... Their streak ends at 64 consecutive weeks (2018 preseason to March 7, 2022).
- There are five potential two-way players on this year's roster ... Dubbed #2WayU by Godwin, the players are Zach Agnos, CJ Boyd, Skylar Brooks, Cam Clonch and Ryder Giles.
PROBABLE STARTERS (2022 stats)
Friday: LH Jake Kuchmaner (1-1, 2.75 ERA) vs. RH (Ty Good (2-1, 2.78 ERA)
Saturday: RH Josh Grosz (2-1, 4.40 ERA) vs. RH Daniel Brooks (0-2, 4.58 ERA)
Sunday: TBA vs. TBA
GODWIN AT A GLANCE
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