East Carolina University
Cincinnati
ECU Hosts Cincinnati In AAC Play
April 29, 2022 | Baseball
| Games: 43-45 | |
| Dates: | April 29-May 1, 2022 |
| Times: | 6:30 P.M. \\\ 4 p.m. \\\ 1 p.m. (ET) |
| Location: | Greenville, N.C. | Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium |
| Game Program: | Baseball Gameday #6 |
| Live Game Coverage: | Radio: 94.3 FM The Game ESPN+ (Friday | Saturday | Sunday) Varsity Network: Online (LEARFIELD) |
| Live Stats: | All Weekend |
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| 2022 Statistics | East Carolina | Cincinnati |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (24-18, 8-4 AAC) will play host to Cincinnati (17-21, 7-5 AAC) in a three-game American Athletic Conference series starting Friday, April 29. First pitch of the series is slated for 6:30 p.m. (ET) at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium and will be streamed on ESPN+.
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 24 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 two infielders (Landon Howard and Jacob Jenkins-Cowart), two outfielders (Carter Cunningham and Luke Nowak), one catcher (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).
INDIVIDUAL QUICK HITS
- For the third-straight year, Jake Kuchmaner was penciled into the weekend rotation ... In 10 appearances (none starts), he owns an 4-2 record with a 3.27 ERA where he has allowed 19 runs (15 earned) on 45 hits in 41.1 innings ... Registered his second quality start of the season against Saint Mary's (3/11) and has eight for his career ... As a Pirate, he is 21-8 with a 3.82 career ERA over 57 appearances (46 starts - sixth all-time at ECU) ... The lefty has worked 226.1 innings with 186 strikeouts to 61 walks ... Named to AAC Honor Roll on April 18 after earning the series clinching win at UCF ... 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 (3/1) tossing three scoreless frames with five punch outs ... Picked up second win of the year against Michigan (3/5) ... For his career, he is 2-5 with a 6.98 ERA registering 48 strikeouts in 49.0 IP.
- Jake Hunter made his collegiate debut against Bryant (2/20) as the Sunday starter ... In 13 outings (six starts), he sports an 1-2 record with a 4.76 ERA ... The right-hander combined on a 5-0 shutout 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 tossed a career-high 7.1 innings with seven punch outs at Tulane (4/23) earning AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honors ... Previous high was 4.2 innings in relief against No. 22 NC State (3/29) ... Also worked 4.1 scoreless frames vs. No. 26 North Carolina (2/27) with a career-high seven strikeouts ... In 21 outings, which included a start at Campbell, he is 3-0 with three saves ... Currently he sports a 2.60 ERA with 50 strikeouts to nine walks in 45.0 total frames ... Named to NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List (4/27).
- 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 ... Has appeared in 64 career games (60 relief) posting a 7-2 record with nine saves ... Owns a 2.80 ERA and has struck out 133 batters while walking 38 over 99.2 innings ... Made first collegiate start vs. No. 22 NC State (3/29) allowing one run on two with four strikeouts in three innings ... Followed that with a two-inning scoreless start vs. No. 29 ODU (4/6) and vs. UNCW (4/19).
- 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 24 outings (two starts) he is 2-3 with three saves and has struck out 66 batters while walking 18 in 48.1 innings.
- Lane Hoover leads the team with a .367 batting average ... Tallied at least one hit in 28 of last 32 games ... At ECU, he has started 134 of 153 games posting a .324 batting average with a home run, 19 doubles and 60 RBI ... Tallied five career game-winning RBI (two in 2022) ... Ranks first in AAC in toughest to strikeout (once every 12.2 ABs) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (April 4).
- Alec Makarewicz was named to AAC Honor Roll (March 7) ... Stands secod on the team in home runs (seven) and RBI (32) ... Co-leader in doubles (11) with Lane Hoover ... Hit first grand slam of his career on April 16 in ECU's eight-run fifth inning at UCF ... Belted a pair of home runs in series opener at Cincinnati (April 1) - one each from the right and left side of the plate ... Tied career-high with four RBI at Duke (March 1) and at UCF (April 16).
- Jacob Jenkins-Cowart stands second on the team with a .360 batting average ... Leads club in home runs (eighth) and RBI (34) ... Registered first career multi-HR game at Tulane (4/23) ... Team leader with 10 multi-RBI contests and is tied for first with 17 multi-hit games ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (April 11) ... Has three game-winning RBI (Saint Mary's/March 11, Saint Mary's/March 13, Wichita State/April 8).
- Josh Moylan returned to action at UNCW ... Hit a pair of home runs and drove in four in ECU's 4-1 week (3/22-27) and now has three on the year ... Drew seven free passes during the Pirates 4-0 week (3/1-6) ... He tallied four walks at Duke (3/1) ... Tallied career-high four hits at Elon (4/12) ... Has appeared in 93 career games (91 starts) and owns .269 career batting average with nine home runs, three triples, 13 doubles and 49 RBI.
- Zach Agnos leads the team with five game-winning RBI (two in LeClair Classic) and shares the lead with 17 multi-hit games ... Has hit a home run in three of last four games entering Cincinnati series ... In his time at ECU, he has started all 120 games played where he is batting .276 with 10 home runs, 23 doubles and 74 RBI.
- Ryder Giles has started 149 of 159 games played at shortstop before moving to the Friday night starters role ... Earned his sixth career save vs. Maryland ... Has started seven career games (one in 2019, six in 2022) ... Two-time AAC Honor Roll selection (March 28 & April 11).
- Bryson Worrell named AAC Player-of-the-Week (April 18) ... Started all 42 games in center field batting .287 with seven home runs, six doubles, two triples and 23 RBI ... For his career, he has started 143 of 198 games hitting at a .281 clip with 27 home runs, 32 doubles, six triples and 99 RBI ... Has swiped 21 of 28 bases and owns a .982 career fielding percentage.
PROBABLE STARTERS (2022 stats)
Friday: TBA vs. RH Ryder Giles (4-1, 1.91 ERA)
Saturday: TBA vs. TBA
Sunday: TBA vs. TBA
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 12 NCAA Regional and two College World Series teams at the Division I level as an assistant coach and head coach … During his eight years at the helm of the program, Godwin has guided ECU to five NCAA Regional berths (2018, 2019 and 2021 Greenville Regional host), three Super Regional appearances and a pair of American Athletic Conference Regular season and a pair of AAC Tournament crowns while posting a 282-148-1 (.656) overall record … Sixteen players have earned All-America status, while 15 were NCAA All-Regional selections, 23 were named all-conference (18 first-teamers) and 14 were drafted by Major League Baseball teams … A three-time AAC Coach-of-the-Year selection (2015, 2019, 2021), Godwin was inducted into the George Whitfield Hall of Fame in January of 2016 … In 2018, he completed a summer stint on the 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.
