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INDIVIDUAL QUICK HITS EAST CAROLINA NOTES • Alec Burleson, who was named to five All-America teams in 2019, has earned inclusion on four teams ** 86th Season of Pirate Baseball (1932-42, 1946-2020) ** heading into his junior campaign ... Named presea- son AAC Player-of-the-Year accolades by leagues * 30 NCAA Regional Appearances / 16 of last 21 years * head coaches, Baseball America and D1Baseball ... Named to initial Golden Spikes Award and PROBABLE STARTERS Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List ... Owns an 13-5 Tuesday: ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO (72.2 win pct.) career record with nine saves in 47 ELON: Brian Edgington (RH) 7.00 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 9.0 14 8 7 5 10 appearances (21 starts) ... Can also play multiple ECU: Elijah Gill (LH) 7.36 0-1 3 1 0 0/1 0 3.2 7 3 3 0 5 positions (1B, RF, LF and DH) ... Sports a .342 career batting average with 11 home runs and 90 Wednesday: ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO RBI ... Named AAC Player-of-the-Week (3/9/20) ECU: TBA --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- and to the AAC Honor Roll (2/24/20). UNCW: TBA --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- • Tyler Smith has allowed four runs over 18.1 innings with 19 punch outs to 10 walks ... Owns an 18-3 career record (.857 win pct.) with one save and PIRATES ON THE AIR ... 2020 TEAM QUICK HITS 128 strikeouts in 196.2 innings (61 games/30 starts) ...................................................Pirate Sports Properties • ECU enters the week with a 12-3 record and has Radio: ... Tallied six career quality starts. Flagship: ....................................................94.3 FM The Game won five-straight games (eight of its last 10) ... Play-by-Play: ..........................................................Corey Gloor During its five-game win streak, the Pirates have • Jake Kuchmaner owns a 4-0 record in four starts Color Analyst: ..............................................Dr. Gary Overton outscored their opponents 57-11. ... Has allowed just one run on the season (15.0 TuneIn App: ..............................Pirate IMG Sports Network • The Pirates weekend rotation of Burleson, Smith innings) with 13 strikeouts and five walks ... Sports Live Stats: .......................................................ECUPirates.com and Kuchmaner own an 8-2 seasonal record and a 15-2 career record (.882 win pct) with a 3.03 ERA a combined 46-10 career record (82.1 win pct) in 74 starts. ... Named AAC Preseason Pitcher-of-the-Year by INSIDE THE SERIES • After going 4-0 last week, the Pirates are ranked the leagues head coaches ... Unanimous Preseason ECU vs. Elon: ECU leads, 53-33-1 in just two of the six major polls and are receiving All-Conference selection ... Tossed 30th perfect Last ECU Win ................................. 7-2 at Elon (2019) votes in another ... Including preseason, the Pirates game in NCAA D1 history at Maryland on March Last Elon Win ................... 8-7/10 inn. at ECU (2016) have been ranked or received votes in at least one 17, 2019 ... Earned First-Team All-AAC honors as ECU Streak ................................................................... W8 national poll for 41-straight weeks (began in 2018 a sophomore ... Swept league and national honors preseason). in consecutive weeks (3/11/19 & 3/18/19) ... Regis- ECU vs. UNCW: ECU leads, 80-60 • ECU leads the nation in sac bunts (20), while standing second in fielding percentage (.991), 16th tered four career quality starts. Last ECU Win ................................. 8-5 at ECU (2019) • Bryson Worrell was named to AAC Honor Roll ..........................* 9-7 at ECU (2018) in batting average (.314) and 20th in hits (161). Last UNCW Win • In their weekend sweep at Charlotte, the Pirates (2/24/20) after leading the team in eight offensive ECU Streak ....................................................................W2 scored the 49ers 33-10 and tallied 43 hits (23 of * = NCAA Greenville Regional categories including hitting at a .583 (7-for-12) them coming with two strikes). clip with a home run, 3 doubles, 4 RBI and reached • The pitching staff has fanned 153 batters in 15 con- ‘20 STAT COMPARISONS tests (10.2 kpg) with a season-high 17 in the series base 11 times ... Enter this weeks action batting finale against the Tribe - the most since 17 vs. UCF .365 with five home runs, 14 RBI and 12 runs ECU ELON UNCW on March 22, 2019 ... ECU has fanned at least nine scored ... Tallied six multi-hit and four multi-RBI 2020 Record 12-3 7-9 10-5 batters in a game 11 times. games in 2020. Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 • Offensively, the Pirates have outscored their op- National Rank 19 --- --- • Thomas Francisco named AAC Player-of-the- ponents 108-45 and have tallied 161 hits (10.7 hpg). Week (see page 7) to open the 2020 season ... (NCBWA) • ECU’s pitching staff sports a 2.91 ERA after 15 games ... The starters own a 2.74 ERA allowing 19 Currently he leads the team in average (.423) and Batting runs (all earned) with 58 strikeouts to 19 walks ... walks (six) ... A year ago, he was one of 11 players Average .314 .234 .243 The bullpen has surrendered 26 runs (25 earned) to appear in 50 or more games (56) … Tallied four At-bats 512 518 477 with 95 punch outs and 34 walks in 73.2 innings for multi-hit and two multi-RBI games in 2020 ... Ex- Runs 108 88 66 a 3.05 ERA ... They have allowed 14 of 48 inherited pected to miss a couple weeks due to a knee injury. 161 121 116 Hits runners to score on the year (29.2 pct). • Freshman Zach Agnos has started all 15 games at Doubles 24 27 16 • ECU has six two-way players on its roster this year Triples 1 4 3 with five already experiencing action ... Dubbed third base this season ... Currently hitting at a .268 Home Runs 12 6 9 #2WayU by the head coach Cliff Godwin, the clip with eight RBI ... On the mound he has worked RBI 93 80 52 six players are Zach Agnos, Skylar Brooks, Alec 1.2 scoreless frames in a pair of appearances. Walks 58 72 57 Burleson, Ryder Giles, Connor Norby and Carson • Lane Hoover, who has started all 15 games (13/RF, Hit by Pitch 16 11 12 Whisenhunt. 2/LF), is batting .345 (20-for-58) with a home run, Strikeouts 105 118 138 • Giles became the first player in program history 10 RBI and has scored a team second-best 14 runs to make two relief appearances in the same game SF-SH 6-20 8-7 7-8 ... In 2019, he was one of 11 players to appear in . 25-34 17-21 24-32 (2/16/20 vs. William & Mary) ... He entered in the SBs-Att 50 or more games (54) during his true freshman Errors 5 20 16 seventh and got ECU out of a bases loaded jam Fielding % .991 .966 .971 with consecutive strikeouts ... Then exited in the season ... Recorded 14 two-out RBI in his career eighth inning with runners on in favor of Agnos (6 in 2020). Pitching returning to shortstop, but later returned to strike • Cam Colmore tied his career-high with four shut- 2.91 4.45 3.59 out a Thomas Solomon (second time) in the eighth ERA with the bases loaded to escape the threat. out innings at Elon (2/25/20) ... Has allowed one Innings 136.0 141.2 133.0 • The Pirates’ home schedule consists of 34 games hit over his last six innings pitched (retired all 12 Runs 45 76 63 including the 17th-Annual Keith LeClair Classic ... batters faced at Elon) ... Tallied four career wins Earned Runs 44 70 53 This year’s Keith LeClair Classic, which was won by (1-0 in 2020). 153 149 134 Strikeouts Ole Miss, also welcomed in High Point and Indiana • Freshman is third on the team in Walks 53 84 41 C.J. Mayhue ... Since 2004, ECU owns a 37-14 record in the strikeouts (18) and has allowed just one run (un- Hits Allowed 114 138 121 classic and has claimed nine titles ... The Pirates Opp. Ba. Avg. .225 .257 .239 finished 1-2 for just the third in the history of the earned) on eight hits in 13.0 innings (seven games) Classic (2012, 2018). ... Earned his first career win against Georgia • The 2020 campaign features 17 games (10/home, Southern (2/23/20) ... Struck out a career-high 2019 IN REWIND 6/away, 1/neutral) against nine NCAA regional six batters in a career-best 3.1 innings against No. • ECU made its 30 NCAA postseason appearance teams in 2019, 37 against squads with 30-plus wins 13 Ole Miss in relief. hosting the 2019 Greenville Regional where it owns (20 with 35-plus, four with 40 or more wins) and • Ryder Giles is tied for second on the team with a 40-62 all-time record. 10 contests versus six clubs that finished ranked or • The Pirates advanced to their fifth Super Regional receiving votes in the final national polls. two game-winning RBI (five for his career) ... (2001, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2019) going to Louisville • Sixth-year head coach Cliff Godwin (213 wins) Started 13 games at shortstop where he is batting where they own a 1-10 all-time ledger. moved into third place on ECU’s all-time wins list .256 (10-for-39) with two doubles, eight RBI and • During the season, ECU played five teams that also advanced to Super Regionals posting a 3-5 record (3/8) passing his college coach and ECU Hall of scored six runs ..