Greenville, N.C.- Elon baseball (11-20) finishes its four-game road trip with a Tuesday night matchup against the #9 East Carolina Pirates (23-7). First pitch will be at 6 pm.
 
The Phoenix looks to bounce back after a tough series loss to the Stony Brook Sea Wolves. Earlier this season, the Pirates defeated Elon at Latham Park to ensure a split of the season series.


HOW TO FOLLOW

• This Tuesday's game will be streamed on ESPN+ behind a paid subscription.
• Live stats can be reached by CLICKING HERE.
• Follow live updates on the Elon Baseball X account @ElonBaseball.

 
EAST CAROLINA SERIES HISTORY

• Elon trails the all-time series with East Carolina, 32-58-1.
• This will be the tenth straight season the Phoenix and Pirates have met for a non-conference midweek matchup.
• The Pirates beat Elon earlier this season 10-1 at Latham Park. Vince Fattore provided the lone offensive spark with a solo home run against ECU.
• The series was dormant for 20 years before it was brought back by head coach Mike Kennedy in 1998.
• Elon and ECU met once last season in a result that ended in a 5-1 defeat for the Phoenix.
• The Phoenix last triumphed over the Pirates in 2021. Former Phoenix Spencer Bauer and Brian Edgington combined for nine innings of work against the Pirates including a season-high 14 strikeouts.
• Under head coach Mike Kennedy, the Phoenix have beaten a ranked ECU team six times. Four of those wins came at Latham Park.

 
SCOUTING EAST CAROLINA

• The East Carolina Pirates find themselves in the Top 10 of this week's D1 Baseball poll at #9.
• Coming into the matchup with Elon, East Carolina sits with a 23-7 record.
• ECU has won seven of their last eight games including conference series wins over UAB and Florida Atlantic.
• The Pirates are 2-1 this season against the CAA with wins over UNCW and a loss to Campbell.
• Carter Cunningham paces the Pirates offensively with a .400 batting average with seven home runs and 34 RBIs. He leads the AAC in multiple hitting categories and enters the matchup with the Phoenix with a five-game hitting streak.
• As a pitching staff, the Pirates have a collective 3.43 ERA and have struck out 323 batters.
• Head coach Cliff Godwin owns 378 career wins and is second on the East Carolina all-time list in head coaching wins.

 
UP NEXT
 

• The Phoenix will return to Latham Park for a CAA home series with the Hofstra Pride. First pitch on Friday will be at 6 pm.