BUIES CREEK - No. 14 Campbell will look to sweep the season series with No. 15 East Carolina Tuesday in Greenville. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at Clark-LeClair Stadium and will be broadcast on ESPN+.
Probable Starters
Tuesday May 16 – 6 p.m. – ESPN+
Campbell:
Jake Murray – R-Jr. – LHP
ECU: Garrett Saylor – Sr. – RHP
Previous Meetings
Campbell has earned a pair of one-run wins this season over ECU, walking off the Pirates 6-5 at Jim Perry Stadium on Feb. 21, and winning a 2-1 ballgame at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville on Mar. 22.
Logan Jordan provided a pinch-hit RBI single in the 10
th inning to beat ECU at Jim Perry Stadium.
Hunter Loyd started both contests and tossed five scoreless innings in the second game.
Know Your Opponent
East Carolina sits at 38-14, 15-6 in the American. The Pirates enter the game riding a seven-game win streak after sweeping Memphis last weekend.
ECU continues to boast a strong pitching number, including a team ERA of 4.01, good for 13
th in the nation. The Pirates will turn to Garrett Saylor to start Tuesday night. Saylor owns a 3.78 ERA across 33.1 innings of work. The righty appeared in both previous games against Campbell, tossing 3.1 innings scoreless in the second game.
Last Time Out
Campbell earned the series win over Gardner-Webb, winning the first two games 4-3 and 7-0, before dropping the series finale 4-2. Campbell pitching issued only three walks over the course of the series, the fewest in a series this season.
Chandler Riley was named Big South Player of the week with 10 hits during the week, seven of those coming against Gardner-Webb.
Lawson Harrill turned in a two-home run game Saturday to help the Camels to the shutout victory.
In The Polls
D1Baseball – 14
NCBWA – 9
Baseball America – 11
USA Today – 14
Perfect Game – 16
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