Box Score Baseball Wins Ninth Straight in Front of an ESPNU Audience More Information:
CONWAY, S.C. – In front of a nationally-televised audience, the 19
th-ranked Coastal Carolina University baseball team (33-7, 10-2 Big South) broke a 2-2 deadlock with a run in the eighth as the Chanticleers defeated UNC Asheville (16-27, 2-10 Big South) 3-2 April 20 in Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field. The game was televised on ESPNU and was Coastal's ninth straight win. Coastal struck first with two runs in the second, all with two outs. UNCA’s Michael Bogaert got junior
David Anderson (Lexington, S.C./White Knoll) to fly out and junior
Tyler Bortnick (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor) to pop out. Sophomore
Chance Gilmore (Surfside Beach, S.C./Virginia) singled through the right side. He stole second and hustled home after freshman
Rico Noel (Lawton, Okla./Lawton) beat out a single. Noel went to second on the throw home and scored on a single from freshman
Scott Woodward (Markle, Ind./Norwell). Asheville got one back in the third. Kevin Mattison reached on an error with one out. He moved to third on a single from Kevin Weidenbacher Mattison scored on a single from Elliott Arrington. Asheville tied the game at two in the fifth. Catlin Carter doubled with one out. He went to third on a Mattison ground out and scored on a Weidenbacher single. The score stayed the same until the bottom of the eighth. Borntick led off the inning with a double. He went to third on a bunt single from Gilmore and scored on a sacrifice fly from Sappelt. The Bulldogs’ Beau Zinman led off the ninth with a single, but a sacrifice attempt by Johnny Martinez was popped up to Anderson. Junior
Pete Andrelczyk (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Twp.) then struck out Mike Vaughn and got Mattison to ground into a fielder’s choice to end the game. Andrelczyk earned the win in relief, pitching the final two innings and allowing a hit and a strikeout. Senior
Joey Haug (Holt, Mo./Maple Woods C.C.) went the first seven innings, giving up nine hits and an earned run with three strikeouts. Bogaert took the loss, giving up three runs in seven-plus innings. Sappelt, Baldridge, Anderson and Gilmore had two hits apiece for Coastal. Zinman was 3-for-4, while Weidenbacher and Arrington had two hits apiece. Coastal swept a three-game series against a Big South opponent for the second straight week and have now won 14 straight series in the BSC. Coastal hosts the College of Charleston Tuesday, April 22 at 6 p.m., while Asheville hosts Gardner-Webb the same day at 7 p.m.
