Conway, S.C. – Coastal Carolina baseball will wrap up its 2019 regular-season slate this week with a three-game Sun Belt series versus Appalachian State at home inside Springs Brooks Stadium. The two teams will play Thursday through Saturday, May 16-18.
 
Gates open 90 minutes prior to first pitch. No re-entry is allowed at Springs Brooks Stadium. Clear bag policy is enforced at Springs Brooks Stadium. (Gameday Information can be found here)
 
Weekend Schedule
Thursday – Appalachian State vs. Coastal Carolina (6 p.m. ET)
Friday – Appalachian State vs. Coastal Carolina (6 p.m. ET) * SENIOR NIGHT
Saturday – Appalachian State vs. Coastal Carolina (2 p.m. ET) * HEROES DAY
(Sponsored by the Darlington Raceway) 

Follow the Action Live

• All three games will be video streamed live online here:
  • 📹: Chanticleer Sports Network (https://goccusports.com/watch)
• All three of the Chanticleers games this will have live stats links for each game that can be found on the baseball schedule page at GoCCUsports.com or here:
  • Live Stats 📈: https://goccusports.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary
• Audio for all three Coastal Carolina games can be found on the radio at WRNN 99.5 FM as well as online.
  • Online 🔊: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/coastal/

 
Senior Night on Friday, May 17

• Coastal Carolina will recognize nine student-athletes in Turner Buis, Zach Biermann, Matt Eardensohn, Bobby Holmes, Austin Kitchen, Mike Koenig, Cameron Pearcey, Kieton Rivers and Kyle Skeels on Friday night as part of the Senior Night festivities. 

Saturday Sponsored by Darlington Raceway

• Two of South Carolina's premier sports traditions are partnering together for the third consecutive year to give its fans a fun day at the ballpark this Saturday, May 18.
• Darlington Raceway, the iconic NASCAR track, will sponsor the Coastal Carolina University baseball game against Appalachian State at Springs Brooks Stadium.
• The game will feature in-game promotions, race ticket giveaways and much more. The Darlington Raceway pace car will also be on display at the stadium that day.

Heroes Day This Saturday

• Coastal Carolina baseball is hosting Heroes Day on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.
• Active duty or retired military members will receive one free ticket and can purchase additional tickets at a discounted rate of $8 per ticket.
• First responders will also receive a discounted ticket of $8 sponsored by 707 Indoor Range.

Charting the Chants

• Coastal Carolina is 28-22-1 overall and 13-12 in the Sun Belt as it hosts Appalachian State this week in the final three games of the regular-season slate.
• The Chants are 17-10 at home at Springs Brooks Stadium this season but are just 5-7 at home in Sun Belt play.
• CCU has won two of its last four games and enters the series with Appalachian State on a two-game losing streak overall.

Mapping the Mountaineers

• Appalachian State is 21-28 overall and 12-14 in league play heading into action this week at Coastal Carolina.
• The Mountaineers are 7-14 in true road contests on the year and have won just four of their last 10 road games.
• App State is coming off a 13-7 home loss to UNC Asheville on Tuesday night (May 14) and has lost four-straight games heading into action at Coastal.

All-Time Series History

• Coastal Carolina leads the all-time series at 7-1 versus Appalachian State.
• The Chants won each of the first seven meetings between the two teams before the Mountaineers upended CCU 11-7 in the series finale last year at App State.
•  Coastal is 5-1 versus the Mountaineers in Sun Belt play, as the two teams have played a three-game series over each of the last two seasons.

Home Dominance

• Coastal is a perfect 5-0 versus the Mountaineers at home in Conway, S.C.
• In fact, the Chants have outscored App State 44-11 over the five games at the beach and are averaging 8.8 runs per game in those contests.

Chants Chatter

• This week's Sun Belt series versus the Appalachian State Mountaineers will mark the final three games of the regular season for the Chanticleers before hosting the 2019 Sun Belt Baseball Championship next week on May 21-26 at Springs Brooks Stadium.
• The Chants enter the final conference series of the year at 13-12 overall in conference play. Coastal needs to win two of the three games versus Appalachian State to help secure a top-six seed in next week's 2019 Sun Belt Baseball Championship from May 21-26.
• Coastal Carolina is just three games behind the East Division-leading Georgia Southern Eagles in the wins column entering play this weekend. However, CCU lost the series to the Eagles and thus would have to sweep Appalachian State and have Georgia State sweep Georgia Southern this weekend to win the East.
• Four times this season, a Chant player has blasted two home runs in a single game. Outfielder Kieton Rivers has done it twice this season, as hit two home runs in the win at home over UNCW (March 27) and again in the home win over Georgia Southern (April 20). Catcher Kyle Skeels hit two home runs in the first game of the twin tilt at South Alabama (April 6), while senior infielder Mike Koenig blasted two home runs in the Chants' 8-6 win at UTA (May 10).
• Entering the final week of regular-season play, the Chants have five players that lead the Sun Belt Conference in a statistical category. Junior lead-off hitter Cory Wood leads the Sun Belt in walks (46), while designated hitter Jake Wright leads the league in on-base percentage (.508) this season. Both Parker Chavers and Scott McKeon are tied for the league lead with four triples on the year, while senior pitcher Matt Eardensohn leads the Sun Belt in ERA (2.84).
• The magic number for CCU this season is six - as in six runs. Coastal is 26-6 overall on the year when scoring six runs or more in a game and just 2-16-1 when scoring less than six runs. When holding its opponents to six runs or less, the Chants are 18-4-1, yet are only 10-18 when allowing six runs or more.
• Coastal is 7-1 all-time versus the Mountaineers on the diamond, including winning each of the first seven meetings between the two teams.
• Coastal has had eight different pitchers make a start on the mound for them this season in Austin Kitchen (11), Anthony Veneziano (10), Zach McCambley (9), Garrett McDaniels (8), Nick Parker (6), Scott Kobos (3), Matt Eardensohn (3) and Bobby Holmes (1).
• The Chants rank in the top-two overall in the Sun Belt in 10 different statistical categories this season. CCU leads the league in batting avg. (.298), hits (540), home runs (64), on-base percentage (.404), runs scored (387), scoring average (7.6), slugging percentage (.482) and triples (18), and ranks second in stolen bases (72) and strikeouts per nine innings (8.9).

On Deck

• Coastal will set its sights on the 2019 Sun Belt Baseball Championship tournament from May 21-26 at Springs Brooks Stadium. Tournament seedings will be announced on Saturday night, May 18, after the conclusion of the regular season schedule.

For complete coverage of CCU baseball, follow the Chants on social media @CoastalBaseball (Twitter), facebook.com/CCUChanticleers (Facebook), @GoCCUsports (Instagram) or visit the official home of Coastal Carolina Athletics at www.GoCCUsports.com.