CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina baseball team will hit the road for the first time this season for a Tuesday tilt on Feb. 28 at the College of Charleston in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET.
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Feb. 28
4 p.m. ET – Coastal Carolina at College of Charleston (FloSports (&) / 105.5 FM Hank)
STARTERS
CCU - RHP Jack Billings (1-0, 4.15 ERA) at
Charleston- RHP Cole Mathis (2-0, 2.70 ERA)
ABOUT THE CHANTS
• Coastal Carolina enters the road contest at 4-3 on the season and is coming off a series win over the Creighton Bluejays last weekend.
• In Coastal's four wins this season, the Chanticleers have scored double-digit runs, including a season-high 14 runs three times.
• In CCU's three losses, the Chants have scored five runs or less in the contest.
• CCU's offense has nine players hitting .300 or better on the season, led by senior
Tanner Garrison (.750), who is 9-for-12 with a 1.250 slugging percentage.
• The injury plague has already struck the Chants, as three Opening Day starters missed some action last weekend, while the pitching staff has been decimated to start the season.
ABOUT THE COUGARS
• College of Charleston is 3-3 on the season, with all six games to date having been played at home at the Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point.
• The Cougars opened the season with a season-opening win over then-No. 14 Virginia Tech (Feb. 17) and bounced back from three-straight losses to win each of their last two contests versus UMBC (Feb. 25-26).
• Overall, Charleston's offense is hitting .276 as a team with only 14 extra-base hits and 29 RBIs.
• The pitching staff has held their opponents to a .231 batting average, having allowed just 18 extra-base hits and posting a 4.83 ERA over 54.0 innings pitched.
CHANTS VS. COUGARS ALL-TIME
• In what has been a regional rivalry since 1996, the Chanticleers hold a 26-25 edge over the Cougars in the all-time series.
• The Chants have won each of the last three meetings between the two teams, including a 17-7 road win over the Cougars in the two teams' last meeting in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., last year.
• Coastal is just 8-16 overall versus the Cougars in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
MIDWEEK PLAY
• Coastal Carolina is 0-1 this season in midweek play, having suffered a 16-4 defeat to then-No. 21 NC State last Wednesday at Springs Brooks Stadium.
• The Tuesday afternoon contest is the first midweek game for the Cougars this season.
GARY'S WORLD
• Senior catcher
Tanner Garrison was on fire at the plate last week versus NC State and Creighton, going 8-for-9 with four extra-base hits, five RBIs, and seven runs scored. • He went for 1-for-1 as a pinch hitter and scored a run off the bench in the midweek game versus NC State and then reached base safely in eight of nine at-bats in two starts versus Creighton on the weekend.
• He had a career-high four hits in a 4-for-4 effort with a hit by pitch, three doubles, two RBIs, and four runs scored versus the Bluejays on Saturday and then went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs in a loss on Sunday.
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