Friday, April 4
Conway, S.C.
6 p.m.
Coastal Carolina University
22-8, 7-3
4
vs
1
Arkansas State
13-16, 4-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
No. 21 Baseball Opens Series With 4-1 Win Over Arkansas State
4/4/2025 9:18:00 PM | Baseball
CONWAY, S.C. — Behind a career-long outing from Jacob Morrison and timely hitting from the middle of the order, No. 21 Coastal Carolina defeated Arkansas State 4-1 on Friday night at Springs Brooks Stadium.
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Morrison (6-0) tossed a career-high eight innings, allowing just three hits and one earned run while striking out three. Perhaps most impressively, the right-hander did not issue a walk, marking the fifth consecutive game that Coastal's starting pitcher has gone without a free pass.
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The Chanticleers (22-8, 7-3 Sun Belt) scored in three straight innings to build a comfortable lead, highlighted by a solo home run from designated hitter Domenico Tozzi in the third. Tozzi finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
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Coastal added two runs in the fifth thanks to a sacrifice fly from Wells Sykes and an RBI single by Blake Barthol. An Arkansas State (13-16, 4-6) error in the sixth helped the Chants tack on an insurance run.
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Morrison retired the side in order four times and faced just one over the minimum through the first 7.1 innings.Â
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Dominick Carbone earned his third save of the season by retiring the Red Wolves in order after Morrison gave up a solo homer to Cason Campbell to open the ninth.
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Coastal out-hit Arkansas State 8-3 and played error-free defense behind Morrison, who needed just 90 pitches—67 of them strikes—to get through eight innings.
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NOTABLES
UP NEXT
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Morrison (6-0) tossed a career-high eight innings, allowing just three hits and one earned run while striking out three. Perhaps most impressively, the right-hander did not issue a walk, marking the fifth consecutive game that Coastal's starting pitcher has gone without a free pass.
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The Chanticleers (22-8, 7-3 Sun Belt) scored in three straight innings to build a comfortable lead, highlighted by a solo home run from designated hitter Domenico Tozzi in the third. Tozzi finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
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Coastal added two runs in the fifth thanks to a sacrifice fly from Wells Sykes and an RBI single by Blake Barthol. An Arkansas State (13-16, 4-6) error in the sixth helped the Chants tack on an insurance run.
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Morrison retired the side in order four times and faced just one over the minimum through the first 7.1 innings.Â
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Dominick Carbone earned his third save of the season by retiring the Red Wolves in order after Morrison gave up a solo homer to Cason Campbell to open the ninth.
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Coastal out-hit Arkansas State 8-3 and played error-free defense behind Morrison, who needed just 90 pitches—67 of them strikes—to get through eight innings.
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NOTABLES
- Morrison's Mastery:Â The junior right-hander continued his breakout season with his longest career outing. He improved to 6-0 and lowered his ERA to 1.90.
- Control Kings:Â Coastal's starting staff has not allowed a walk in five straight games.
- Tozzi's Power Surge:Â He posted a three-hit game with his third home run of the season. It was his third multi-hit game of the 2025 campaign.
- Defensive Consistency:Â The Chants turned in another clean sheet defensively and 12-1 when playing error-free ball.
- Closer Consistency:Â Carbone has three saves in 11 appearances out of the pen. He has struck out 27 in 18.2 innings of work.
UP NEXT
- Coastal faces Saturday and Sunday games vs. Arkansas State as Sun Belt Conference action continues this weekend at Springs Brooks Stadium.
- Saturday features a 2 p.m. ET first pitch and the series finale on Sunday starts at 1 p.m.
- All three games this weekend are available on ESPN+ and the Chanticleer Sports Network.
- Tickets for all Chanticleer baseball games are available at GoCCUSports.com.
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Pitching:
W: Morrison, Jacob (6-0)
L: Galy, Gavin (0-1)
S: Carbone, Dominick (3)
Batting:
HR: Campbell, Cason 1
RBI: Campbell, Cason 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Campbell, Cason 1
CS: Quiller, Ashton 1
Batting:
2B: Bodine, Caden 1 ; Thorndyke, Colby 1
HR: Tozzi, Domenico 1
RBI: Barthol, Blake 1 ; Tozzi, Domenico 2 ; Sykes, Wells 1
SF: Sykes, Wells 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mitchell, Walker 1 ; Tozzi, Domenico 2 ; Thorndyke, Colby 1
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