Thursday, May 21
Montgomery, Ala.
1:30 p.m.
Coastal Carolina University
37-20
8
vs
2
App State
30-24
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 | 14 | 0 |
Coastal Stays Alive With 8-2 Victory Over App State
5/21/2026 6:03:00 PM | Baseball
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Darin Horn struck out eight over five strong relief innings, and Coastal Carolina stayed alive in the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship presented by Troy University with an 8-2 victory over App State in an elimination game Thursday at Dabos Park.
The Chanticleers (37-20) advance to face the loser of Thursday night's Texas State-Louisiana game on Friday at 4 p.m. ET.
Coastal never trailed, scoring twice in the third inning after Ty Barrango crossed the plate on a throwing error and Trace Mazon added an RBI single. Domenico Tozzi extended the lead to 3-0 with a solo home run in the fourth.
App State (30-24) pulled within 3-2 with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, but Horn entered with runners on the corners and one out in the fifth and escaped the jam with a strikeout. He allowed just two hits the rest of the way as Coastal shut out the Mountaineers over the final three innings.
The Chanticleers answered App State's sixth-inning run with two of their own as Colby Thorndyke and Barrango delivered RBI doubles for a 5-2 advantage. Coastal broke the game open in the seventh on RBI hits from Rex Watson and Mazon before a throwing error plated another run and pushed the lead to 8-2.
Horn (8-1) earned the win after allowing one run in five innings of relief. Cameron Flukey struck out six over the first four innings.
Mazon led Coastal's 14-hit attack by going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Blake Barthol, Walker Mitchell, and Watson had two hits each.
Nick Dirito (5-2) took the loss for App State after surrendering five runs on 10 hits in 5.2 innings.
The Chanticleers (37-20) advance to face the loser of Thursday night's Texas State-Louisiana game on Friday at 4 p.m. ET.
Coastal never trailed, scoring twice in the third inning after Ty Barrango crossed the plate on a throwing error and Trace Mazon added an RBI single. Domenico Tozzi extended the lead to 3-0 with a solo home run in the fourth.
App State (30-24) pulled within 3-2 with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, but Horn entered with runners on the corners and one out in the fifth and escaped the jam with a strikeout. He allowed just two hits the rest of the way as Coastal shut out the Mountaineers over the final three innings.
The Chanticleers answered App State's sixth-inning run with two of their own as Colby Thorndyke and Barrango delivered RBI doubles for a 5-2 advantage. Coastal broke the game open in the seventh on RBI hits from Rex Watson and Mazon before a throwing error plated another run and pushed the lead to 8-2.
Horn (8-1) earned the win after allowing one run in five innings of relief. Cameron Flukey struck out six over the first four innings.
Mazon led Coastal's 14-hit attack by going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Blake Barthol, Walker Mitchell, and Watson had two hits each.
Nick Dirito (5-2) took the loss for App State after surrendering five runs on 10 hits in 5.2 innings.
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Pitching:
W: Horn, Darin (8-1)
L: Dirito, Nick (5-2)
Batting:
2B: Mummau, Jake 1
3B: Puig, Ethan 1
RBI: Miller, Kameron 1 ; Smith, Steven 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Puig, Ethan 1 ; Soul, Nico 1
HBP: Soul, Nico 1
Batting:
2B: Mitchell, Walker 1 ; Barrango, Ty 1 ; Thorndyke, Colby 1 ; Watson, Rex 1
HR: Tozzi, Domenico 1
RBI: Mazon, Trace 2 ; Barrango, Ty 1 ; Thorndyke, Colby 1 ; Watson, Rex 1 ; Tozzi, Domenico 1
SH: Mitchell, Walker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mazon, Trace 1 ; Barthol, Blake 2 ; Barrango, Ty 1 ; Thorndyke, Colby 1 ; Watson, Rex 1 ; Tozzi, Domenico 1 ; Pado, Blagen 1
SB: Barrango, Ty 1 ; Pado, Blagen 1
CS: Mitchell, Walker 1 ; Watson, Rex 1
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