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CONWAY, S.C. – No. 18 Coastal Carolina knocked off the University of South Alabama baseball team 14-7 Saturday at Springs Brooks Stadium, aided by a seven-run fourth inning, to even the three-game series at one game apiece.

CCU (22-11, 9-2 SBC) plated 12 runs through the first four innings of the game, with three in the second inning, two in the third and seven in the fourth, and added its final two runs of the game in the eighth inning.

South Alabama (17-12, 7-3 SBC) will return to action Sunday when it takes on CCU at 10 a.m. (CT) in the rubber match at Springs Brooks Stadium. 

GAME FACTS
- Wells Davis led off the top of the second inning with a double to right field, and advanced to third with one out on a wild pitch by CCU left-hander Anthony Veneziano. Hunter Stokes drew a walk to put runners at the corners with one out. Hunter Brittain then reached on a two-base fielding error by Lancaster on a grounder to shortstop that allowed Davis and Stokes to score for a 2-0 Jaguar lead.
- Kyle Skeels led off the bottom of the second with a single to center field, and advanced to second on a walk by Parker Chavers. Keaton Weisz then drew a walk to load the bases with no outs. Jaguar left-hander Jared Proctor struck out Cameron Pearcey for the first out of the frame before Cory Wood reached on an RBI infield single to shortstop that scored Skeels and cut the USA lead in half at 2-1. Kieton Rivers followed with a two-run double to left-center field that scored Chavers and Weisz for a 3-2 Chanticleer lead. Lancaster drew a one-out walk to load the bases for Kevin Woodall Jr., who Proctor struck out for the second out of the inning. Right-hander Zach Greene entered in relief of Proctor with two outs in the inning, and induced an inning-ending flyout into the right-center field gap off the bat of Zach Biermann that Andrew Cash chased down and made a sliding catch on the warning track to keep the Jaguar deficit at one run.
- Dylan Hardy led off the top of the third with a walk, and advanced to third with one out on a two-base throwing error by Veneziano on a failed pickoff attempt at first. Davis drew a walk to put runners at the corners with two outs before Carter Perkins delivered an RBI single through the left side of the infield to score Hardy and tie the game at 3-3.
- Skeels singled through the left side of the infield to lead off the bottom of the third, and later scored on a two-out RBI single to left field by Wood for a 4-3 CCU advantage. Rivers followed with an RBI infield single to third that scored Pearcey, who reached on a hit by pitch earlier in the inning, for a 5-3 lead.
- Woodall reached on a hit by pitch from Jag right-hander Zach Greene to lead off the bottom of the fourth. Biermann followed with a double down the right field line to put two runners in scoring position with no outs. Skeels then reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop to load the bases for Chavers, who delivered an RBI single down the left field line to score Woodall and double the CCU lead at 6-3. Weisz then delivered a grand slam over the left-center field wall to extend the Chanticleer lead to 10-3. Lancaster pushed the Chanticleer lead to 12-3 later in the inning on a two-out, two-run home run to left field.
- Swaggerty reached on a hit by pitch with one out, and scored later in the inning on a two-out, two-run home run to right-center field by Donovan to cut the CCU lead to 12-5.
- Brittain led off the top of the eighth inning with a solo home run to center field to cut the Chanticleer advantage in half at 12-6. Swaggerty delivered a one-out solo home run to right-center field later in the inning to cut the CCU lead to 12-7.

NOTES
- Andrew Cash made his first start of the season in right field.
- Jaguar right-hander Noah Michael tied his career high with four strikeouts in four relief innings.
- CCU southpaw Jay Causey (2-0) allowed four runs on six hits with four strikeouts and one walk in 4 2/3 relief innings to earn the win.
- Greene (1-2) allowed six runs on five hits with one strikeout in 1 1/3 innings in the loss.
- Swaggerty went 2-for-3 with a home run, one RBI and two runs scored to lead the Jags at the plate. Davis finished 2-for-3 with two doubles, two walks and one run scored, and Donovan homered, drove in two runs and scored once. Brittain added a home run, two RBIs and one run scored, and Perkins finished with one hit and one RBI.
- Weisz went 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Chanticleers offensively.
- Swaggerty's home run in the top of the eighth inning marked his 175th career hit at South Alabama.
- The Chanticleers added its final two runs of the game in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI infield single by Lee Sponseller and a sacrifice fly by Wood.
- Donovan drove in two runs in the game, giving him 100 career RBIs at USA.
- The loss snapped the Jags' winning streak at four games.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"We didn't pitch well enough today. We left some men out there (on base) early; we had a chance to score four or five more runs in the first three innings, but we didn't have very good at-bats. We didn't have a good start, and we weren't very good out of the bullpen after that. We need to be better in all phases. Their (CCU) starter wasn't very good, our starter wasn't very good, but the bottom line is their guy came out of the bullpen and did a little better job than we did and they scored some runs. We got beat in all three phases today. We need to be better to take the series tomorrow."

- On Sunday's rubber match:
"Momentum is all about the guy who steps on the mound – that's what it's all about. The pitcher sets the tone, and we need to play well behind him. Andy (Arguelles) has the ball tomorrow, and he needs to set the tone like Tyler Carr did last night. I'm looking for Andy to set the tone and be a very good version of himself. Every time he steps on the mound, if he is a good version of himself, we have a chance to win that game."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Sunday when it takes on CCU at 10 a.m. (CT) in the rubber match at Springs Brooks Stadium. 

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