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CONWAY, S.C. – No. 18 Coastal Carolina used an eight-run sixth inning and a complete-game shutout from right-hander Zack Hopeck in a 12-0 series-clinching win over the University of South Alabama baseball team Sunday at Springs Brooks Stadium.

Hopeck (3-3) allowed three hits, and struck out seven with one walk in seven innings pitched in the win.

South Alabama (17-13, 7-4 SBC) will return to action Tue., April 10, when it travels to Montgomery, Ala., for a midweek contest with Alabama State at 6 p.m. at Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex on the campus of ASU.

GAME FACTS
- Zach Biermann led off the bottom of the second inning for CCU (23-11, 10-2 SBC) with a single to right field, and advanced to third with no outs on a double down the left field line by Kyle Skeels. Keaton Weisz delivered a one-out double to left field to score Biermann with the game's first run. Cameron Pearcey followed with an RBI single to center field to plate Skeels and double the CCU lead at 2-0. A groundout to second by Cory Wood scored Weisz for a 3-0 advantage.
- Kevin Woodall Jr. reached on a one-out fielder's choice in the bottom of the third, and moved to second on a single to right field by Biermann. A balk by Jaguar right-hander JoJo Booker moved both runners into scoring position with one out before a sacrifice fly to left-center field by Skeels scored Woodall to extend the CCU lead to 4-0. 
- Biermann led off the bottom of the sixth with a double to the right-center field gap, and advanced to second on a hit by pitch from Booker to Skeels, who was lifted for pinch-runner Turner Buis. Parker Chavers then reached on a bunt single to load the bases with no outs. A balk by Booker allowed Biermann to score for a 5-0 Chanticleer advantage. Wiesz followed with a walk to load the bases for the second time in the inning. Right-hander Nick DeSantis entered in relief of Booker, and hit Pearcey with a pitch that scored Buis and pushed the CCU lead to 6-0. A balk by DeSantis moved each runner up one base apiece, allowing Chavers to score for a 7-0 lead. Wood then drew a walk to load the bases with no outs for Kieton Rivers, who DeSantis struck out for the first out of the inning. Seth Lancaster drew a one-out walk to score Weisz for an 8-0 CCU advantage. Woodall followed with a two-run single down the left field line to score Pearcey and Wood for a 10-0 lead. Beaird delivered a two-out RBI single to right field that scored Woodall for an 11-0 lead. Chavers then singled to center field to plate Biermann with the final run of the game. 

NOTES
- Jaguar pitchers combined to commit three balks in the game.
- Travis Swaggerty, Dylan Hardy and Hunter Stokes finished with one hit apiece for South Alabama.
- Jaguar left-hander Andy Arguelles (1-1) allowed three runs on four hits with three strikeouts against one walk in two innings pitched in the loss.
- The loss marked the first time USA has lost in a run-rule decision since May 11, 2014, against No. 3 Louisiana at Stanky Field. The series loss marked the Jaguars' first SBC series loss of the season.
- Biermann went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs scored to lead the Chanticleers at the plate.
- The loss also marked the first time South Alabama has been shut out since March 10, 2017, when it fell at Mississippi State 2-0.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"It was a bad day all around. You're happy you won one out of three on the road against a good team, but losing like this today is disappointing. We just need to re-group – we have a short turnaround with a road game on Tuesday so we will need to play better, no question about it. I thought our guys came out and competed well on Friday, we just didn't do the things we needed to do to beat a good team and be a good team. There are some things that we're not doing that good teams do. We have the ability to do those things as well, but have been very inconsistent. Hopefully Tuesday is a game to get us back on track."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Tue., April 10, when it travels to Montgomery, Ala., for a midweek contest with Alabama State at 6 p.m. at Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex on the campus of ASU.

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