Box Score

MOBILE, Ala. – Coastal Carolina catcher BT Riopelle delivered a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Chanticleers to a 4-2 series-opening win over University of South Alabama baseball Friday at Stanky Field. 

Parker Chavers led off the ninth with a walk before Riopelle lifted a 2-2 pitch with one out over the right field wall for the game's decisive runs. The loss snapped a Jaguar 12-game home win streak. 

NEXT UP
South Alabama (26-18, 12-7 SBC) will return to action Saturday when it hosts Coastal Carolina (22-21, 6-10 SBC) at 6:30 p.m. in game two of the series at Stanky Field.

GAME FACTS
- Reid Powers and Hunter Stokes reached on consecutive walks to start the bottom of the second inning. A groundout to third by Caleb Balgaard put both runners in scoring position with one out. Cameron Tissue followed with a sacrifice fly to center field to score Powers with the game's first run. 
- Michael Sandle doubled down the left field line to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning, and moved to third with no outs on a wild pitch from CCU right-hander Shaddon Peavyhouse. Ethan Wilson followed with a sacrifice fly to right field to plate Sandle and double the Jaguar lead at 2-0. USA loaded the bases with two outs later in the inning on three straight walks by Powers, Stokes and Balgaard, but CCU right-handed reliever Teddy Sharkey recorded an inning-ending strikeout of Tissue to end the threat. 
- CCU cut its deficit in half in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI groundout to first by Parker Chavers. Alex Gattinelli followed with an RBI infield single to third to tie the score 2-2. 
- Chavers drew a leadoff walk in the top of the ninth, and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Gattinelli. BT Riopelle followed with a one-out, two-run home run to right field for a 4-2 Chanticleer advantage. 

NOTES
- Powers extended his on-base streak to 14 games with a leadoff walk in the bottom of the second. 
- Sandle extended his on-base streak to 13 games with a one-out walk in the bottom of the third. 
- DeLaTorre extended his on-base streak to nine games with a two-out walk in the bottom of the third.  
- Tissue went 1-for-3 with one RBI to lead the Jaguars at the plate.
- Jaguar right-hander Miles Smith allowed two runs on six hits with four strikeouts against one walk in six innings pitched, but did not factor in the decision.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"Miles (Smith) was really good. He's been better this year, and he will tell you that. But he competed like crazy for us, both he and (Tyler) Perez. Our guys competed all night long, we just left too many runners out there. We didn't get the big hit when it mattered, and that was the bottom line. We had a chance to extend it a couple of different innings, and just left too many men on base against a very capable Coastal Carolina team with some very good pitchers. We had our opportunities. All you can ask is that you put yourself in a position to win the ballgame, and we had opportunities tonight but it didn't happen for us. We'll move on and be ready to go tomorrow."

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