Box Score

CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina scored 13 answered runs in a 13-1 run-rule win over the University of South Alabama baseball team in Saturday's series finale at Springs Brooks Stadium.

CCU (36-17-1, 21-8-1 SBC) fell behind 1-0 after a first-inning solo home run by Landon Jordan, but held a 5-1 lead after two innings following a pair of runs in the bottom of the first and three runs in the second. The Chanticleers added a pair of runs in both the fourth and sixth innings, and won the game in seven innings with a four-run bottom of the seventh.

UP NEXT
South Alabama (31-22, 17-13 SBC) will return to action on Wed., May 25, when it opens play at the Sun Belt Conference Championship in Montgomery, Ala.

GAME FACTS
- USA jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a one-out solo home run to center field by Landon Jordan.
- Coastal tied the game 1-1 on an RBI double to right field by Tyler Johnson, and took a 2-1 lead on an RBI single to right field by Nick Lucky.
- An RBI single to center field by Eric Brown in the bottom of the second gave the Chanticleers a 3-1 lead. Chris Rowan Jr. later drew a bases-loaded walk for a 4-1 CCU advantage. Lucky followed with an RBI walk for a 5-1 lead.
- Coastal took a 6-1 lead on a solo home run by Brown in the bottom of the fourth, and pushed its lead to 7-1 on a solo home run by Johnson. 
- A two-out RBI single to right field by Lucky in the bottom of the sixth gave the Chanticleers an 8-1 lead. Dale Thomas followed with an RBI single to center field for a 9-1 lead.
- Coastal took a 10-1 lead on a throwing error by Joseph Sullivan to the plate from left field after a single by Austin White in the bottom of the seventh. CCU then won the game on a three-run home run to left field by Johnson. 

NOTES
- Diego Altamirano's on-base streak was snapped at 31 games.
- Stokes appeared in the 233rd game of his Jaguar career, which ranks tied Brett Parker for the all-time record at South Alabama.
- Coastal Carolina hit four home runs in the game, led by Johnson with two.
- The loss marked the first time the Jaguars have been run-ruled by an opponent since May 14, 2019, at Tulane, and the first run-rule loss in a Sun Belt Conference game since a 13-3 loss to No. 3 Louisiana on May 11, 2014, at Stanky Field.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"(Nick) Parker was really good. We knew what he was though. He doesn't throw two fastballs in a row. He's a four-pitch mix guy who's really put it together this year. We faced him twice last year and got him pretty good, but this year he got us and we didn't match it on the mound. We only scored one run so it doesn't matter. Landon (Jordan) hit that home run in the first inning, and we still had momentum from last night on our side. They (CCU) just played better than us; they pitched better than us today. I looked up at one point and it was eight hits to seven, and we were down by seven runs. We walked five (batters) and hit two. We just weren't good enough on the mound today, and weren't good enough all-around to be a good team like that two out of three (games) at home. I told the guys last night that you have to play good in all three areas and needed to bring it again today, but we didn't. So now we go home and get ready for the (Sun Belt) conference tournament."

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