CONWAY, S.C. - South Alabama (18-12, 5-5 SBC) surrendered its first series opener loss of the season after a 12-2 final in favor of No. 14 Coastal Carolina on Thursday night in Conway, S.C.

PRIMARY THREADS

• The Jaguars' defensive miscues in the first inning led to three runs from Coastal Carolina.
• An RBI single plated one Chanticleer run in the second before four crossed in the bottom of the third. Mitchell Heer allowed five earned runs in his shortest outing this season across three innings pitched.
• The Chants plated four in sixth on four hits.
• A walk drawn by Nick Richardson in the top of the seventh was followed by a pinch-hit homer from Robert Miranda- his first of the season.

KEY STATS

• The Jags tallied three hits in the setback on two knocks from Stewart Puckett and Blake Guerin.
• Robert Miranda tagged his first homer of the season in the top of the seventh for a two-run homer, scoring Nick Richardson who reached on a walk.
• Jaguar starter Mitchell Heer (L, 4-1) took his first loss of the season on 3.0 IP, 5 ER, 8 R, 4 BB, 0 K.
• Bryant Quimby was first out of the bullpen for the Jags and recorded two innings of scoreless work in the setback.

QUOTABLE
HEAD COACH MARK CALVI
"I told the guys Coastal is exactly what we thought they were. They are a solid baseball team with not a lot of weaknesses, and you have to play good baseball. We misplayed some balls early, walked some guys and didn't get a leadoff out.

Good thing is only a third of the series is done and we get to come back and do it again tomorrow. I have all the trust in the world in this team. I told them I know you're embarrassed and so am I, and you don't need to be anything else but the best version of yourself. We're a very capable team but if you play like that it'll happen again. Need to land and be ready to go tomorrow."


ON DECK
The series continues tomorrow, Friday evening at 5:00 p.m. (CT). Ryland Bozenhard (0-1, 4.39 ERA) is scheduled to make his fifth start for South while right-hander Ross Norman (4-2, 5.91 ERA) is the probable for the Chanticleers.


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