No. 9 Coastal Carolina Beats Gardner-Webb, 24-10, Saturday On The Diamond
April 17, 2010 | Baseball
FOREST CITY, N.C. - Ninth-ranked Coastal Carolina scored eight
runs in the third and 11 runs in the seventh to spark a 24-10 win
over Gardner-Webb Saturday at McNair Field.
The Chanticleers (31-5, 10-0 Big South) rapped out six hits
and took advantage of a pair of walks and a hit batter in the third
inning to seize control for good. A three-run home run by Chance
Gilmore and a two-run single by Scott Woodward were the big
blows.
Gilmore hit a solo home run in the fifth to put the Chants up
11-0, before Gardner-Webb scored on an RBI double from Benji
Jackson in the bottom half. Coastal plated another run in the sixth
before its 11-run explosion in the top of the seventh.
The Chants used five hits and took advantage of two errors to
go up 23-1, using a two-run home run from Josh Keener and a grand
slam from Taylor Motter as fuel for the big run.
Gardner-Webb scored three runs in the eighth on three hits,
with Jackson starting the brief rally by legging out an infield
single. The Diamond 'Dogs rallied again in the ninth, getting a
leadoff double from Stefon Johnson, an infield single from Benji
Jackson and a wild pitch to make the score 23-5. Zeke Blanton's
line drive to left was dropped to keep the rally alive and Josh
Shabram drove in the sixth run with a single to left.
Kurt Fulginiti then cleared the bases with a grand slam,
cutting the Chants' lead to 24-10 before Coastal Carolina reliever
Dan Lombardozzi could retire the side and end the game.
Anthony Meo (7-1) cruised on the mound for Coastal, scattering
five hits without allowing an earned run in 5.0 innings of work for
the win. Meo fanned four and walked one.
Michael Hanzlik (2-3) took the loss for Gardner-Webb, giving
up 10 runs on nine hits in 2.1 innings of work.
The Chanticleers had 18 hits in the game, paced by Woodward
(3-for-3, 2 RBI, 4 SB) and Gilmore (3-for-3, 2 HR, 4 RBI). Adam
Rice (2-for-2, 3 RBI) and Steve Davis (2-for-5) also had multi-hit
games for Coastal.
Jackson (3-for-4, 2B, RBI) and Kurt Fulginiti (3-for-5, HR 5
RBI) paced Gardner-Webb's 13-hit offensive effort.
The two teams will wrap up the three-game series on Sunday
afternoon at 2:00 pm.
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