CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Zack Seashore and Derek Bender every drove in 3 runs as a part of an offensive outburst, and Coastal Carolina routed Vanderbilt 13-3 on Friday in every staff’s opening recreation of the NCAA Section I baseball match.
Sam Antonacci homered within the 8th inning and used to be one in all 3 gamers with two RBIs, together with Graham Brown and Caden Bodine, who had been key to breaking the sport perceivable early. Seashore, Brown and Bodine had run-scoring hits in the second one, and it used to be 8-0 Coastal Carolina by way of the tip of the fourth.
That used to be enough quantity of offensive help for Chanticleers starter Riley Eikhoff, who tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings sooner than give up a solo house run to Commodores catcher Alan Espinal within the 6th. That used to be the one run Eikhoff allowed era sprinkling 4 hits in six innings and putting out 3.
Vanderbilt starter JD Thompson lasted simply 3 2/3 innings, give up 8 earned runs on six hits over 77 pitches. The sophomore left-hander struck out 5 and walked two.
Espinal doubled within the 8th and scored on a throwing error as a part of his 2-for-4, two-RBI recreation.
Coastal Carolina, some of the ultimate groups to qualify for the match, is now within the winner’s bracket within the Clemson Regional. The Chanticleers on Saturday will face the winner of the sport between host and top-regional seed Clemson and fourth-seeded Prime Level.
Vanderbilt will play games the loser in an removal recreation. The Commodores, who’ve now not made a great regional since 2021, at the moment are in peril of optic that streak proceed.
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