CCU-High Point Game 1

The Chanticleers are debuting some new home whites tonight, from the press box they appear look a bit like the Arizona Diamondbacks jerseys if you substitute teal for maroon …. With Bobby Gagg out tonight (strained oblique) Joey Haug gets the call. Haug is 5-0 with a 1.86 ERA ….. Winds are brisk out to left center tonight, good day to be a ground ball pitcher

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(18-27, 8-7)

Jeff Cowan 2B .274

Chris Norwood RF .273 4HRs

Matt Ganter CF .308

Billy Alvino C .291

Randy Schwartz 3B .333

Max Fulginiti LF .306

Alfie Wheeler SS .267

Drew Geissinger 1B .234

Pablo Rosario DH .290

RHR Ryan Basham (2-5, 5.55 ERA)

Coastal (38-11, 12-3)

Scott Woodward 3B .349

David Sappelt CF .332

Dock Doyle C .352

David Anderson 1B .324

Tommy Baldridge RF .322

Tyler Bortnick SS .311

Evan Noell DH .300

Chance Gilmore LF .242

Rico Noel 2B .236

Second inning update …. After Dock Doyle’s opposite field home run gave Coastal a 1-0 lead after one, a catcher interference call on Doyle gave Max Fulginiti another chance and he took advantage driving home Randy Schwartz with a base hit.

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took the lead a few pitches later as Pablo Rasario drove home Fulginiti with a base hit. … Did we mention the wind will be a factor? A Chance Gilmore routine fly out has drifted into a three-run home run to give Coastal a 4-2 lead after two.

Haug goes 5.1 innings, 11 hits, 5ks

McCully relieved him and allowed three runs to place the Chants in a 6-4 hole after eight. CCU rallied to tie in the ninth and send the game to extras … Baldridge singled home Woodward to win it for Coastal in 11.

Coastal 7,

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