Recap: 2025 Jax CBC - Game 3 - Coastal Carolina vs Ohio State

COASTAL CAROLINA WINS WILD GAME IN 11 INNINGS

Chanticleers rally from 5-0 hole to beat Ohio State 10-8

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Blake Barthol crushed a three-run home run and the Coastal

Carolina Chanticleers outlasted the Ohio State Buckeyes 10-8 in 11 innings on Saturday

from VyStar Ballpark.

With the score tied at eight, Blagen Pado doubled to lead off against Ohio State (1-4)

reliever Douglas Bauer (0-1). A sacrifice bunt advanced Pado to third and and then

Cade Bodine singled to give Coastal Carolina (5-1) the lead. After a Barthol single,

Colby Thorndyke’s base hit plated Bodine to make it 10-8.

The Buckeyes (1-4) initially opened the scoring in the second. Trey Lipsey walked, and

following a fly out, an error on a pickoff attempt bumped him to second base. Mason

Eckelman plated the game’s first run with an RBI triple. In the ensuing at-bat, Coastal

Carolina starter Cameron Flukey made a terrific glove pick on a grounder back to the

mound to nab Eckelman at the plate. Nick Giamarusti, who had reached first on the

play, stole second, and then scored from there on a wild pitch to make it 2-0. Back-to-

back walks by Will Carpenter and Reggie Bussey brought up Matthew Graveline,

who blasted a three-run home run to widen the gap to 5-0.

The Chanticleers got on the board in the fourth. Dean Mihos led off the inning with a

base hit. Three batters later, a Thorndyke single coupled with an error allowed Mihos to

score all the way from first.

Freddy Rodriguez earned a one-out walk in the fifth. After a pop out, he scored from

first on Wells Sykes’ double to cut the Coastal Carolina deficit to 5-2.

In the seventh, Rodriguez walked with one out and Ty Dooley doubled. After a

strikeout, Rodriguez scampered home on a passed ball. Mihos walked and Bodine

cashed in Dooley with an RBI single to pull the Chanticleers within 5-4. Barthol’s three-

run bomb then catapulted Coastal Carolina to a 7-5 advantage.

The Chanticleers added a run in the eighth. Walker Mitchell singled with one out.

Following a strikeout, Mitchell stole second and Dooley walked. Pinch-hitter Domenico

Tozzi came through with an RBI base hit to increase the lead to 8-5.

Ohio State rallied back in the ninth inning. Giamarusti led off the inning with a base hit.

Carpenter collected an infield single and then Bussey’s bunt single loaded the bases

with no one out. After a strikeout, Tyler Pettorini cleared the bases and tied the game

with a double down the right field line, but Pettorini was thrown out at third base trying to

stretch it into a triple.

Ryan Lynch (1-0) earned the win for the Chanticleers with 2.0 innings of relief. Scott

Doran tossed a scoreless bottom of the 11th to earn his first career save.