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.
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