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February 28, 2022 | Baseball
CONWAY, S.C. – The Ball State baseball team closed out the Carolinas Coastline Classic with a game against Coastal Carolina on Monday. The Cardinals fell to 2-6 on the season, while the Chanticleers improved to 7-1 on the year, after a 9-6 victory.
Coastal Carolina jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning.
After a scoreless second inning, the Cardinals started to put things together. Adam Christianson started the inning with a one-out walk. Amir Wright followed with a single to center. After a balk moved Christianson and Wright up a base, Zach Lane drew a walk to load the bases. Nick Powell came up huge for the Cardinals as he cleared the bases with a single down the left-field line and gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead.
The Chants produced a six-run inning in the bottom of the fourth and held an 8-3 lead after four innings of play.
Wright drew a one-out walk in the top of the fifth inning to get things started for the Cardinals. Lane reached on a throwing error by the second baseman, which advanced Lane and Wright to second and third, respectively. Powell struck out, but the ball got away from the catcher, which allowed Powell to reach safely and Wright to score. Trenton Quartermaine notched an infield single that drove in Lane from third and cut the deficit to 8-5.
Coastal Carolina picked up an insurance run in the home half of the fifth to extend its lead to 9-5.
In the top of the seventh, Quartermaine started the inning with a solo shot to right center to cut the deficit to 9-6. Quartermaine has now homered in back-to-back games.
The Cardinals were unable to get any more runs across and dropped a tough one 9-6.
Quartermaine led the Cardinals with a 2-for-4 day at the plate with two RBIs and a solo home run. Powell drove in a game-high three runs. Wright and Lane tied for a game-high two runs scored.
Ty Weatherly got the start on the mound for the Cardinals but only went 1/3 of an inning. Sam Klein got the loss in 2 2/3 innings of relief. Klein struck out four batters but walked three and gave up three earned runs. As a staff, Ball State used eight different pitchers and they all combined for 13 walks. Despite the walks, the pitching staff was able to hold Coastal Carolina to just five hits.
Dale Thomas and Austin White led the Chants with two RBIs each. Thomas led the team with two runs scored. Elliot Carney was the starting pitcher for CCU. He went 4 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts and gave up five runs, four of which were earned. Matt Joyce got the win for Coastal Carolina with just 2/3 of an inning. Jack Billings closed out the game and picked up the save in an inning of relief with one strikeout.
The Cardinals hit the road for a four-game series in Tallahassee, Florida, beginning on Friday, March 4. Ball State takes on Florida A&M with a first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m.
From the Coach – Head Coach Rich Maloney
"It was a challenging weekend for our ball club against solid competition. We came up short in two outstanding college games and just couldn't get our bats going all weekend. We will regroup and get ready to play Florida A&M."
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Coastal Carolina jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning.
After a scoreless second inning, the Cardinals started to put things together. Adam Christianson started the inning with a one-out walk. Amir Wright followed with a single to center. After a balk moved Christianson and Wright up a base, Zach Lane drew a walk to load the bases. Nick Powell came up huge for the Cardinals as he cleared the bases with a single down the left-field line and gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead.
.@NickPowell_9 clears the bases and give the Cardinals a 3-2 lead in the top of the 3rd??#ChirpChirp | #WeFly pic.twitter.com/N4MweC5MOr— Ball State Baseball (@BallStateBB) February 28, 2022
The Chants produced a six-run inning in the bottom of the fourth and held an 8-3 lead after four innings of play.
Wright drew a one-out walk in the top of the fifth inning to get things started for the Cardinals. Lane reached on a throwing error by the second baseman, which advanced Lane and Wright to second and third, respectively. Powell struck out, but the ball got away from the catcher, which allowed Powell to reach safely and Wright to score. Trenton Quartermaine notched an infield single that drove in Lane from third and cut the deficit to 8-5.
Coastal Carolina picked up an insurance run in the home half of the fifth to extend its lead to 9-5.
In the top of the seventh, Quartermaine started the inning with a solo shot to right center to cut the deficit to 9-6. Quartermaine has now homered in back-to-back games.
.@Tquartermaine09 launches a solo homer to right center to start the top of the 7th??#ChirpChirp | #WeFly pic.twitter.com/UzfidGHaFG
— Ball State Baseball (@BallStateBB) February 28, 2022
The Cardinals were unable to get any more runs across and dropped a tough one 9-6.
Quartermaine led the Cardinals with a 2-for-4 day at the plate with two RBIs and a solo home run. Powell drove in a game-high three runs. Wright and Lane tied for a game-high two runs scored.
Ty Weatherly got the start on the mound for the Cardinals but only went 1/3 of an inning. Sam Klein got the loss in 2 2/3 innings of relief. Klein struck out four batters but walked three and gave up three earned runs. As a staff, Ball State used eight different pitchers and they all combined for 13 walks. Despite the walks, the pitching staff was able to hold Coastal Carolina to just five hits.
Dale Thomas and Austin White led the Chants with two RBIs each. Thomas led the team with two runs scored. Elliot Carney was the starting pitcher for CCU. He went 4 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts and gave up five runs, four of which were earned. Matt Joyce got the win for Coastal Carolina with just 2/3 of an inning. Jack Billings closed out the game and picked up the save in an inning of relief with one strikeout.
The Cardinals hit the road for a four-game series in Tallahassee, Florida, beginning on Friday, March 4. Ball State takes on Florida A&M with a first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m.
From the Coach – Head Coach Rich Maloney
"It was a challenging weekend for our ball club against solid competition. We came up short in two outstanding college games and just couldn't get our bats going all weekend. We will regroup and get ready to play Florida A&M."
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Joyce, M. (2-0)
L: Klein, Sam (0-1)
S: Billings, J. (2)
Batting:
2B: Hinrikus, Tyler 1
HR: Quartermaine, Trenton 1
RBI: Powell, Nick 3 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Wright, Amir 2 ; Lane, Zach 2 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 1 ; Christianson, Adam 1
CS: Lane, Zach 1
HBP: Peltier, Ryan 1
Batting:
2B: Brown, E. 1
3B: Thomas, D. 1
RBI: White, A. 2 ; Thomas, D. 2 ; Brown, E. 1 ; McDermott, M 1
SH: Weiss, C. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: White, A. 1 ; Thomas, D. 2 ; Lucky, N. 1 ; Rowan, Jr. 1 ; Johnson, T. 1 ; Underwood, B 1 ; Weiss, C. 1 ; McDermott, M 1
SB: White, A. 1 ; Lucky, N. 1
CS: Guangorena 1
HBP: Brown, E. 1
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