University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
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Coastal Carolina
Dogs Fall to Top-Seeded Chanticleers in Second Game of BSC Tournament.
05.21.2008 | Baseball
Coastal opened up an early 6-0 lead after two innings. In the bottom of the first, Scott Woodward walked, stole second and came around to score on David Sappelt's double down the left field line. Dock Doyle plated Sappelt on a triple to the gap in right-center field, and later scored on David Anderson's sacrifice fly to give the Chanticleers a 3-0 lead.
In the second frame, Coastal added another three runs. Tyler Bortnick singled to open the inning, stole second and reached third when
Coastal increased its lead to 7-0 with a run in the third.
The Chanticleers tacked on five runs in the sixth inning to go ahead 15-3, highlighted by Sappelt's solo home run and Chance Gilmore's three-run homer with two outs. Coastal added another five runs in the seventh inning to reach the single-game scoring record, while
Sappelt finished 4-for-4 with four runs scored and three RBI, in addition to three doubles. Bortnick also had four hits and Doyle was 3-for-4 with four runs batted in. Coastal finished with 19 hits on the afternoon and six stolen bases. McCully went five innings and allowed five hits, three runs (all earned) and struck out five in earning his ninth win of the season. Bogaert fell to 6-6 after allowing nine runs (eight earned) and five walks in three innings of work. Schumer had two hits and two RBI for the Bulldogs.
Coastal scored in every inning except the fifth and eighth, and its 20 runs equal the single-game tournament record of 20, first set by the Chanticleers in the 1986 championship game against Winthrop, and later matched by Elon in 2001 vs. High Point that was also played at
Thursday's game 11 a.m. elimination game will be broadcast on uncabulldogs.com beginning at 10:50 a.m. and can be seen on bigsouthsports.com for a small fee.
