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Baseball Faces Oregon State In Second MCWS Contest Sunday
OMAHA — Coastal Carolina Baseball continues it’s MCWS run on Sunday with a winner’s bracket game against Oregon State at 7 p.m. ET inside Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. The No. 13 national seed Chanticleers (54-11) and Beavers (48-14-1) have only met once — in a game that resulted in a 4-4 tie […]
The game will be televised by ESPN2, air on the Chanticleer Sports Network and will be available on the Chanticleer Mobile App. Entering the game, the Chants have the most wins in the country (54) and the nation’s longest active winning streak (24 games). Coastal beat Arizona in its opening game while OSU knocked off Louisville.
| Date | Time (ET) | Location | Game Notes | Live Stats | Watch | Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, June 15 | 7 p.m. ET | Charles Schwab Field Omaha | Live Stats | ESPN2 | View |
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
• Overall: 54-11
• Conference: 26-4
• HC: Kevin Schnall
• REC (YR): 54-11 (1st)
Oregon State Beavers
• Overall: 48-14-1
• Conference: n/a
• HC: Chip Hale
• REC (YR): 224-101-1 (6th)
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS
- Coastal Carolina is back in the MCWS after nine years.
- Coastal Carolina ranks among the national leaders in both pitching and hitting with a team ERA of 3.23 and a slash line of .292 /.410 /.451 and has outscored opponents 482-227.
- HC Kevin Schnall was named Sun Belt Coach of the Year and Perfect Game Coach of the Year.
Jacob Morrison is 11-0, a First-Team All-American, the NCBWA District 4 Player of the Year and was a finalist for the National Pitcher of the Year Award. - C Caden Bodine (.330, .464 OBP) — finalist for the Buster Posey Award and a PG Second-Team All-American, 1B Colby Thorndyke (.306, 40 RBI) and LF Sebastian Alexander (.318, 10 HR, 27 SB) lead a lineup that has slugged 66 home runs and tallied 440 RBIs.
- Starters Morrison, Riley Eikhoff and Cameron Flukey have combined to go 25-3 with 261 strikeouts and two complete games.
- Coastal’s bullpen has plenty of arms — no pitcher that has thrown at least 20 innings has an ERA higher than 3.51, led by Ryan Lynch (8 SV, 0.59 ERA, 34 Ks) and Domenick Carbone (6 SV, 2.54 ERA, 49 Ks).
HOW THE MEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES WORKS …
- The MCWS runs from June 13-22/23 in Omaha … eight teams play a double-elimination first round in two four-team brackets … the winners of the two brackets will play a best-of-three MCWS Finals, with the first game set for Saturday, June 21 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.