Luke Boynton
Taysia Dukes
16
Winner Coastal Carolina CCU 16-7, 5-2 Sun Belt
7
Georgia State GSU 14-12, 4-3 Sun Belt
Winner
Coastal Carolina CCU
16-7, 5-2 Sun Belt
16
Final
7
Georgia State GSU
14-12, 4-3 Sun Belt
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Coastal Carolina CCU 2 2 0 3 0 3 4 0 2 16 19 2
Georgia State GSU 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 7 10 0

W: Shaffer, Bryce (3-0) L: Brandon, Joseph (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Panthers Drop Series Opener to No. 19 Coastal Carolina

ATLANTA -- JoJo Jackson and Luke Boynton homered, but Georgia State dropped its series opener to No. 19 Coastal Carolina 16-7 Friday at the GSU Baseball Complex.

Trailing 4-0 early, Georgia State (14-12, 4-3) got on the board with three runs in the second, including RBI-doubles by Matt Ruiz and Jackson, to pull within 4-3.

After Coastal (16-7, 5-2) added three in the fourth, Jackson hit his eighth homer of the season with a solo shot to the opposite field, bringing GSU within 7-4. Then an RBI by Cameron Jones in the fifth made in 7-5.

But the Chanticleers pulled away with three in the sixth and four in the seventh as a grand slam by Zach Beach gave Coastal a 14-5 lead.

Boynton hit a 2-run homer in the seventh, his eighth of the season that traveled 421 feet over the left field fence, but the Panthers could get no closer.

Jackson, the sophomore outfielder, was 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Matt Ruiz and Max Ryerson also had two hits each for the Panthers.

The series continues with a 3 p.m. game Saturday.
 
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