Georgia Southern University
7-18, 0-9
Coastal Carolina
9-16, 2-8
Coastal Carolina Walk-Off Collects 5-3 Win Over GS Softball On Friday
4/9/2021 7:09:00 PM | Softball
Chanticleers overcome a 3-1 deficit in the final two innings to take game one of a three-game Sun Belt series
CONWAY, S.C. - Coastal Carolina's Mackenzie Beyer hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to snap a 3-3 tie and give the Chanticleers a 5-3 win over visiting Georgia Southern in the opening game of a Sun Belt softball series on Friday.
Coastal Carolina improves to 9-16 overall and 2-8 in the Sun Belt with the win, while Georgia Southern falls to 7-18 overall and 0-9 in the league. The two teams will wrap up their three-game Sun Belt series with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday.
The Chanticleers opened up scoring via the longball, getting a solo home run from Mary Sobataka in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead.
The Eagles answered in the top of the third as freshman Aniston Johnson hit her second home run of the season to tie the score at 1-all.
Georgia Southern took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth as 5th year Mekhia Freeman singled, then junior Faith Shirley followed with a two-run home run.
Coastal Carolina tied the game in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI double by Stavi Augur and an RBi single by Ally Clegg.
Beyer's winning home run came with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Makiya Thomas walked to lead off the inning, but reliever Harlee Rewis (1-2) got the next two outs before the home run ended the contest.
Raelee Brabham (2-5) notched the win in relief for the Chanticleers, hurling four innings of two-hit shutout ball, walking one while striking out two. Rewis took the loss for the Eagles, giving up one hit and two runs in 2/3rds of an inning of work, walking one and striking out one.
Dejah Mills went 2-for-3 at the plate for the Eagles.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brabham, Raelee (2-5)
L: Rewis, Harlee (1-2)
Batting:
HR: Shirley, Faith 1 ; Johnson, Aniston 1
RBI: Shirley, Faith 2 ; Johnson, Aniston 1
SH: Gunter, Ashlynn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Freeman, Mekhia 1 ; Shirley, Faith 1 ; Johnson, Aniston 1
Batting:
2B: Augur, Stavi 1
HR: Beyer, Mackenzie 1 ; Sobataka, Mary 1
RBI: Beyer, Mackenzie 2 ; Augur, Stavi 1 ; Sobataka, Mary 1 ; Clegg, Ally 1
SH: Montoya, Abbey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thomas, Makiya 1 ; Beyer, Mackenzie 1 ; McAuley, Michaela 1 ; Augur, Stavi 1 ; Sobataka, Mary 1
SB: Thomas, Makiya 1 ; Montoya, Abbey 1 ; Sweigart, Taylor 1
