Jones allowed three runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings Sunday. Darin Horn allowed a run in two innings, sophomore Hayden Johnson of Myrtle Beach allowed a run in two innings, and Dominick Carbone and Ryan Lynch combined to pitch the final 1 2/3 innings without allowing a run. Lynch picked up his seventh save of the season.
Senior outfielder Wells Sykes had two hits and drove in three runs Sunday. Sophomores Colby Thorndyke and Walker Mitchell had two hits apiece, and junior catcher Caden Bodine had a double, triple and walk in five plate appearances and scored two runs.
Five runs in the fifth inning gave Coastal a 7-3 lead, with Sykes driving in the final two with a two-out single.
Saturday, junior second baseman Blake Barthol and Sykes drove in a combined five runs and sophomore righthander Jacob Morrison, the Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year, threw another gem.
Morrison threw seven innings, allowing one run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts to improve to 11-0 on the season.
“To have Jacob ready to pitch today and for him to give us seven innings like he did gives us a better opportunity to win [Sunday],” Schnall said Saturday.
Marshall opened the scoring in the top of the first when Maika Niu doubled to left and scored on a ground out by Eddie Leon.
Barthol answered in the bottom of the first with a two-out, two-run, 382-foot home run to right field.
Senior outfielder Sebastian Alexander led off the third with a double and fifth with a single and scored on both occasions on a sacrifice fly by Barthol groundout by freshman designated hitter Domenico Tozzi.
Sykes added an RBI sacrifice fly in the sixth, and in the eighth, junior Dean Mihos returned to action from injury for the first time in a few weeks as a pinch runner, stole second and scored on a Sykes single.
“Morrison and all the pitchers, we love playing behind them,” Barthol said. “They throw strikes and we’ll play defense.”