{"id":54610,"date":"2025-05-25T22:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T22:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/54610\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T22:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T22:48:10","slug":"ccu-baseball-to-face-southern-miss-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/54610\/","title":{"rendered":"CCU baseball to face Southern Miss | College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Five runs in the fifth inning gave Coastal a 7-3 lead, with Sykes driving in the final two with a two-out single.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Morrison threw seven innings, allowing one run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts to improve to 11-0 on the season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTo 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],\u201d Schnall said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhorrynews.com\/sports\/college\/record-crowd-and-clemson-see-what-has-made-a-streaking-ccu-baseball-different-in-2025\/article_be4d82b0-e16c-464d-b517-3b16b0f07720.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Record crowd and Clemson see what has made a streaking CCU baseball different in 2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Record crowd and Clemson see what has made a streaking CCU baseball different in 2025\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1206\" height=\"1073\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Barthol answered in the bottom of the first with a two-out, two-run, 382-foot home run to right field.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMorrison and all the pitchers, we love playing behind them,\u201d Barthol said. \u201cThey throw strikes and we\u2019ll play defense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jones allowed three runs on six hits in 3 1\/3 innings Sunday. 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