By Matt Present. CONWAY, S.C. — Senior first baseman Juan Correa hit his 14th home run of the season, but App State Baseball was unable to climb out of an early hole in a 10-1 loss at No. 19 Coastal Carolina in the series finale.
Correa tied Austin St. Laurent (2024) for the ninth-most home runs hit in a single season. His solo blast in the seventh inning accounted for the Mountaineers’ lone run of the ballgame.
App State (21-26, 11-13) was outhit 13-6 in the contest despite a three-hit effort from Jonathan Xuereb.
Coastal Carolina (37-11, 20-4) scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back on its way to a 12th consecutive Sun Belt Conference win. The Chanticleers added two runs in the third, four in the sixth and two in the eighth.
The two teams had to wait out a two-hour rain delay in the middle of the third inning.
App State deployed seven different pitchers in the contest, with Reyn Watson, Carter Boyd and Max Tramontana all recording scoreless outings. App State was able to minimize damage much of the afternoon, stranding 15 Coastal Carolina runners on base, including the bases loaded on three different occasions.
App State will return to action on Friday in Mobile, Ala., when the team begins a three-game series against South Alabama.
