Cardiac Cougars Strike Again to Claim Series Win Over Tribe

Saturday, April 16

Patriots Point

2:00 PM

College of Charleston

21-13, 9-2

William & Mary

17-14, 7-4

William & Mary

Charleston

Cardiac Cougars Strike Again to Claim Series Win Over Tribe

4/16/2022 7:10:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. --- JT Marr homered in back-to-back at-bats, Daniel Brooks fanned six in four and a third shutout innings and Cole Mathis delivered a pinch-hit double in the ninth to help College of Charleston walk off with a 4-3 series-clinching win over William & Mary on Saturday afternoon at Patriots Point.

LEADING OFF
Final Score: College of Charleston 4, William & Mary 3
Location: Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Patriots Point)
Records: Charleston (21-13, 9-2 CAA), William & Mary (17-14, 7-4 CAA)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Marr got the Cougars on the board in the second, launching a 2-2 pitch into the stratosphere down the right field line to give CofC an early 1-0 lead.
The junior catcher delivered once again in the third after a 21-minute rain delay, sending the first pitch after the restart over the wall in right for his second homer of the day.
William & Mary were held scoreless until the seventh when Cole Ragone hit a game-tying two-run homer to left center.
The Tribe would take a 3-2 lead in the top of the eighth on a solo shot from Tyler Solomon.
Charleston wasted little time in the ninth, putting the tying run on first with a Marr infield single before Mathis ripped a double down the left field line to put two in scoring position with no outs.
Tanner Steffy then sent a 1-1 pitch to deep right to score Marr from third and tie the game at 3-3.
Cam Dean followed on the next pitch with a soft fly to shallow center, allowing pinch-runner McLendon Sears to scamper home to score the winning run.

KEY COUGARS

Brooks was superb through the first four innings, striking out five and holding the Tribe scoreless on just three hits.
Marr finished the day 3-for-4 with two solo homers and three runs scored.
Mathis' double in the ninth was the first extra base hit of his collegiate career.
Steffy and Dean delivered back-to-back sacrifice flies in the ninth to drive in the tying and winning runs.

FOR THE NOTEBOOK

The victory secures the Cougars' seventh series win of the season and third in conference play.
With the win, Charleston moves two games ahead of William & Mary atop the CAA standings.
The win also marks the Cougars' third walk-off victory in the last five games.
Marr's multi-homer game Saturday marks his first as a Cougar and Charleston's second of the season.
The first five runs of the game were all scored on home runs.
Charleston and William & Mary combined for a 1-for-14 clip with runners in scoring position.

NEXT UP
The Cougars and Tribe will meet in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.