Charleston Collects First Shutout in Win over Charleston Southern

Tuesday, April 11

Patriots Point

6 PM

College of Charleston

19-13

Charleston Southern

14-18

Charleston Southern

Charleston

Charleston Collects First Shutout in Win over Charleston Southern

4/11/2023 9:51:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston baseball collected their first shutout of the season in an 8-0 victory over Charleston Southern Tuesday night from Patriots Point.

Connor Campbell tossed five innings allowing just three hits and striking out three before Alex Lyon added three innings of one-hit, two-strikeout ball and William Privette closed it out with two punchouts.

Cole Mathis paced the Cougar offense again Tuesday finishing 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, his second of the night broke a scoreless tie for a 2-0 Charleston lead through two innings. Will Baumhofer walked twice and scored twice while JT Marr had a career-best three walks – a majority of the Cougars' seven walks drawn on the night.

Leading Off
Final Score: Charleston 8, Charleston Southern 0
Location: Patriots Point
Records: Charleston (19-13), Charleston Southern (14-18)

How It Happened

Charleston struck early as Cole Mathis drove home two on a double to left field and 2-0 Charleston lead after two innings.
The Cougars would add on to their lead on a fielder's choice in the sixth with Luke Wood collecting his team-leading 23rd RBI of the season.
Charleston broke it open in the home half of the eighth posting a five spot behind doubles from JT Marr and Cam Dean and a two-run single from Tanner Steffy.

Notes

JT Marr set a new career-high with three walks in the win and added an RBI double in the eighth.
Cole Mathis had two more doubles to bring his total to 14 on the season and added two RBI.
Tanner Steffy and Cam Dean added two RBI as well, all four of those runs driven-in coming in the five-run eighth.
Connor Campbell picked up his second win tossing a season-high five shutout innings limiting the Buccaneers to just three hits and striking out three.
Cole Mathis and Will Baumhofer extended their hit streaks to seven while Ben Hamacher made it six-straight with a base knock.
Cam Dean extended his on-base streak to 12 with a pair of knocks.
Tuesday's win was the 60th over the Buccaneers since Charleston moved to D-I in 1991 - the most versus a single opponent.

Up Next
Charleston heads to New Jersey for their first meeting with CAA newcomer Monmouth to kick off a five-game road swing. First pitch Friday in West Long Branch is slated for 3 p.m.