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College of Charleston Athletics

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Baseball
Maxwell Vittorio
7
Winner Delaware DEL 30-27
4
Charleston COFC 34-21
Winner
Delaware DEL
30-27
7
Final
4
Charleston COFC
34-21
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Delaware DEL 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 7 11 0
Charleston COFC 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 0

W: SILAN, Joey (4-2) L: Good, Ty (7-4) S: GUBITOSI, Anthony (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Charleston Falls in CAA Tournament Opener to Delaware

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Fourth-seeded College of Charleston fell to fifth-seeded Delaware 7-4 Wednesday afternoon in the opening round of the 2023 CAA Baseball Championships from Patriots Point.
 
Charleston jumped out to a 3-0 behind RBI singles from Tanner Steffy and Cam Dean and a sacrifice fly from Khyree Miller in the second.
 
Delaware loaded the bases with nobody out in the fourth and scored three to tie it, then took their first lead on a Tyler Leach two-run homer to left in the sixth.
 
Cole Mathis singled through the left side in the seventh to bring the Cougars back within 5-4, but freshman reliever Anthony Gubitosi held the Cougars there the rest of the way. Delaware would add two in the top of the ninth for the three-run win.
 
Leading Off
Final Score: Delaware 7, Charleston 4
Location: Patriots Point
Records: Delaware (30-27), Charleston (34-21)
 
How It Happened
  • Tanner Steffy got the Cougar scoring started for a second-straight game singling home Trotter Harlan in the second inning.
  • Cam Dean added an RBI single and Khyree Miller hit a sacrifice fly to center for a 3-0 Cougar advantage after two complete.
  • Delaware scored three of their own in the fourth inning after loading the bases, getting singles from Andre Amato and Tyler Leach.
  • Leach put the Blue Hens ahead 5-3 two innings later with a two-run homer to left field.
  • Charleston got one back in the seventh on a Cole Mathis single, bringing it back to 5-4, but Delaware was able to strand the tying run at third then the tying run once again in the eighth.
  • Delaware scratch across two insurance runs in the top of the ninth for the 7-4 final.
 
Notes
  • Tanner Steffy had the Cougars' first RBI of the day for a second-straight game (three-run homer at Northeastern May 20) singling home Trotter Harlan.
  • Cam Dean, Joseph Mershon, Steffy and Harlan all finished the day with two hits and Cole Mathis, Steffy, Dean and Miller collecting an RBI.
  • Steffy's two-hit day gives the graduate senior 11 career hits in the CAA tournament while Harlan collected hit No. 13 of his postseason career.
 
Up Next
Charleston returns to action Thursday at 11 a.m. in an elimination game against William & Mary.
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