College of Charleston
3-1
Coastal Carolina
4-1
Charleston Dominates Coastal Carolina
2/18/2025 7:43:00 PM | Baseball
Charleston improves to 3-1 on the season and hands the Chanticleers (4-1) their first loss of 2025.
Freshman Landon Penfield ignited the offense in the top of the first with a three-run shot, his first collegiate long ball and first Cougar home run of the season. Penfield finished the contest by going 2-for-4 with three runs, a triple, home run, 5 RBI, walk and hit by pitch. Penfield was one of five Cougars to tally multiple hits.
Redshirt junior Daniel Brooks tossed four innings in his first start of the season, allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits and two walks.
PENFIELD POWER.
— Charleston Baseball (@CofCBaseball) February 18, 2025
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CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST COASTAL CAROLINA:
- Charleston held a 12-2 lead after the fourth, scoring three runs in the first, four in the third and putting up a five-spot in the fourth.
- The Cougars
- Five different players drew multiple walks, paced by graduate Avery Neaves' four.
- Freshman Rafael Soto went 3-for-6 with three runs, two doubles and three RBI.
- Redshirt junior Alex Lyon allowed two runs across three innings of relief, striking out three batters. Lyon also earned the win.
- Junior Derek Duval tossed a scoreless eighth to close out the run-rule victory.
OF NOTE:
- Charleston evens the all-time series with Coastal Carolina at 27 all.
- The Cougars earned their first road victory over the Chanticleers for the first time since 2019.
- The 15 runs were the third-most scored against Coastal and most since June 6, 2010, when the Cougars won 16-6 in the NCAA Regionals.
- CofC's 16 walks set a program record, breaking the previous high of 15 set in 2002 against Howard.
- All three of Charleston's wins in 2025 have come via the run rule. CofC had just one last season.
- The Cougars improve to 82-4 under head coach Chad Holbrook when scoring 10-plus runs.
UP NEXT:
Charleston returns home for a three-game series against Seton Hall beginning Friday, Feb. 21. First pitches from Patriots Point are scheduled for 4 p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lyon, Alex (1-0)
L: Ellison, O (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Dylan 1 ; Soto, Rafael 2
3B: Penfield, Landon 1
HR: Penfield, Landon 1
RBI: Baumhofer, Will 2 ; Penfield, Landon 5 ; Johnson, Dylan 1 ; Soto, Rafael 3 ; Gibbs, Brent 2 ; Pendergrass, Dariyan 2
SF: Gibbs, Brent 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Neaves, Avery 1 ; Baumhofer, Will 1 ; Plyler, Ethan 1 ; Penfield, Landon 3 ; Frehner, Payton 2 ; Johnson, Dylan 3 ; Soto, Rafael 2 ; Gibbs, Brent 2
SB: Gibbs, Brent 1 ; Pendergrass, Dariyan 1
HBP: Plyler, Ethan 1 ; Penfield, Landon 1
Batting:
2B: Tozzi, Dom 1 ; Rodriguez, F 1
HR: Estep, Brice 1
RBI: Estep, Brice 2 ; Barthol, B 1 ; Tozzi, Dom 2
SH: Barthol, B 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mihos, Dean 2 ; Estep, Brice 1 ; Rodriguez, F 2
HBP: Mihos, Dean 1
