Cougars Continue Homestand with App State

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MT PLEASANT, S.C. – College of Charleston baseball hosts App State for a weekend series at Patriots Point, beginning on Friday, March 7. First pitches are scheduled for 4 p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m. All Charleston home games air live on FloCollege.

Sunday's contest is Kid's Day at the ballpark with the first 50 kids receiving a youth t-shirt at the marketing table. Kids can also stick around for postgame autographs.

With the postponement of the midweek contest with No. 4 North Carolina, Charleston will play 10 straight games at home. The Cougars are also scheduled to play the entire month of games in the state of South Carolina.

FIRST PITCH:

CofC lost its first series of the season to Creighton, dropping the rubber match on March 2, 8-4.
The Cougars won the middle game of the set, 18-6, its largest margin of victory.
Charleston recorded a season-high 18 runs and 18 hits in the victory with five different players tallying multi-hit performances.
Senior Aidan Hunter fanned six Bluejays across five innings of work and has struck out six batters in his last two outings.
Entering the weekend, Hunter ranks 12th in the country with 0.50 walks allowed per nine innings and 20th with a 15.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Freshman Landon Penfield was named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Monday.
The freshman batted .400 (6-for-15) with three doubles, four runs scored and two RBI during the week.
Penfield hit .600 (6-for-10) and scored at least one run in all three games of Charleston's series with Creighton, led by a 4-for-4 performance on Saturday with two doubles and two RBI.

SERIES HISTORY:

Charleston and App State have faced one another 48 times in program history, with the Cougars holding a 35-13 advantage in the all-time series. The last game between the two programs was on March 21, 2023, a 4-3 win for the Mountaineers. The previous three-game series took place April 4-8, 2012, with App State winning the series.

UP NEXT:

The Cougars host Wofford for its first home midweek on Tuesday, March 11. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Patriots Point.

Single game tickets are available for purchase by visiting cofcsports./tickets or by calling the Ticket Office at (843) 953-2632.

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