2021 COASTAL CAROLINA BASEBALL 2016 NCAA College World Series Champions • 17 NCAA Regional Appearances 18 Conference Regular-Season Championships • 16 Conference Tournament Titles Media Relations: Kevin Davis • Cell: 704-974-9095 • Email: [email protected] CHANTICLEERS BY THE NUMBERS FEBRUARY 20-21 /// VS. #16 DUKE /// SPRINGS BROOKS STADIUM Overall Record 0-0 Sun Belt Conference Record 0-0 at Springs Brooks Stadium 0-0 Road Games 0-0 Neutral Site Games 0-0 Streak - Last 10 Games - COASTAL CAROLINA DUKE 2021 SCHEDULE CHANTICLEERS BLUE DEVILS FEBRUARY Record ........................................................0-0 Record ........................................................0-0 20 Sat. #16 Duke 2 p.m. ET 21 Sun. #16 Duke Noon ET Ranking ............................................... #23 (CB) Ranking ............................................... #16 (BA) #16 Duke 4 p.m. ET Last Season ...............................................11-5 Last Season ...............................................12-4 23 Tues. at #17/25 Wake Forest 4 p.m. ET 26 Fri. Bryant + 4 p.m. ET Head Coach ................................... Gary Gilmore Head Coach ....................................Chris Pollard 27 Sat. West Virginia + 4 p.m. ET Career Record ........ 1,227-609-4 (32nd season) Career Record ........... 630-495-3 (22nd season) 28 Sun. Kennesaw State + 3 p.m. ET Record at Coastal ........ 974-507-2 (26th season) Record at Louisiana .......245-177 (Ninth season) MARCH 5 Fri. Davidson ! 4 p.m. ET 6 Sat. Miami (Ohio) ! 3 p.m. ET 7 Sun. UConn ! 3 p.m. ET PROBABLE STARTERS 8 Mon. UConn ! Noon ET SATURDAY: CCU - RHP Jacob Maton (DNP) vs. Duke - RHP Cooper Stinson (3-0, 0.42 ERA) 12 Fri. FIU 4 p.m. ET 13 Sat. FIU (DH) Noon ET SUNDAY: CCU - RHP Nick Parker (2-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. Duke - RHP Henry Williams (0-0, 13.50 ERA) 14 Fri. FIU Noon ET SUNDAY: CCU - RHP Daniel Kreuzer (0-3, 6.20 ERA) vs. Duke - TBA *2020 stats 16 Tue. NC State 6 p.m. ET 19 Fri. at West Virginia 6:30 p.m. ET 20 Sat. at West Virginia 3 p.m. ET STARTING LINEUP 21 Sun. at West Virginia Noon ET 23 Tue. College of Charleston 6 p.m. ET The first game of the 2021 season was set for Friday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m. ET from Springs Brooks Stadium 26 Fri. at Louisiana * 7 p.m. ET but now has been pushed back a day due to rain. The season-opening contest will be the first game in 346 27 Sat. at Louisiana * 3 p.m. ET days for the Chanticleers and Teal Nation. The Chants' last game came back on March 11, 2020, a 10-4 28 Sun. at Louisiana * 2 p.m. ET 1 29 Mon. at Louisiana Noon ET win over Wake Forest. APRIL The Chanticleers and Blue Devils have met just twice on the diamond all-time. The two teams have split the 1 Thur. Appalachian State * 6 p.m. ET two meetings, both of which have come at home for Coastal Carolina. However, each of the previous two 2 Fri. Appalachian State * 6 p.m. ET 3 Sat. Appalachian State * 2 p.m. ET 2 meetings came in tournament play and not in a three-game series. 6 Tue. UNC Wilmington 6 p.m. ET No. 3 Parker Chavers is back. The two-time All-Sun Belt and Sun Belt All-Tournament team selection 7 Wed. College of Charleston 6 p.m. ET 9 Fri. at UTA * 7:30 p.m. ET returns after missing last season while recovering from offseason surgery. Over his first two years at 10 Sat. at UTA * 3 p.m. ET CCU, Chavers has hit .319 with 136 hits, 22 home runs, 5 triples, 24 doubles, 96 RBIs, 102 runs, a .554 11 Sun. at UTA * Noon ET 3 slugging percentage, and a .435 on-base percentage over 119 games played. 13 Tue. at UNC Wilmington 6 p.m. ET 16 Fri. Georgia Southern * 6 p.m. ET The Chanticleers’ pitching staff was allowing just over four (4.25) earned runs per game last season before 17 Sat. Georgia Southern * 2 p.m. ET it was shut down. In fact, the Chanticleers allowed more than four earned runs in a game just twice, both of 18 Sun. Georgia Southern * 1 p.m. ET 20 Tue. at North Carolina 6 p.m. ET 4 which were in losses at #7 NC State (March 4) and versus Middle Tennessee (March 6). 23 Fri. at Liberty 6 p.m. ET Entering the 2021 season, his 26th in the dugout as the skipper for the Chanticleers, Gary Gilmore ranks 24 Sat. at Liberty 4 p.m. ET 25 Sun. at Liberty 2 p.m. ET fifth among all active NCAA Division I baseball coaches in career wins with 1,227. Paul Mainieri of LSU 27 Tue. UNCW 6 p.m. ET (1,467) is the active career wins leader in front of John Anderson of Minnesota (1,325), Keith Guttin of 28 Wed. at UNCW 6 p.m. ET 5 Missouri State (1,288), and Danny Hall at Georgia Tech (1,281). 30 Fri. at Georgia State * 6 p.m. ET MAY Since 1999, the Chanticleers have posted the sixth-most wins in all of NCAA Division I baseball with 896 1 Sat. at Georgia State * 4 p.m. ET wins. The Chants trail just Florida State (1,019), LSU (950), North Carolina (948), South Carolina (938), and 2 Sun. at Georgia State * 1 p.m. ET Rice (924) in wins over that span. 7 Fri. Troy * 6 p.m. ET 6 8 Sat. Troy * 3 p.m. ET Head coach Gary Gilmore and the Chants are scheduled to play a total of seven games versus teams out of 9 Sun. Troy * 1 p.m. ET the ACC this season. CCU will play three with Duke (Feb. 20-21), a home-and-home with Wake Forest (Feb. 12 Wed. at College of Charleston 6 p.m. ET 14 Fri. at South Alabama * 7:30 p.m. ET 7 23 and May 18), at home versus NC State (March 16), and on the road at North Carolina (April 20). 15 Sat. at South Alabama * 7:30 p.m. ET Over the past three seasons, the Chanticleers have been nearly unbeatable (79-1-1) when leading after 16 Sun. at South Alabama * 2 p.m. ET 18 Tue. Wake Forest 6 p.m. ET eight innings. Coastal went 38-1 overall in contests in which it led after eight innings of play in 2018 and 20 Thur. Texas State * 6 p.m. ET followed that up by going 30-0-1 in 2019 when taking the lead into the ninth inning. In the abbreviated 21 Fri. Texas State * 6 p.m. ET 8 2020 season, CCU was 11-0 when leading after eight innings of play. 22 Sat. Texas State * 2 p.m. ET POSTSEASON CCU returns a total of nine Chants that have made double-digit starts in the lineup for their careers, May 25-30 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP (Montgomery, Ala.) including eight starters from last season and the return of redshirt junior Parker Chavers who has a total of June 4-6 NCAA REGIONALS (Campus Sites) 9 117 career starts over his time in Conway. June 11-13 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS (Campus Sites) June 19-29 NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES (Omaha, Neb.) The Chants’ defense turned a total of 22 double plays last season, which led the conference and ranked second nationally when the season was abruptly canceled. CCU recorded two or more double plays in seven BOLD - Home Games + - CCU Baseball Tournament games last year, including a season-high four twin killings versus Middle Tennessee (March 8). * - Sun Belt Conference Game ! - Baseball at the Beach 10 *** All game dates and times are subject to change. *** @CoastalBaseball - 1 - www.GoCCUsports.com GAMES 1-3 * FEB. 20-21 CHANTS IN THE POLLS 2020 SEASON STATISTICAL COMPARISONS WEEK BA CB USA NCBWA D1 PG Preseason - 23 rv rv - 31 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 COASTAL DUKE Week 4 Record 11-5 12-4 Week 5 Batting Average .287 .244 Week 6 Week 7 Slugging Percentage .454 .379 Week 8 Runs Per Game 8.4 5.4 Week 9 Hits Per Game 9.5 7.7 Week 10 Doubles 24 25 Week 11 Triples 2 8 Week 12 Home Runs 20 9 Week 13 RBIs 116 75 Week 14 Stolen Bases/Attempts 28/32 14/20 Week 15 ERA 4.34 2.39 K’s Per 9.0 IP 9.3 11.5 BA = Baseball America, CB = Collegiate Baseball, USA = USA Today, 3.2 2.8 NCBWA = NCBWA, D1= D1Baseball.com, PG = Perfect Game BB’s Per 9.0 IP Opponent Batting Average .260 .203 rv = receiving votes Fielding Percentage .963 .988 N/A = poll not out before release of notes COASTAL CAROLINA VERSUS DUKE CHARTING THE CHANTS • Coastal enters the season ranked No. 23 in the preseason Collegiate Baseball poll and No. 31 in the Perfect Game preseason poll. • The Chanticleers return eight position starters from last year’s team that was off to an 11-5 start to the season. • While two-year starting shortstop Scott McKeon is gone, the Chants return preseason Overall vs. Duke All-American Parker Chavers to the lineup after missing last year due to recovering from offseason surgery. 1-1 • While the Chants lost two weekend starters and their closer from a year ago, a total of 12 new pitchers will look to join a handful of experienced pitchers in 2020. at Coastal: 1-1 at Duke: 0-0 SCOUTING THE BLUE DEVILS • Ranked No. 16 nationally by the Baseball America Top 25 preseason poll, the Duke Blue Streak vs.