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 MARCH 12-14 /// VS. FIU /// SPRINGS BROOKS STADIUM Overall Record 8-3 Sun Belt Conference Record 0-0 at Springs Brooks Stadium 7-3 Road Games 1-0 Neutral Site Games 0-0 Streak W1 COASTAL CAROLINA FIU Last 10 Games CHANTICLEERS PANTHERS Record ........................................................8-3 Record ........................................................4-6 2021 SCHEDULE Ranking ..................RV (NCBWA, USA Today, PG) Ranking ........................................................NR FEBRUARY 5-2 Current Streak ............................................. W1 Current Streak .............................................. L4 20 Sat. #16 Duke L, 4-12 Head Coach ................................... Gary Gilmore Head Coach ............................. Mervyl Melendez 21 Sun. #16 Duke W, 8-7 21 Sun. #16 Duke L, 9-10 Career Record ........ 1,235-612-4 (32nd season) Career Record ...............631-534 (22nd season) 23 Tues. at #16/24 Wake Forest W, 4-1 (12) Record at Coastal ........ 982-510-2 (26th season) Record at FIU ...................... 94-98 (Fifth season) + 26 Fri. Bryant W, 8-1 + 27 Sat. #23/27 West Virginia W, 10-5 + https://hank1055.com 28 Sun. Kennesaw State W, 13-11 105.5 Hank FM (Friday) (Friday) GoCCUsports.com WRNN Hot Talk 99.5 FM MARCH 3-1 https://wrnn.net 5 Fri. Davidson ! W, 15-5 6 Sat. Miami (Ohio) ! W, 5-3 7 Sun. UConn ! L, 4-5 (12) PROBABLE STARTERS 8 Mon. UConn ! W, 12-10 CCU - RHP Jacob Maton (2-1, 2.45 ERA) vs. FIU - RHP Tyler Myrick (1-1, 3.78 ERA) 12 Fri. FIU 4 p.m. ET 13 Sat. FIU (DH) Noon ET CCU - RHP Nick Parker (1-0, 5.17 ERA) vs. FIU - RHP Steven Casey (0-0, 0.00 ERA) 13 Sat. FIU (DH) 4 p.m. ET CCU - RHP Reece Maniscalco (1-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. FIU - LHP Garret Rukes (1-0, 3.60 ERA) 14 Fri. FIU Noon ET 16 Tue. NC State 6 p.m. ET CCU - RHP Keaton Hopwood (2-0, 6.75 ERA) vs. FIU - RHP Orlando Hernández (0-1, 3.60 ERA) 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 This weekend will mark the first time that Coastal Carolina and FIU have met on the baseball diamond. The 26 Fri. at Louisiana * 7 p.m. ET ties that the two programs have is the Sun Belt Conference, as the Panthers were a member of the Sun Belt 27 Sat. at Louisiana * 3 p.m. ET Conference from 1998 to 2012. 28 Sun. at Louisiana * 2 p.m. ET 1 29 Mon. at Louisiana Noon ET The Coastal Carolina offense has hit at least one home run in all but two games this season. However, the APRIL Chants have blasted two or more home runs in six of the 11 games thus far this season. 1 Thur. Appalachian State * 6 p.m. ET 2 Fri. Appalachian State * 6 p.m. ET 2 3 Sat. Appalachian State * 2 p.m. ET Coastal has won three games over each of the last two weekends, both of which consisted of tournament 6 Tue. UNC Wilmington 6 p.m. ET play. The Chants went 3-0 at the CCU Baseball Tournament on Feb. 26-28, posting wins over Bryant, then- 7 Wed. College of Charleston 6 p.m. ET 9 Fri. at UTA * 7:30 p.m. ET No. 23 West Virginia, and Kennesaw State. CCU posted a 3-1 record last weekend at the Baseball at the 10 Sat. at UTA * 3 p.m. ET 3 Beach event with wins over Davidson, Miami (Ohio), and UConn. 11 Sun. at UTA * Noon ET 13 Tue. at UNC Wilmington 6 p.m. ET CCU and FIU will play four games this weekend, instead of the usual three-game weekend series schedule. 16 Fri. Georgia Southern * 6 p.m. ET The two teams will play one game on Friday, a doubleheader on Saturday, and a series finale on Sunday 17 Sat. Georgia Southern * 2 p.m. ET afternoon. 18 Sun. Georgia Southern * 1 p.m. ET 4 20 Tue. at North Carolina 6 p.m. ET Five appears to be the magic number this season for the Chanticleers, as Coastal is 7-1 on the year when 23 Fri. at Liberty 6 p.m. ET 24 Sat. at Liberty 4 p.m. ET scoring five runs or more for the game. On the flip side, the Chants are just 1-2 when scoring less than five 25 Sun. at Liberty 2 p.m. ET 5 runs for the contest. 27 Tue. UNCW 6 p.m. ET 28 Wed. at UNCW 6 p.m. ET Since 1999, the Chanticleers have posted the sixth-most wins in all of NCAA Division I baseball with 896 30 Fri. at Georgia State * 6 p.m. ET wins entering the 2021 season. The Chants trailed just Florida State (1,019), LSU (950), North Carolina MAY 6 (948), South Carolina (938), and Rice (924) in wins over that span. 1 Sat. at Georgia State * 4 p.m. ET 2 Sun. at Georgia State * 1 p.m. ET The Chanticleers enter play this weekend ranked seventh nationally in all of NCAA Division I baseball in 7 Fri. Troy * 6 p.m. ET home runs with 20 dingers. Coastal has 10 different players that have hit at least one home run thus far this 8 Sat. Troy * 3 p.m. ET 7 season with five of those Chants having hit multiple home runs this year. 9 Sun. Troy * 1 p.m. ET 12 Wed. at College of Charleston 6 p.m. ET Over the past three-plus seasons, the Chanticleers have been nearly unbeatable (85-2-1) when leading after 14 Fri. at South Alabama * 7:30 p.m. ET eight innings. Coastal went 38-1 overall in contests in which it led after eight innings of play in 2018 and 15 Sat. at South Alabama * 7:30 p.m. ET followed that up by going 30-0-1 in 2019. In the abbreviated 2020 season, CCU was 11-0 when leading 16 Sun. at South Alabama * 2 p.m. ET 8 18 Tue. Wake Forest 6 p.m. ET after eight innings of play. This year, CCU is 6-1 when leading after the eighth frame. 20 Thur. Texas State * 6 p.m. ET 21 Fri. Texas State * 6 p.m. ET The Chanticleers pitching staff is averaging 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings this season. Coastal's arms have 22 Sat. Texas State * 2 p.m. ET struck out seven or more batters in 10 of the 11 games this season and have fanned 10 or more batters in POSTSEASON six games on the year, including a season-high 17 hitters in the road win at then-No. 16 Wake Forest (Feb. May 25-30 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP (Montgomery, Ala.) 9 23). June 4-6 NCAA REGIONALS (Campus Sites) June 11-13 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS (Campus Sites) CCU ranks first or second in the conference in 10 different categories thus far this season. CCU leads June 19-29 NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES (Omaha, Neb.) the Sun Belt in home runs (20), home runs per game (1.82), triples (5), triples per game (0.45), on-base BOLD - Home Games + - CCU Baseball Tournament percentage (.399), slugging percentage (.504), runs scored (92), scoring (8.4 runs per game), and hit-by- * - Sun Belt Conference Game ! - Baseball at the Beach 10 pitch (9), and is second in the league in walks (32). *** All game dates and times are subject to change. *** @CoastalBaseball - 1 - www.GoCCUsports.com GAMES 12-15 * MARCH 12-14 CHANTS IN THE POLLS 2021 SEASON STATISTICAL COMPARISONS WEEK BA CB USA NCBWA D1 PG Preseason - 23 rv rv - 31 Week 1 - - N/A rv - N/A Week 2 - - rv rv - N/A Week 3 - - rv rv - rv COASTAL FIU Week 4 Record 8-3 4-6 Week 5 Batting Average .274 .255 Week 6 Slugging Percentage .504 .345 Week 7 Week 8 Runs Per Game 8.4 4.8 Week 9 Hits Per Game 9.6 8.3 Week 10 Doubles 19 14 Week 11 Triples 5 3 Week 12 Home Runs 20 3 Week 13 RBIs 83 44 Week 14 Stolen Bases/Attempts 16/21 15/16 Week 15 ERA 4.80 7.20 K’s Per 9.0 IP 9.5 10.7 BA = Baseball America, CB = Collegiate Baseball, USA = USA Today, BB’s Per 9.0 IP 4.0 6.3 NCBWA = NCBWA, D1= D1Baseball.com, PG = Perfect Game Opponent Batting Average .260 .286 rv = receiving votes Fielding Percentage .953 .954 N/A = poll not out before release of notes COASTAL CAROLINA VERSUS FIU CHARTING THE CHANTS • Coastal enters the four-game weekend series with the FIU Panthers at 8-3 overall and having won seven of its last eight contests. • The Chanticleers received votes in three of the five national polls this weekend - USA Today Coaches Poll, the NCBWA Poll, and the Perfect Game Top 25 poll. • Over the last two weekends of play at home inside Springs Brooks Stadium, the Chants as a team have hit .316 with 16 home runs, five triples, and 14 doubles. • During that span, the Chants have outscored their opponents 67-40 and scored double- Overall vs. FIU digit runs in four of the seven games.