GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team was handed an 8-2 loss by the No. 19 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on Tuesday night in a non-conference contest at UNCG Baseball Stadium.

The Chanticleers scored the first run in the top of the opening inning. After Ty Dooley was hit by the game's first pitch, he eventually crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly hit deep into foul territory out in right by Sebastian Alexander.

Coastal Carolina pushed its lead to 3-0 with two more runs in the second inning. Brice Estep doubled to left to score Blagen Pado from third base. Estep then made his way across the plate from third later in the inning on a balk, which made it 3-0 Chanticleers.

Pado pushed another run across in the third when he flew out deep enough to center for Alexander to score from third on a sacrifice fly. Wells Sykes then grounded a single up the middle that hit second base and deflected into right-center, allowing Colby Thorndyke to score from second and make it 5-0.
 
UNCG got on the board in the bottom half of the third when Branton Jernigan doubled off the wall in left-center to score Boone Herman from first. Jernigan then scored from third later in the inning when Parker Wight blooped a single into left-center with the bases loaded. After three innings in the Gate City, the Chants still led the Spartans 5-2.
 
Three more runs crossed the plate for Coastal Carolina in the fifth frame. After Dom Tozzi drew a bases-loaded walk for one run, Alexander singled into center for two more runs to cap the scoring for the game at 8-2.

PITCHING RECORDS:
Scott Doran: W, 1-0
Hunter Shuey: L, 1-5

NOTES:

• Wight led UNCG with two hits and finished with one RBI.
• Jernigan had the other RBI with a run-scoring double.
• Jake Colucci in relief: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB & 3 K.
• Colucci and Danny Thompson Jr. combined for five strikeouts.
• Hunter Shuey made his fourth start of the season and pitched three innings.
• The Chants had the edge in hits, 8-7.
• Dilley caught the Chanticleers stealing twice.

RECORDS:
UNCG: 18-25, 7-5 SoCon
CCU: 34-11, 17-4 Sun Belt

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The Spartans are back home on Wednesday to host the High Point Panthers in another non-conference baseball game beginning at 6:00 p.m. at UNCG Baseball Stadium.

The first 100 UNCG students at Wednesday's game will get a free UNCG Tumbler. Fans will also be able to participate in Baseball Bingo and enjoy their favorite drinks!

All regular season baseball home games are free admission. The concessions at UNCG Baseball Stadium are now open. Bringing in outside food is not permitted and pets are not allowed into the stadium.