College baseball: Back-to-back home runs in bottom of ninth power Coastal Carolina to walk-off win

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CONWAY – Kevin Woodall Jr. and Peyton Isaacson hit back-to-back home runs in the ninth inning to lift  No. 18 Coastal Carolina to a 3-2 walk-off win versus Illinois in game one of a Saturday doubleheader at Springs Brooks Stadium.

The teams played a doubleheader Saturday due to inclement weather in the forecast for Sunday.

Illinois starting pitcher Ty Weber took a no hitter into the eighth inning before CCU’s Billy Cooke laid down a bunt single with two outs. Zack Jones came out of the bullpen for the Illini and ended the eighth for Illinois by getting a strikeout. Relief pitcher Ryan Schmitt (0-1) got a quick out in the ninth before Woodall and Isaacson accounted for CCU’s second and third hits with their consecutive home runs to provide the 3-2 final.

While Weber was shutting down the Chants, Coastal starter Andrew Beckwith was just as impressive. After allowing a hit in the third inning, Beckwith faced the minimum batters (16) until coming out with two outs in the eighth. Overall, he pitched 7.2 innings, allowed three hits (two in the first inning) and two unearned runs (both in the first as well) with two walks and seven strikeouts.


Back-to-back dingers from Woodall and Isaacson give the Chants a 3-2 walk off win!! Chants take on Illinois again at 3:25pm. pic.twitter.com/Lu2IEzVDML
— Coastal Baseball (@CoastalBaseball) March 11, 2017

The Illini took advantage of a CCU error to score two runs in the first inning. With one out, Ben Trioke was hit by a pitch and Pat McInerney reached on an error. A ground out moved the two runners up to third and second, respectively, and Michael Massey brought the pair home with an RBI single to left field.

The Chants got one of those runs back in the home half of the first. Billy Cooke and Cory Wood had back-to-back ...

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