Beckwith Baffles Gators, Gives Coastal CWS Win
OMAHA, Neb. – At this point, nothing the Coastal Carolina baseball team does or accomplishes should surprise anyone. The Chanticleers’ magical season got even more incredible Sunday night as they never trailed against top-seeded Florida on the way to a 2-1 win in the program’s first-ever College World Series game, played before a crowd of 19,696 at TD Ameritrade Park.
The Chants (50-16) nearly squandered too many opportunities, but it didn’t matter with junior right-hander (and former Blythewood Bengal) Andrew Beckwith on the mound.
He was simply sublime while allowing only that one run in a complete-game effort, giving up seven hits, no walks and striking out seven. He threw 71 of his 98 pitches for strikes in a legendary performance that will go down in Chants lore.
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