It doesn’t take long for Coastal Carolina head baseball coach Gary Gilmore to decide on a starting lineup these days.
His options are incredibly limited.
Gilmore knew his team was going to be thin in the field and at the plate this season because of the loss to graduation and the Major League Baseball draft of numerous position players off last year’s national championship team.
A couple injuries now have the Chanticleers essentially down to two bench players per game – backup catcher Kyle Skeels and catcher/designated hitter Peyton Isaacson – at this week’s Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship and the remainder of the postseason unless they turn to a player with one hit or less on the season.