LAFAYETTE, La. - Coastal Carolina scored four runs in the sixth, four in the seventh and three in the eighth to hand UTA a 12-2 loss on Wednesday at the Sun Belt baseball tournament in Lafayette, La.
The game came to an abrupt halt with two outs in the bottom of the eighth as Coastal's Zach Biermann hit a two-run home run to give Coastal a 10-run lead, ending the game by run-rule. Games are stopped when a team is leading by 10 or more after seven innings, excluding Sunday's championship.
The Chanticleers (39-17) will now face fourth-seeded South Alabama on Thursday at 4 p.