Auburn, AL: It has been a while since Caden Bodine hit a home run for Coastal Carolina. Specifically, it was on March 11th against Wake Forest. On Friday, Bodine picked a heck of a time to find his power groove, as the junior catcher blasted two home runs to lift the Chanticleers to a 7-6 10-inning victory over Auburn in game one of the NCAA Super Regionals at Plainsman Park. Fellow Chanticleer Blagen Pado also hit two long balls, including a three-run shot, as Coastal claimed its 22nd win and moved within one victory of the College World Series.
According to CCU, it’s the first time that two Coastal players have hit two HRs in the same game since Tyler Chadwick and Michael Paez pulled off the double-dip against Stetson in March of 2016. Coincidentally, that was the last season that CCU advanced to the CWS in Omaha.
Game two of the Super Regional is set for Saturday at 2pm CT.
Game Story Courtesy of Auburn Media Relations: Hosting a super regional for the first time in program history, No.4 Auburn overcame a five-run deficit, but No. 13 Coastal Carolina hit four home runs to extend its winning streak to 22, defeating the Tigers 7-6 in 10 innings Friday before another Plainsman Park record crowd.
Coastal Carolina’s Caden Bodine belted his second home run of game with one out in the top of the 10th inning to break a 6-6 tie in a game that ended at 1:16 a.m. Saturday.
Auburn put two baserunners aboard with nobody out in the ninth and put the tying run in scoring position with one out in the 10th but a pair of diving double plays ended both threats to give the Chanticleers the win.
The Tigers scored in the bottom of the first after Ike Irish doubled with two outs and scored on Cooper McMurray’s single through the left side against the shift.
The visitors tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the second on Blagen Pado’s two-out home run to left.
Coastal Carolina (52-11) took a 2-1 lead on Bodine’s two-out home run in the top of the third.
Pado, who entered the game with six home runs on the season, hit his second of the night in his next at-bat, a three-run blast over the War Eagle Wall to put Coastal Carolina ahead 5-1 in the fourth.
After a nearly two-hour weather delay, Auburn scored for the third straight inning when Bristol Carter led off with a single, advanced to second on a two-out wild pitch and scored on a throwing error by Coastal reliever Dominick Carbone.
Scoring in the fourth consecutive inning, Auburn added two runs in the seventh. McMurray doubled with one out, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout. Eric Snow followed with a game-tying home run, his eighth of the season, over the War Eagle Wall, tying the score at 6-6.
Auburn put the first two batters on in the bottom of the ninth aboard, but a strikeout and double play ended the Tigers’ chance for a walk-off win, sending the game to extra innings.
Bodine hit his game-winning homer off Ryan Hetzler (2-1), who then loaded the bases before escaping the jam with a strikeout and a fielder’s choice.
Snow led off the bottom of the 10th with a single, advancing to second on Carter’s sacrifice bunt before a game-ending double play similar to the one the inning before.