Sechopoulos 3-for-3 with two bombs for Cougars

Former Tecumseh Thunder and Great Lake Canadian Ari Sechopoulos (Windsor, Ont.) knocked in three runs in the College of Charleston Cougars’ loss to Coastal Carolina on Tuesday.

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CONWAY, S.C. --- Coastal Carolina (RV) scored on a bases loaded hit-by-pitch in the bottom of the eighth to answer a late rally by the College of Charleston and edge the Cougars, 8-7, in a back-and-forth midweek clash on Tuesday evening at Springs Brooks Stadium.

LEADING OFF

Final Score: Coastal Carolina 8, College of Charleston 7

Location: Conway, S.C.

Records: Charleston (5-10), Coastal Carolina (13-6)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Cougars took the early lead through a two-out, three-run homer by Brody Hopkins that put Charleston ahead, 3-0, in the second inning. Coastal Carolina struck back with a three-run third before opening a 6-3 lead with one in the fourth and two in the fifth. Ari Sechopoulos (Windsor, Ont.) launched his first of two homers, a solo shot, in the sixth as both teams plated one in the frame. The Cougars would erase a three-run deficit on a Tanner McCallister RBI single and a two-run bomb by Sechopoulos in the eighth to tie the game at 7-7. Coastal scored the winning run on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the bottom of the frame following a single, an error and a walk.

STANDOUT PERFORMANCE

Senior first baseman Ari Sechopoulos reached base four times with a single, a walk and two home runs while driving in three of the Cougars’ seven runs. Facing the shift Sechopoulos (Windsor, Ont.) dropped a bunt down the third base line in the second and scored, he walked to lead off the fourth, with two out in the sixth he homered to right field on a 1-2 pitch cutting the Chants lead to 6-4 and in the eighth he hit a 2-0 pitch to right for a two-run homer to tie the score.

The multi-homer game marks the first of his career and pushes his career long ball total to 20. He raised his average to .291.

NOTABLES

-Hopkins sparked the offense with his second homer of the season – a three-run shot – in the second.

-Joseph Mershon went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles.

-All of the Cougars’ seven runs on Tuesday night were scored with two outs in a game played before 1,000 including John Reed, son of legendary Leaside catch Buck Reed.