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Blinn baseball picks up first pair of wins against Coastal Bend

John Chomko, Jackson Leath and Kyle Gough contribute on the mound  for a shutout

BEEVILLE, Texas — Blinn College baseball picked up its first pair of wins of the season against Coastal Bend College on Tuesday.

The Buccaneers opened the doubleheader with a 4-0 victory and finished it with a 4-2 victory in the ninth inning.

With the pair of wins, Blinn’s record increases to 2-1.

“It was a good day for our club since winning is hard and they found a way to get two,” said Harvey McIntyre, Blinn head coach. “We pitched at a very high level for 16 innings and found a way to complete a game offensively, not with runs late in the game, to separate ourselves. I am very proud of the way our team competed today.”

Blinn 4 – Coastal Bend 0 

A strong pitching effort by John Chomko, Jackson Leath and Kyle Gough allowed the Buccaneers to shutout Coastal Bend for their first win of the season.

Chomko sealed the win after throwing 3 2/3 innings and only surrendering three hits, while striking out four. Leath pitched a no-hitter for two innings, while striking out three, while Gough surrendered just one hit in 1 1/3 innings, while striking out four.

Cameron Gibbons led the offense with two hits ,including a double, while driving in one run. Brett Minninch and Reggie McCalister each went 1-for-3, while McCalister and Alec Sanchez each recorded two RBIS.  McCalister also scored two runs in the win.

Blinn scored its first run in the second inning to take an early lead.

The majority of the game was a pitching duel with Blinn leading 1-0 until the seventh inning when the Buccaneers scored three runs to solidify the victory.

Blinn 4 – Coastal Bend 2

The Buccaneers closed out the doubleheader with an extra-inning 4-2 victory over Coastal Bend.

Grayson Smith sealed the win on the mound after tossing three innings and only giving up one run, while striking out three. 

Westley Schields and Sanchez both led Blinn’s offense with three hits and a RBI apiece. Blake Faecher drove in the winning run in the top of the ninth, while Minninch went 1-for-3 with a double. 

Coastal Bend scored its only two runs of the game in the bottom of the first inning for an early lead, but the Buccaneers evened the score 2-2 in the third inning. Jace Hutchins, Ryan Day and AJ Irvin kept the Buccaneers in the game to push it into extra innings by only surrendering three hits as a pitching staff.

The score remained tied until the Buccaneers scored two runs in the ninth inning that would lead to the win.

Blinn will host a doubleheader against Howard College for its home opener on Friday, Feb. 15, starting at 1 p.m. at Leroy Dreyer Field.

For more information, visit www.buccaneersports.com.

(COURTESY: Tara Dreyer, Blinn Information)