Coastal Kingfish Shut Out Austin Mudcats 5-0

March 18 2012 The Coastal Kingfish defeated the Austin Mudcats 5-0 behind a five-run fifth inning and a dominant complete-game performance from Jeremiah Steinert. Coastal finished with seven hits and eight walks while Austin managed three hits and three walks.

Coastal broke the scoreless tie in the fifth. Emanuel Navarro opened the inning with a single, and Eric Cordero and Mark Strouse followed with singles before Kyle Keena’s bases-loaded walk brought home the first run. Jesse Brown added a two-run single, and Chris Furlong delivered a two-run single to complete the five-run rally. Brown and Furlong each finished with two RBIs while Keena drove in one run.

Steinert earned the win by working all seven innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out 11 without surrendering a run. Austin starter Howard Limuel took the loss after allowing seven hits and five earned runs in six innings, with eight walks and six strikeouts. Jason Rangel collected two of Austin’s three hits, including the game’s only recorded double, while Mark Strouse went 2-for-2 with a walk and scored once for Coastal.