March 18 2012 The Coastal Kingfish defeated the Austin Mudcats 6-4 in a seven-inning game. Coastal collected 13 hits and overcame six errors while Austin finished with five hits and no errors.
Coastal and Austin traded unearned runs in the first inning before the Kingfish moved ahead in the third. Coastal scored twice in the fourth on three hits, including a two-run double by William Miller, and added two more runs in the fifth to build a 6-3 lead. Austin answered with one run in the sixth but was held scoreless in the seventh.
Cliff Panzich led Coastal with three hits and one RBI. Mark Strouse,
Alex Loftin and
Jesse Brown each added two hits, while Miller had one hit, two RBI and a walk. Jacob Kaase paced Austin with one hit, two runs and two walks, and Brandon Worden contributed one hit and Austin’s only RBI.
Chris Furlong earned the win after allowing three hits and one run in two innings with two walks and two strikeouts. William Miller recorded the save with a scoreless seventh inning and two strikeouts. Coastal starter Jason Hagerman worked two innings and allowed one hit and one unearned run, while Austin’s Worden took the loss after allowing 13 hits and six runs, five earned, in seven innings.
