MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Cody Little escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the seventh inning and Drew Holderbach followed with a go-ahead three-run homer in the bottom half of the frame, lifting sixth-seeded App State to a 6-3 win over seventh-seeded Coastal Carolina in Sun Belt Championship tournament play Thursday at Riverwalk Stadium.
The Mountaineers (32-20-1) staved off elimination by beating the Chanticleers (34-23) for the third time in four games this season and advanced to face the loser of a Thursday game between second-seeded Southern Miss and third-seeded Troy on Friday at 4 p.