Welsh tossed five innings and gave up three runs, one earned, on five hits while Ritter followed with four innings of shutout baseball. The duo combined for seven strikeouts and walked just two on the night.
Coastal Carolina (13-7, 1-0 SBC) scored three runs on three A-State (8-6, 0-1 SBC) miscues in the third inning and starter Jason Bilous settled into a groove for the Chanticleers after giving up just one run on two hits in seven innings of work.
CCU scored in the third inning when Cory Wood reached on a fielding error that allowed Matt Beaird to score from third.