The High Point University baseball team stranded 14 runners en route to falling 10-2 in the series finale at Coastal Carolina on Sunday afternoon.

The Panthers slip to 8-18 overall (1-2 Big South) with the loss while Coastal Carolina improves to 7-13 (2-1 Big South) for the season. The first two games of the series were both decided by a single run in the final inning.

High Point grabbed the early 1-0 lead on Randy Schwartz' first home run of the season in the second inning.

Coastal responded in the bottom of the frame after Tommy Baldridge doubled down the right field line to open the frame. He would move to third on a failed pickoff attempt by HPU starting pitcher Bubba O'Donnell, before scoring on a one-out single from teammate Derek Martin.

The Chanticleers broke the game open scoring nine runs from the second thru the fourth innings. CCU put up three runs in the third with two outs. John Mariotti walked and scored on another double to right by Baldridge. After a walk to Dom Duggan, Josh Eachues hit a chopper up the middle for a single that scored Baldrdige. Martin then drove in his second run of the game with a single to left center that plated Duggan.

In the fourth, Coastal added five more runs thanks in part to five High Point walks. DJ Burns walked to open the inning, moving to second on a single by Aaron Verrett. Brant Peacher moved both runners over on a sacrifice bunt and Mariotti brought the lead runner home with a single to center. High Point loaded the bases on a Baldridge walk. HPU reliever Zach Zupan then came in and struck out Duggan, before walking the next three batters to make the score 8-1. Burns was then hit by a pitch bringing home Coastal's ninth run.

The Panthers put up a run in the eighth as an infield single from Chris Norwood scored Dustin Holtzman. Coastal scored its final run in the bottom of the eighth on a sacrifice fly from Baldridge that plated David Sappelt.

On the mound, freshman Austin Fleet (1-1) earned the win for CCU, going 6.1 innings of one-run, five-strikeout baseball. The loss went to O'Donnell, who gave up four runs and six hits in three innings in his first start of the year. Paul Burch allowed just three hits while tallying three strikeouts in 4.1 innings of relief work.

High Point was led by Schwartz, who went 3-for-5 on the day. Holtzman was 2-for-3 for the Panthers and senior Mark Shorey extended his hitting streak to eight games with a hit. Martin, Mariotti and Baldridge had two hits apiece for the Chanticleers.

HPU continues its current road stretch with a mid-week game at Triad-rival Wake Forest on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. The Panthers host Radford this weekend in their Big South home opener.