MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (Interstat) — Jett Music homered twice and drove in three runs as Campbell defeated College of Charleston 12-8 on Saturday afternoon at CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot’s Point. Music went 3 for 3 with two home runs and two RBIs, adding a walk and scoring three times. The victory gave the Fightin Camels a 28-14 record overall and improved them to 20-14 in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Cougars fell to 20-22 overall and 14-12 in conference play.

Music’s performance continued a hot stretch. He had gone 2 for 2 with a home run and three RBIs in Friday’s 16-1 win over the Cougars and entered Saturday with a .324 batting average. The designated hitter also pitched a scoreless ninth inning, striking out two to close the game.

Lukas Schramm added a home run and three RBIs for Campbell, going 2 for 6. Joey Morton hit a solo home run and drove in a run, finishing 2 for 5. Trent Rumley went 2 for 3 with two RBIs, including a run-scoring double and a sacrifice bunt that produced the go-ahead run. Carlos Lugo homered in the first inning and added a single, driving in one run. Chapman doubled and drove in a run, stole a base and scored twice.

For College of Charleston, Alex LaCoste had three hits and three RBIs, while Dylan Johnson went 5 for 5 with an RBI and three runs scored. Ethan Plyler tripled and drove in three runs, finishing 2 for 4.

The game featured nine lead changes and ties. Campbell took a 1-0 lead in the first on Lugo’s home run, but the Cougars answered with three runs in the bottom half, keyed by Plyler’s two-run triple. Music tied the game with a solo homer in the second, but College of Charleston scored three more in the bottom of the second to go ahead 6-2.

Campbell chipped away in the fourth. Music homered again, Rumley doubled in a run and then stole home, and Schramm singled in two runs to cap a five-run inning that tied the game 7-7. The Cougars regained the lead in the sixth on LaCoste’s RBI single to make it 8-7.

The decisive moment came in the seventh. Music singled, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Chapman’s double to tie the game. Chapman stole third and scored on Rumley’s sacrifice bunt, giving Campbell a 9-8 lead. Morton extended the lead with a solo homer in the eighth, and Clayton’s hit-by-pitch forced in another run. Schramm’s solo homer in the ninth provided the final margin.

Campbell used five pitchers. Starter Rossow allowed six runs, one earned, in three innings. Camden Wimbish tossed three scoreless innings, striking out three, and Beau Brailey added 1⅔ hitless innings with one strikeout. Music earned his first save of the season.

The win moved Campbell into a first-place tie in the Colonial standings. The teams close the series Sunday afternoon.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of College of Charleston 7, Campbell 6, while Interstat’s ELO system gave Campbell a 51.70 percent probability to win.