MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Interstat) — Coastal Carolina defeated Appalachian State 8-2 on Thursday evening at Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium in a Sun Belt contest, improving to 37-20 while the Mountaineers fell to 29-24.

The Chanticleers erupted for 14 hits, while holding Appalachian State to four hits. Darin Horn earned the win, striking out eight over five innings while allowing one earned run and two hits. Cameron Flukey followed with four innings of two-hit ball and six strikeouts.

Appalachian State took an early lead in the third inning on a throwing error, but Coastal Carolina tied it on Trace Mazon III’s RBI single. Domenico Tozzi homered in the fourth for a 3-2 lead. The Mountaineers drew even with RBI groundouts in the fifth and sixth, but Coastal Carolina seized control in the bottom of the sixth when Horn doubled in a run and Ty Barrango added an RBI double.

The Chanticleers tacked on three more in the seventh on run-scoring hits by Rex Watson, Mazon and an error. Nick Dirito took the loss for Appalachian State despite striking out six in 5 2/3 innings.