Bobcats reach semis at Sun Belt

They advance on 7-5 quarterfinal win vs. Coastal Carolina.

Texas State’s baseball team, seeded eighth in the Sun Belt Tournament, moved into the semifinals Friday after a 7-5 quarterfinal win over No. 1-seeded Coastal Carolina.

The Bobcats (29-29) will face the winner of Friday night’s Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana-Lafayette game in Saturday’s semifinal at 5:30 p.m.

South Alabama a nd Arkansas State will meet in the other semifinal. The championship game will be Sunday afternoon.

Coastal Carolina is the defending national champion. Texas State won the regseries with the

(37-20-1) as well, taking two of their three games in San Marcos.

Friday’s win came after Texas State’s 3-2 win over eighth-seeded Arkansas State on Thursday.

The Bobcats took the lead on a controversial call in the eighth inning when Teddy Hoffman was initially called out on a play at the plate, but the call was reversed after a video replay.

It was the first replay ever in a Sun Belt Tournament game.

“I really felt confident that he’d gotten in,” Bobcats coach Ty Harrington said. “There were so many guys standing around home plate that I thought it made it difficult for the umpire to get to see it. That’s what I asked him.

“I think there were three players standing around home plate; I said, ‘I’d like, if there’s any way possible, can you please review this, because I really think he’s in there.’ And they did; they did what’s right. You have to get the call right.”

Rain delays in Statesboro, Ga., have caused scheduling issues; the tournament was moved from a double- to a single-elimination format.

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