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Coastal Carolina capitalized on five Panther errors to beat the High Point University baseball team 14-4 Saturday at Watson Stadium in Conway, S.C. Sophomore Al Yevoli gave up 12 runs, six earned in 5-1/3 innings to fall to 1-2 on the season.

"When you don't play quality baseball as we didn't defensively you aren't going to win against this team," said head coach Craig Cozart. "We are now in the same position as last weekend, we need to get a win in the third game and we will find a way to do that."

Max Fulginiti singled and came around to score on a basehit by Sal Pezzino in the top of the second inning to tie the game 1-1 but the Chanticleers jumped out to a 6-1 lead, scoring five runs in the bottom of the second, on four hits and two Panther errors. Yevoli gave up five runs in the second inning, all unearned.

HPU chipped away at the Coastal Carolina lead, putting up a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth to make it a 6-4 game. In the fourth Matt Gantner singled to the second baseman and came around to score thanks to two wild pitches by Anthony Meo.

With two outs on the board in the fifth inning Murray White IV, Nate Roberts and Kyle Mahoney all singled, without a ball leaving the infield. White and Roberts came around to score when Gantner reached on an error by the second baseman, to pull within two runs of the Chanticleers at 6-4.

Yevoli retired the Chanticleers in order in the third and fourth innings but CCU got one run back in the bottom of the fifth. Tommy La Stella reached on an error and came around to score on a pair of groundouts, extending the Coastal Carolina lead to 7-4.

CCU tagged Yevoli for three more runs in the sixth inning before he was relieved by freshman Zach Haile. Yevoli lasted 5-1/3 innings in his third start of the season and first since Feb. 27 against Fairleigh Dickinson. He gave up 12 runs, six earned, on 10 hits with two walks and one strikeout. Haile came out with runners on first and second and they both scored on Adam Rice's double down the left field line. Daniel Bowman homered to left center to give Coastal Carolina a 14-4 lead at the end of six innings.

High Point will play the final game in the 12-game road trip Sunday at 2 p.m. against Coastal Carolina at Watson Stadium. The Panthers (17-15, 4-7 Big South Conference) will send freshman Jared Avidon to the mound.