Danny Wright, in the lineup because of injury, doubled, homered and drove in five runs as Coastal Carolina (14-4-1) pounded host Louisiana Monroe, 13-3, to open a Sun Belt Conference series.
Wright had started just three games and was batting .143 prior to Parker Chavers' suffering injury March 9. He has started four games since then, going 4-for-13. His double broke a 1-1 tie during a five-run Chanticleers fourth inning at Monroe.
Wright was one of four Chanticleers to homer Friday, joining Zach Biermann, Jared Johnson and Cory Wood.
Zach McCambley pitched the first six innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out seven. Three relievers pitched an inning each to close the game out.
Elsewhere:
* Notre Dame (7-9, 3-1) took advantage of two Clemson errors to score three unearned runs in the second inning and the Fighting Irish went on to a 9-2 victory in the opener of an ACC series at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
Freshman Davis Sharpe struck out eight in six innings, but left the game trailing 4-1.
A three-run homer by Eric Gilgenbach pushed the Notre Dame lead to 9-1 in the ninth and Tommy Sheehan closed out a complete game.
In addition to two errors, Clemson (13-4, 3-1) was guilty of four wild pitches and two passed balls. Logan Davidson and Bo Majowski had two hits apiece for the Tigers.
* John Cable's two-run second-inning homer gave Georgia the lead Emerson Hancock made sure that was enough in a 6-1 victory at South Carolina (14-4) to open the SEC season for both teams.
Hancock struck out 12 Gamecocks in seven innings. The only blemish was a third-inning homer by Brady Allen to cut the score to 2-1. The Bulldogs (16-2) put things away with a four-run sixth.
See Friday's scorelist for highlights of other games.
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