{"id":266329,"date":"2026-04-25T22:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266329\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:20:12","slug":"pados-walk-off-homer-lifts-coastal-carolina-past-texas-state-secures-series-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266329\/","title":{"rendered":"Pado\u2019s Walk-Off Homer Lifts Coastal Carolina Past Texas State, Secures Series Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/texas_state_200x200.png\" alt=\"Texas State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Texas State<\/p>\n<p>4\/26\/2026 | 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        WRXZ 107.1 \/ iHeart Radio&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 26 (Sun) \/ 11:00 a.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/texas_state_200x200.png\" alt=\"Texas State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Texas State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/goccusports.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/texas-state\/69\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"391\" data-start=\"91\">CONWAY, S.C. \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/goccusports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/blagen-pado\/19712\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"19712\" target=\"_blank\">Blagen Pado<\/a> delivered the biggest swing of the day, blasting a walk-off solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift No.9 Coastal Carolina to a 2-1 win over Texas State on Saturday night at Springs Brooks Stadium and secure the Sun Belt Conference series victory.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"582\" data-start=\"393\">With the win, the Chanticleers not only improved to 30-12 overall and 17-3 in Sun Belt Conference play, but also extended their streak to 15 consecutive Sunt Belt Conference series wins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"722\" data-start=\"584\">Trailing 1-0 in the fourth inning, <a href=\"https:\/\/goccusports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/brice-estep\/19623\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"19623\" target=\"_blank\">Brice Estep<\/a> continued his strong weekend at the plate, tying the game with an RBI single to left field.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"844\" data-start=\"724\">From there, the two teams settled into a pitcher&#8217;s duel, with neither side able to break through until the final inning.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1061\" data-start=\"846\">After entering the game defensively in the top of the ninth, Pado stepped to the plate with two outs and delivered, launching a solo shot to left field to send the Chanticleers to their second straight walk-off win.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1267\" data-start=\"1063\">Starting pitcher Ross Norman turned in a strong outing, tossing seven innings while allowing just one run on three hits. The right-hander walked two and struck out four but did not factor in the decision.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1457\" data-start=\"1269\">Out of the bullpen, <a href=\"https:\/\/goccusports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/darin-horn\/19627\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"19627\" target=\"_blank\">Darin Horn<\/a> was dominant, tossing two scoreless innings while allowing just one hit and one walk and striking out three to earn the win and improve to 6-1 on the season.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1606\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1459\">Due to inclement weather expected in the area on Sunday, the series finale has been moved to an 11 a.m. first pitch and will be broadcast on ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Texas State 4\/26\/2026 | 11:00 a.m. &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; WRXZ 107.1 \/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-266329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-texas","9":"tag-texas-headlines","10":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}