JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 25, 2026) – The ETSU baseball team saw its undefeated record at home come to an end on Wednesday as Appalachian State knocked off the Buccaneers by a score of 8-5 at Thomas Stadium. ETSU sees its record dip to 6-2 with Wednesday's setback.
ETSU was limited to just five hits on the day.
Nate Conner,
Tyler Fetterman,
Tristan Curless,
Ian Guanzon, and
Luke Matlock were those Bucs that were in the hit column. Fetterman and Guanzon both knocked in a pair of runs, while Curless drove in the fifth run for the Bucs. ETSU also worked eight walks on the day, but the Mountaineers danced out of danger multiple times to strand 13 Buccaneers on base in their win.
On the mound, five different Bucs faced off against App State's offense. While ETSU did not walk anyone in the game, 12 hits (three home runs) proved to be too much for the Bucs to overcome.
Thomas Costarelli made his second consecutive midweek start and threw the first three innings. Costarelli allowed four runs (two earned) on three hits to go with a pair of strikeouts.
App State jumped out to a 4-0 lead on ETSU early on. A two-run home run in the second was followed but two more runs in the third. Both of those runs were aided by an ETSU error that extended the frame. ETSU cut the Mountaineer lead in half in the bottom of the third with a two-run double by Guanzon.
The Bucs would gain their only lead of the game in the fourth. A two-run double by Fetterman was followed by a RBI single from Curless to put the Bucs on top, 5-4, heading to the fifth. However, the Mountaineer offense got off some good swings with solo home runs in the fifth and sixth innings to regain the advantage. Insurance runs from the Mountaineers in the eighth and ninth gave App State a three-run cushion heading to the ninth. Nick DiRito, who entered the game in the eighth for App State, then struck out three Bucs in a row to seal the win for the Mountaineers.
ETSU will return to action this weekend with a three-game series against Quinnipiac. The first game of the weekend series is slated for Friday with first pitch being set at 3 p.m. from Thomas Stadium.
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