BEEVILLE, Texas — Blinn College baseball picked up its first pair of wins of the season against Coastal Bend College on Tuesday. 

The Buccaneers opened the doubleheader with a 4-0 victory and finished it with a 4-2 victory in the ninth inning.

With the pair of wins, Blinn's record increases to 2-1. 

"It was a good day for our club since winning is hard and they found a way to get two," said Harvey McIntyre, Blinn head coach. "We pitched at a very high level for 16 innings and found a way to complete a game offensively, not with runs late in the game, to separate ourselves. I am very proud of the way our team competed today."

Blinn 4 – Coastal Bend 0 

A strong pitching effort by John Chomko, Jackson Leath and Kyle Gough allowed the Buccaneers to shutout Coastal Bend for their first win of the season. 

Chomko sealed the win after throwing 3 2/3 innings and only surrendering three hits, while striking out four. Leath pitched a no-hitter for two innings, while striking out three, while Gough surrendered just one hit in 1 1/3 innings, while striking out four. 

Cameron Gibbons led the offense with two hits, including a double, while driving in one run. Brett Minninch , Blake Faecher and Reggie McCalister each went 1-for-3, while McCalister and Alec Sanchez each recorded one RBI. McCalister also scored two runs in the win.

Blinn took an early 1-0 lead in the opening inning when McCalister scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Sanchez. 

The majority of the game was a pitching duel since Blinn led by just one run until the seventh inning when the Buccaneers scored three runs to solidify the victory. Minnich was the first to score on an error, McCalister hit a single to bring home Richard Bailey and Gibbons hit a double for McCalister to score.

Blinn 4 – Coastal Bend 2

The Buccaneers closed out the doubleheader with an extra-inning 4-2 victory over Coastal Bend. 

Grayson Smith sealed the win on the mound after tossing three innings and only giving up one hit, while striking out three. 

Westley Schields and Sanchez both led Blinn's offense with three hits and a RBI apiece. Blake Faecher drove in the winning run in the top of the ninth, while Minninch went 1-for-3 with a double. 

Coastal Bend scored its only two runs of the game in the bottom of the first inning for an early lead, but the Buccaneers evened the score 2-2 in the second inning. After Minnich and Blake Winkelman each drew walks, back-to-back singles by McCalister and Schields allowed  them both to score. 

Jace Hutchins, Ryan Day and AJ Irvin kept the Buccaneers in the game to push it into extra innings by only surrendering two hits as a pitching staff. 

The score remained tied until the Buccaneers scored two runs in the ninth inning that would lead to the win. Faecher and Sanchez each singled for McCalister and Faecher to score Blinn's final runs.                                                     

Blinn will host a doubleheader against Howard College for its home opener on Friday, Feb. 15, starting at 1 p.m. at Leroy Dreyer Field. 

Blinn has competed in intercollegiate athletics since 1903 and captured 38 NJCAA national championships since 1987.