CHARLESTON, S.C. - Presbyterian got four consecutive two-out hits and scored five times in the top of the first, and three Blue Hose pitchers made the lead stand up in a 6-3 victory over The Citadel on Tuesday at Riley Park in the final non-conference game of the 2015 campaign.

The Bulldogs (23-27) head to Greenville, S.C., this weekend to face Furman in a three-game Southern Conference series that wraps up the regular season. The Citadel needs to sweep the Paladins in order to avoid playing in the opening round game of the SoCon Tournament next week.

The win was the first in 18 games for Presbyterian (25-27) in Charleston dating back to 1965 when complete records are available. The Bulldogs were also denied their 20th home victory of the season and will have to win at least one game in the tournament to reach that plateau for the 16th time in 18 full seasons at Riley Park.

With two outs and a runner at first in the opening inning, Cam McRae beat out a grounder to third to keep the frame alive against starter Austin Livingston. Jacob Midkiff drove in two with a double, AJ Priaulx knocked in a third run with a two-base hit and Ryan Hedrick capped the uprising with a two-run homer.

The Bulldog bullpen held the Blue Hose in check the rest of the way, with six relievers combining to allow six hits and one unearned run with seven strikeouts over the final 8 1/3 innings. Kevin Connell and Jacob Watcher both went two innings with Connell fanning three.

Steven Hansen began The Citadel comeback attempt with a solo homer in the second, Connor Walsh had an RBI single in the third and Hansen went deep again in the fourth to make it a three-run contest. Hansen's multiple-homer performance was the third in the past four games for the Bulldogs, with Walsh and Drew Ellis doing so in the opening game of the East Tennessee State series on Friday.

Blue Hose starter David Sauer allowed eight hits and all three runs in five innings to raise his record to 5-4. After Russell Thompson worked a perfect sixth, Hayden Deal escaped a two-on jam in the seventh by striking out Walsh.

Deal allowed only one hit and two base runners in his 2 1/3 innings on the mound to pick up his third save of the year.