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ELON, N.C. – The Citadel baseball team dropped the final game of the series with Elon on Sunday afternoon 8-3.
 
The Bulldogs (7-8) led for the majority of the game but Elon (8-8) exploded for seven runs in the eighth inning to clinch the victory and the series.
 
William Kinney went two-for-three and Clay Martin, Ben Peden, Stephen Windham and Philip Watcher all collected hits of their own.
 
Jacob Watcher made his second start of the season for the Bulldogs on the mound going four innings, allowing four hits and tallying a season-high six strikeouts. Freshman Johnny Croley was saddled with the loss and the staff combined for nine strikeouts.
 
The Citadel returns to Joe Riley Park to host a two-game series with Clemson on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Wednesday at 6 p.m. Live stats and video will be available for both games at CitadelSports.com. For tickets, call 843-953-DOGS (3647) or visit CitadelSports.com/tickets.
 
Scoring Summary
Top 2nd – The Citadel 1, Elon 0: Ben Peden scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with two outs
Top 5th – The Citadel 2, Elon 0: Bret Hines scored from 3rd on a single by Philip Watcher to left field with one out
Bottom 6th – The Citadel 2, Elon 1: Kyle Jackson homered to left center field with two outs
Top 7th – The Citadel 3, Elon 1: Clay Martin scored form 3rd on a sacrifice fly by Mike Deese to left field with one out
Bottom 8th – The Citadel 3, Elon 2: CJ Young scored from 2nd on a double by Kyle Jackson down the left field line with no outs
Bottom 8th – Elon 3, The Citadel 3: Nick Zammerelli scored from 3rd on a single up the middle by Danny Lynch with no outs
Bottom 8th – Elon 4, The Citadel 3: Kyle Jackson scored from 3rd on a single through the left side by Tyler McVicar with no outs
Bottom 8th – Elon 8, The Citadel 3: Danny Lynch scored from 3rd, Tyler McVicar scored from 2nd, and Austin Leeney scored from 1st on a home run to left center by Ryne Ogren with no outs
 
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