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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team dropped the first game of its midweek series with No. 19 Clemson 12-1 inside Joe Riley Park on Tuesday.
 
Tuesday evening's announced attendance of 5,524 is the second-largest crowd to see the Bulldogs play this season. The Citadel's home game against South Carolina on March 1 attracted 6,298 fans to Joe Riley Park.
 
Freshman Alex Bialakis made the second start of his career on Tuesday, matching a season-best three strikeouts in 3.0 innings of work. The Bulldogs (7-9) used five pitchers in the contest and as a staff struck out 13 and allowed 11 hits.
 
Offensively, The Citadel struggled to push runs across the plate, stranding 12 runners on base compared to the Tigers' (12-3) eight. Seniors Stephen Windham and Jason Smith both recorded a hit in the contest as well as junior Austin Mapes. Shy Phillips plated the lone RBI in the game for The Citadel on a sacrifice fly to right field in the eighth inning. The teams combined for 16 walks in the game.
 
Wednesday's game will begin at 6 p.m., and live stats and video will be available at CitadelSports.com. For tickets, call 843-953-DOGS (3647) or visit CitadelSports.com/tickets.
 
Scoring Summary
Top 1st – Clemson 1, The Citadel 0: Chase Pinder scored from 2nd on a double to left-center field by Seth Beer with one out
Top 1st – Clemson 2, The Citadel 0: Chris Okey scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to center field by Weston Wilson for the second out
Top 3rd – Clemson 4, The Citadel 0: Reed Rohlman scored from 3rd and Chris Okey scored from 2nd on a single up the middle by Weston Wilson with one out
Top 5th – Clemson 5, The Citadel 0: Reed Rohlman scored from 3rd on a single by Seth Beer through the left side with no outs
Top 5th – Clemson 6, The Citadel 0: Chris Okey scored from 2nd on a double to left-center field by Weston Wilson with no outs
Top 5th – Clemson 9, The Citadel 0: Seth Beer scored from 3rd and Weston Wilson scored from 2nd on a home run to right field by Andrew Cox with one out
Top 5th – Clemson 10, The Citadel 0: Adam Renwick scored from 1st on a double to left-center field by Chase Pinder with two outs
Top 8th – Clemson 11, The Citadel 0: Chris Williams scored from 2nd on a double to left field by Eli White with one out
Top 8th – Clemson 12, The Citadel 0: Robert Jolly scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to center field by Glenn Batson for the second out
Bottom 8th – Clemson 12, The Citadel 1: Jason Smith scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to right field by Shy Phillips for the second out
 
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