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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team defeated Presbyterian 2-1 on Friday evening inside Joe Riley Park in a game that featured just seven hits between the two teams.
 
JP Sears made his fifth start of the season on the mound for the Bulldogs and tossed a season-best 7.0 innings while giving up three hits. The three hits allowed are the second-fewest the sophomore righty has permitted this year and the fewest since March 4 when Sears held the College of Charleston to three. Zach Lavery finished off the game on the mound for The Citadel, throwing 2.0 perfect innings and facing six batters. The senior collected his fourth save of the season in the win.
 
Offensively Mike Deese, Austin Mapes, Drew Ellis and Bret Hines recorded hits for the Bulldogs (8-10) who earned the game-winning run on a bases-loaded walk by Philip Watcher in the bottom of the seventh. The only others runs scored in the game came in the second inning when Steven Hansen hit a long fly ball to right field for a sacrifice fly and after Presbyterian hit a home run in the top of the inning. The 2-1 game was the second-lowest scoring contest of the season for the 'Dogs.
 
The Citadel handed Presbyterian's Brian Kehner his first loss of the season in 6.1 innings of work.
 
The Bulldogs face the Blue Hose for the second game of the series on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. 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 2nd – Presybterian 1, The Citadel 0: Weston Jackson homered to center field with no outs
Bottom 2nd – The Citadel 1, Presbyterian 1: Stephen Windham scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to right field by Steven Hansen with one out
Bottom 7th – The Citadel 2, Presbyterian 1: Drew Ellis scored from 3rd on a bases-loaded walk drawn by Philip Watcher with two outs
 
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