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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team dropped its midweek contest to USC Upstate on Tuesday at Harley Park 14-1.
 
USC Upstate (10-12) jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the game and The Citadel was unable to mount a rally in the game, tallying eight hits in the loss.
 
Head coach Fred Jordan got 15 different players onto the field on Tuesday with two 'Dogs registering their first hits this season. Taylor Cothran hit a leadoff single to left field in seventh inning and then eventually came around to score the only run in the game for The Citadel (9-12) and Cole Buffington recorded his first collegiate hit in the eighth inning on a single to left field.
 
Dylan Spence made his second start this season and tossed 2.0 innings, giving up four hits and fanning two. In his sixth appearance this season, Beau Strickland pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless ball and struck out one in relief.
 
The Bulldogs will continue their road swing this weekend at VMI for the first Southern Conference series of the season. First pitch Friday is slated for 6 p.m. and live stats and video will be available at CitadelSports.com.
 
Scoring Summary
Bottom 1st – USC Upstate 2, The Citadel 0: J.J. Shimko scored from 3rd and James Fowlkes scored from 2nd on a double to left field by Cody Brittain with no outs
Bottom 1st – USC Upstate 3, The Citadel 0: Cody Brittain scored from 3rd on single to 3rd base by Daniel Fickas with two outs
Bottom 4th – USC Upstate 4, The Citadel 0: Cody Brittain scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to right field by Daniel Fickas with one out
Bottom 5th – USC Upstate 5, The Citadel 0: Devon Ortiz scored form 3rd on a single to center field by James Fowlkes with one out
Bottom 5th – USC Upstate 6, The Citadel 0: J.J. Shimko scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with one out
Bottom 5th – USC Upstate 7, The Citadel 0: James Fowlkes scored from 3rd on a triple to right center by Cody Brittain with one out
Bottom 5th – USC Upstate 8, The Citadel 0: Cody Brittain scored from 3rd on a single through the left side by Charlie Carpenter with one out
Top 7th – USC Upstate 8, The Citadel 1: Taylor Cothran scored from 2nd on single up the middle by Shy Phillips with two outs
Bottom 7th – USC Upstate 9, The Citadel 1: Cody Brittain scored from 3rd on a groundout to the pitcher by Charlie Carpenter with two outs
Bottom 8th – USC Upstate 10, The Citadel 1: Daniel Fickas scored from 3rd on a single to right field by Devon Ortiz with no outs
Bottom 8th – USC Upstate 14, The Citadel 1: Zach Krider scored from 3rd, Pat Raiff scored from 2nd and Devon Ortiz scored from 1st on a grand slam to right field by James Fowlkes
 
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