Box Score (PDF)

Lexington, Va. – The Citadel baseball team dropped the second game of the series 8-3 to VMI on Saturday afternoon inside Gray-Minor Stadium.
 
Thomas Byelick made his sixth start of the season on the mound for the Bulldogs, working 5.0 innings and striking out six. Jordan Buster pitched 2.2 innings of relief, allowing four hits and fanning two.
 
Unlike Friday's game The Citadel struggled at the plate, tallying three hits. With the bases loaded in the ninth, the Bulldogs managed to push across three runs with Jason Smith, Philip Watcher and Barrett Charpia all coming home to score in the inning.
 
The Bulldogs wrap up the series tomorrow at VMI with the deciding game set to start at 1 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at CitadelSports.com.
 
Scoring Summary
Bottom 3rd – VMI 1, The Citadel 0: David Geary scored from 3rd on a single through the left side by Tyler Tharp with one out
Bottom 4th – VMI 2, The Citadel 0: Will Malbon hit a solo home run to right field with one out
Bottom 7th – VMI 4, The Citadel 0: Peyton Maddox scored from 2nd and Tyler Tharp scored from 1st on a bunt single by Matt Pita and a throwing error by the 3rd baseman with no outs
Bottom 7th – VMI 5, The Citadel 0: Matt Pita scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field by Matt Dunlevy with no outs
Bottom 8th – VMI 6, The Citadel 0: Collin Fleischer hit a solo home run to left field with two outs
Bottom 8th – VMI 8, The Citadel 0: Peyton Maddox scored from 1st on a home run to center field by Tyler Tharp with two outs
Top 9th – VMI 8, The Citadel 1: Jason Smith scored from 3rd on a passed ball
Top 9th – VMI 8, The Citadel 2: Philip Watcher scored from 3rd on an error by the left fielder
Top 9th – VMI 8, The Citadel 3: Barrett Charpia scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field by Bret Hines with one out
 
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