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Lexington, Va. – The Citadel baseball team clinched its first Southern Conference series of the season with a 4-2 win Sunday at VMI.
 
VMI (14-13,1-2 SoCon) struck first in the game and held a 2-0 lead heading into the top of the fifth inning but the Bulldogs (11-13, 2-1 SoCon) quickly answered with home runs by Clay Martin and Philip Watcher. Martin's homer was his second of the season, and Watcher's home run was his first in 2016 and second of his career.
 
Jacob Watcher tossed a new career-high 6.0 innings of four-hit ball, fanning five in the process. Zach Lavery picked up his fifth save of the year after throwing 2.0 innings and striking out three.
 
The Bulldogs now return to Joe Riley Park to host Charleston Southern on Tuesday and then travel to Conway, South Carolina, Wednesday to face Coastal Carolina. Live stats and video will be available at CitadelSports.com for both games. For tickets, call 843-953-DOGS (3647) or visit CitadelSports.com/tickets.
 
Scoring Summary
Bottom 3rd – VMI 1, The Citadel 0: Will Malbon scored from 2nd base on a double to left field by David Geary with two outs
Bottom 4th – VMI 2, The Citadel 0: Tyler Tharp hit a solo home run to right field with one out
Top 5th – The Citadel 2, VMI 2: Drew Ellis scored from 2nd on a home run to right field by Clay Martin with one out
Top 5th – The Citadel 3, VMI 2: Philip Watcher hit a solo home run to right center field with two outs
Top 6th – The Citadel 4, VMI 2: Stephen Windham scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field by Bret Hines with one out
 
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