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Myrtle Beach, S.C. –The Citadel baseball team fell to Coastal Carolina 4-3 on Wednesday night inside Springs Brooks Stadium.
 
Coastal Carolina (17-9) took an early 2-0 lead after pushing across a couple of runs in the first inning but the Bulldogs' rally in the seventh inning came up just short, eventually falling 4-3. The Citadel (12-14) was held to six hits against the Chanticleers after cranking out 10 hits in Tuesday's win over Charleston Southern.
 
Shy Phillips recorded the first hit of the game for the Bulldogs in the fourth inning, knocking a single through the left side for his fourth hit of the year. Clay Martin collected his second double of the season in the fifth inning, ripping the first pitch of the at-bat down the right field line, but was stranded on second. Jacob Watcher and William Kinney each recorded an RBI in the game.
 
Starting in the third inning, The Citadel pitching staff did not give up a hit for the remainder of the game. Dylan Spence pitched a new career-best 3.1 innings of no-hit ball, striking out two. Alex Bialakis made his third start this season and tossed 2.0 innings.
 
The Bulldogs head south to Deland, Florida, for a weekend series with Stetson beginning on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at CitadelSports.com for the three-game series.
 
Scoring Summary
Bottom 1st – Coastal Carolina 1, The Citadel 0: Anthony Marks scored from 3rd on a balk with no outs
Bottom 1st – Coastal Carolina 2, The Citadel 0: Michael Paez scored from 2nd on a single through the left side by Connor Owings with two outs
Bottom 2nd – Coastal Carolina 3, The Citadel 0: Seth Lancaster scored from 3rd on a fielder's choice with one out
Bottom 2nd – Coastal Carolina 4, The Citadel 0: Anthony Marks scored from 3rd on a single to left center field by G.K. Young with two outs
Top 7th – Coastal Carolina 4, The Citadel 2: Stephen Windham scored from 3rd and Ben Peden scored from 2nd on an error by the shortstop with one out
Top 7th – Coastal Carolina 4, The Citadel 3: Bret Hines scored from 3rd on a single to center field by Jacob Watcher with one out
 
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