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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team topped Richmond 6-2 on Wednesday night inside Joe Riley Park.
 
The Bulldogs exploded for four runs in the bottom of the second inning and never looked back, adding two runs to their lead in the eighth inning en route to the victory. Philip Watcher, Mike Deese and Bret Hines all went two-for-four in the contest and as a team The Citadel collected nine hits. Clay Martin and Hines led the team with two RBI each.
 
Freshman Alex Bialakis got his first career start and worked three strong innings, allowing just four hits and giving up two runs. Jacob Watcher came in and picked up his second win of the season after scattering three hits over three innings of work. Kyle Smith continued to get strikeouts in clutch situations for the Bulldogs, striking the last two batters of the eighth inning with runners on first and third to preserve The Citadel's 4-2 lead.
 
The Citadel will hit the road for its first away series of the season when they travel to Elon. First pitch on Friday is set for 4 p.m. Live stats will be available for all three games at CitadelSports.com. For tickets, call 843-953-DOGS (3647) or visit CitadelSports.com/tickets.
 
Scoring Summary
Bottom 2nd – The Citadel 1, Richmond 0: Stephen Windham scored from 3rd after William Kinney was hit by a pitch with one out.
Bottom 2nd – The Citadel 3, Richmond 0: Bret Hines scored from 3rd and Ben Peden scored from 2nd on a single to right field by Clay Martin with one out.
Bottom 2nd – The Citadel 4, Richmond 0: William Kinney scored from 3rd on a single to left field by Mike Deese with two outs.
Top 3rd – The Citadel 4, Richmond 1: Tyler Beckwith homered over the left field wall with no outs.
Top 3rd – The Citadel 4, Richmond 2: Doug Kraeger scored from 2nd on a single up the middle by Kyle Adams with two outs.
Bottom 8th – The Citadel 6, Richmond 2: Drew Ellis scored from 2nd and Shy Phillips scored from 1st on a double to right field by Bret Hines with one out.
 
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