Box Score (PDF)

SPARTANBURG, S.C. –The Citadel baseball team fell to Wofford in the first game of the series on Friday night 10-5.
 
The Bulldogs (13-21, 3-4 SoCon) scored first in the contest as Bret Hines scampered home on a groundout by Jacob Watcher in the second inning to make it 1-0. Wofford (19-17, 3-7 SoCon) quickly evened things in the bottom half of the third inning and the score remained 1-1 heading into the fifth when the Bulldogs regained the lead on wild pitch. Wofford answered just a half inning later and tied the game at 2-2.
 
Ben Peden handed The Citadel the lead once again in the back-and-forth affair, blasting his third career home run to right field to give the 'Dogs a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth.
 
The score stayed 3-2 in favor of the Bulldogs until the bottom of the seventh when the Terriers took the lead for good with a six-run frame.
 
Clay Martin finished the contest two-for-three with one run scored. The Bulldogs tallied nine hits as a team.
 
JP Sears made his ninth start this season and breezed through the first two innings with consecutive three-up, three-down frames. The lefty worked 6.0 innings and allowed just two runs while fanning four. Beau Strickland tossed 1.1 innings and fanned a career-high three batters, including the last out of the eighth inning with the bases loaded.
 
Game two of the Southern Conference series is set to begin at 3 p.m. Saturday at Russell C. King Field. Live stats, video and audio will be available at CitadelSports.com for the game against the Terriers.
 
Scoring Summary
Top 2nd – The Citadel 1, Wofford 0: Bret Hines scored from 3rd on a groundout to the shortstop by Jacob Watcher for the second out
Bottom 3rd – The Citadel 1, Wofford 1: Max McDougald scored from 3rd on a groundout to the first baseman by Derek Hirsch for the second out
Top 5th – The Citadel 2, Wofford 1: Clay Martin scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with one out
Bottom 5th – The Citadel 2, Wofford 2: Derek Hirsch scored from 2nd on a double to right center field by McClain Bradley with two outs
Top 6th – The Citadel 3, Wofford 2: Ben Peden hit a solo home run to right field with no outs
Bottom 7th – The Citadel 3, Wofford 3: Demetrius Jennings scored from 2nd on a single to left field by Derek Hirsch with no outs
Bottom 7th – Wofford 4, The Citadel 3: Alec Paradowski scored from 3rd on a single to right field by Bret Hash with one out
Bottom 7th – Wofford 5, The Citadel 3: Derek Hirsch scored from 3rd on a sacrifice bunt by Carson Waln for the second out
Bottom 7th – Wofford 6, The Citadel 3: Brett Hash scored from 2nd on a double to left field by Ty Reginelli with two outs
Bottom 7th – Wofford 8, The Citadel 3: Ty Reginelli scored from 2nd and Max McDougald scored from 1st on a double to left field by Kody Ruedisili with two outs
Bottom 8th – Wofford 9, The Citadel 3: McClain Bradley scored from 3rd on a groundout to the second baseman by Carson Waln for the first out
Bottom 8th – Wofford 10, The Citadel 3: Brett Hash scored from 3rd on a single to left field by Max McDougald with two outs
Top 9th – Wofford 10, The Citadel 4: Cole Buffington scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to center field by Shy Phillips for the first out
Top 9th – Wofford 10, The Citadel 5: Barrett Charpia scored from 3rd on a single through the left side by Mike Deese with one out
 
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