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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – After battling back from four runs down to take the lead, The Citadel baseball team lost the second game of the series to Wofford on Saturday afternoon 10-9.
 
The Bulldogs (13-22, 3-5 SoCon) jumped on top early, scoring three runs off of two walks and a hit by pitch in the top of the first inning. Wofford (20-17, 4-7 SoCon) answered with two runs of its own in the bottom of the frame on a double to right field, but Thomas Byelick fanned the last two batters of the inning to end the Terriers' scoring threat and keep the Bulldogs' lead at one.
 
The Terriers took their first lead of the game in the third inning, tacking on five runs in the bottom of the frame and then another run in the fourth to make it 8-4. The Citadel responded with two runs of its own in the fifth inning to cut the Wofford lead to just two and then added two more runs in the seventh inning on a two-out double to the right field wall by Jacob Watcher that tied the score 8-8.
 
The Citadel recaptured the lead in the eighth inning on a double off the left field wall by Steven Hansen with two outs to make it 9-8 in favor of the Bulldogs.
 
Wofford regained the lead for good in the eighth inning. With the bases loaded shortstop William Kinney fielded the ball and threw to second where the runner called safe forcing Watcher to throw home where the Wofford runner was able to slide around the tag and score the winning run.
 
Stephen Windham threw out two runners attempting to steal second base in the bottom of the sixth inning, running his season total up to 18.
 
Offensively, the Bulldogs were 7-for-16 with two outs and registered 12 hits. Steven Hansen and Bret Hines each had three hits, two RBI and one run scored in the contest, and Jason Smith finished two-for-four. Watcher also finished with two RBI.
 
Byelick, making his ninth start of the season, matched his career high with 8 Ks in 5.1 innings. Jordan Buster came on in relief and tossed 1.2 innings of hitless ball. Kyle Smith and Zach Lavery combined to pitch the last inning.
 
The series finale between the two schools is set to begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at Russell C. King Field. Live stats, video and audio will be available at CitadelSports.com.
 
Scoring Summary
Top 1st – The Citadel 1, Wofford 0: Jason Smith scored from 3rd after Steven Hansen was hit by a pitch with two outs
Top 1st – The Citadel 2, Wofford 0: Shy Phillips scored from 3rd on a walk by Bret Hines with two outs
Top 1st – The Citadel 3, Wofford 0: Ben Peden scored from 3rd on a walk by William Kinney with two outs
Bottom 1st – The Citadel 3, Wofford 2: Alec Paradowski scored from 3rd and Derek Hirsch scored from 2nd on a double to right field by Brett Hash with one out
Top 3rd – The Citadel 4, Wofford 2: Steven Hansen scored from 2nd on a double to left field by Bret Hines with two outs
Bottom 3rd – The Citadel 4, Wofford 3: Derek Hirsch scored from 2nd on a single up the middle by Brett Hash with one out
Bottom 3rd – Wofford 5, The Citadel 4: Brett Hash scored from 3rd and Dylan May scored from 2nd on a double to center field by Max McDougald with one out
Bottom 3rd – Wofford 7, The Citadel 4: Cody Miller scored from 3rd and Max McDougald scored from 2nd on a single to left field by Demetrius Jennings with two outs
Bottom 4th – Wofford 8, The Citadel 4: Derek Hirsch scored from 2nd on a double to right field by Brett Hash with one out
Top 5th – Wofford 8, The Citadel 5: Mike Deese scored from 1st on a double down the left field line by Stephen Windham with no outs
Top 5th – Wofford 8, The Citadel 6: Stephen Windham scored from 3rd on a failed pickoff attempt to first base with one out
Top 7th – The Citadel 8, Wofford 8: Bret Hines scored from 2nd and William Kinney scored from 1st on a double to right field by Jacob Watcher with two outs
Top 8th – The Citadel 9, Wofford 8: Mike Deese scored from 3rd on a double to left field by Steven Hansen with two outs
Bottom 8th – Wofford 10, The Citadel 9: Kody Ruedisili scored from 3rd and Demetrius Jennings scored from 2nd on single to the shortstop by Derek Hirsch with two outs
 
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