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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team was edged on the road 10-8 at Wofford on Sunday afternoon.
 
Jacob Watcher held a one-hitter heading into the bottom of the fifth inning but a couple of base knocks for Wofford (21-17, 5-7 SoCon) allowed them to tack on two runs to take a 2-0 lead.
 
The Bulldogs (13-23, 3-6 SoCon) retaliated and tied the game at 2-2 in the seventh inning. Barrett Charpia got The Citadel on the board first with a leadoff home run over the left field fence it make it 2-1. Shy Phillips tied the game one batter later, smacking his third single of the day to score Jason Smith from second. The 'Dogs broke it open after those two runs, plating four more runners to make it a 6-2 lead and forcing Wofford to use four pitchers in the seventh inning alone.
 
Wofford answered with three runs of its own in the bottom of the seventh to make it 6-5 but Ryan Stamler forced two fly outs and a groundout in relief to preserve the 'Dogs lead.
 
The Terriers then scored five in the bottom of the eighth to take control of the game for good. The only other runs in the game came via a two-run home run by Barrett Charpia. The homers were the first of the junior's career.
 
As a team, the Bulldogs recorded their second double-digit hit game in as many days and outhit the Terriers 14-13. Ben Peden, Phillips and Charpia all finished with three hits. Charpia also tallied three RBI and two runs. Stephen Windham had two hits in the game.
 
Watcher pitched 6.0 innings in his seventh start this season, allowing three runs and fanning three.
 
The Bulldogs now take on Georgia Southern for a home and home series. The Citadel will travel to Statesboro, Georgia, on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. contest and then host the Eagles at Joe Riley Park at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Live stats, video and audio will be available at CitadelSports.com for both games. For tickets, call 843-953-DOGS (3647) or visit CitadelSports.com/tickets.
 
Scoring Summary
Bottom 5th – Wofford 1, The Citadel 0: Max McDougald scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with one out
Bottom 5th – Wofford 2, The Citadel 0: Demetrius Jennings scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field by Alex Paradowski for the second out
Top 7th – Wofford 2, The Citadel 1: Barrett Charpia hit a solo home run to left field with no outs
Top 7th – The Citadel 2, Wofford 2: Jason Smith scored from 2nd on a single to left field by Shy Phillips with no outs
Top 7th – The Citadel 3, Wofford 2: Shy Phillips scored from 3rd on a single to right field by Ben Peden with one out
Top 7th – The Citadel 4, Wofford 2: Mike Deese scored from 3rd on a single to right field by Bret Hines with one out
Top 7th – The Citadel 5, Wofford 2: Ben Peden scored from 3rd on a walk with one out
Top 7th – The Citadel 6, Wofford 2: Clay Martin scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to right field by Barrett Charpia for the second out
Bottom 7th – The Citadel 6, Wofford 3: Kody Ruedisili scored from 3rd on a triple down the right field line by Demetrius Jennings with no outs
Bottom 7th – The Citadel 6, Wofford 4: Demetrius Jennings scored from 3rd on a single to the first baseman with no outs
Bottom 7th – The Citadel 6, Wofford 5: Alec Paradowski scored from 3rd on a fielder's choice for the second out
Bottom 8th – Wofford 7, The Citadel 6: Alex Malsch scored from 3rd and Alec Paradowski scored from 2nd on a single through the right side by McClain Bradley with two outs
Bottom 8th – Wofford 9, The Citadel 6: Derek Hirsch scored from 3rd and McClain Bradley scored from 2nd on a double down the right field line by Brett Hash with two outs
Bottom 8th – Wofford 10, The Citadel 6: Mack Nathanson scored from 3rd on a double to left field by Carson Waln with two outs
Top 9th – Wofford 10, The Citadel 8: William Kinney scored from 1st on a home run to right field by Barrett Charpia with no outs
 
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