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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team's late-game rally came up just shy on Wednesday evening as the Bulldogs fell to Georgia Southern 7-5 inside Joe Riley Park.
 
The Citadel's (13-25) rally began in the sixth inning when Ben Peden scored from third on a two-out double to right field by William Kinney to make the score 5-2. The 'Dogs tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the seventh to slim the Eagles' (23-15) lead to just one.
 
In the eighth inning, Clay Martin tied the game at 5-5 with a sacrifice fly to center field to score William Kinney from third. Martin finished the game one-for-one with a triple, one run scored and three walks. The sophomore had reached base in all previous at-bats before tying the game on the sacrifice fly.
 
But with two hits and two runs in the top of the ninth, Georgia Southern took the lead for good and clinched the 7-5 victory.
 
Along with Martin, Stephen Windham, Ben Peden and William Kinney recorded one RBI in the game.
 
Morgan Foulks got the start on the mound, pitching a career-best 3.1 innings and fanning two. Nate Brecklin tossed a season-high 1.1 innings and struck out two while allowing just one hit. Between the two teams, 16 total pitchers were used in the contest.
 
The Bulldogs return to Joe Riley Park on Friday for a 4 p.m. contest against SoCon foe Western Carolina. Live stats, video and audio will be available at CitadelSports.com for all three games of the series. For tickets, call 843-953-DOGS (3647) or visit CitadelSports.com/tickets.
 
Scoring Summary
Top 1st – Georgia Southern 1, The Citadel 0: Evan McDonald scored from 2nd on a double to left field by Ryan Cleveland with two outs
Top 1st – Georgia Southern 2, The Citadel 0: Ryan Cleveland scored from 2nd on a single to center field by Jordan Wren with two outs
Top 2nd – Georgia Southern 3, The Citadel 0: Will Hudgins scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to center field by Evan McDonald for the second out
Bottom 3rd – Georgia Southern 3, The Citadel 1: Barrett Charpia scored 3rd on a double play for the first and second out
Top 4th – Georgia Southern 4, The Citadel 1: Kent Rollins scored from 3rd on a single to right field by Evan McDonald with one out
Top 4th – Georgia Southern 5, The Citadel 1: Matt Anderson scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to right field by Cal Baker for the second out
Bottom 6th – Georgia Southern 5, The Citadel 2: Ben Peden scored from 3rd on a double to right field by William Kinney with two outs
Bottom 7th – Georgia Southern 5, The Citadel 3: Clay Martin scored from 3rd on an infield single by Ben Peden with one out
Bottom 7th – Georgia Southern 5, The Citadel 4: Shy Phillips scored from 3rd on a single to center field by Stephen Windham with one out
Bottom 8th – The Citadel 5, Georgia Southern 5: William Kinney scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to center field by Clay Martin for the second out
Top 9th – Georgia Southern 6, The Citadel 5: Cal Baker scored from 2nd on a single to right field by Ryan Cleveland with one out
Top 9th – Georgia Southern 7, The Citadel 5: Logan Baldwin scored from 3rd on a groundout to first for the second out
 
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