Box Score (Game One) | Box Score (Game Two)

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team dropped two games to Furman on Saturday afternoon inside Joe Riley Park.
 
The Citadel (15-29, 5-9 SoCon) was narrowly defeated in the first game of the doubleheader, 9-6. The Bulldogs scored two runs on two hits in the bottom of the ninth but a fly out to center field stranded two runners on base.
 
Jason Smith was three-for-five in the game with one run scored and Barrett Charpia collected two hits of his own. The Bulldogs had 10 hits in the loss.
 
JP Sears got the start on the mound, striking out three over 5.0 innings of work. Jordan Buster, Kyle Smith and Beau Strickland pitched the remaining four innings in relief.
 
In game two, Thomas Byelick made his 11th start this season and tossed 5.1 innings while fanning three. Freshman Dylan Spence worked 1.2 innings of relief, allowing just one hit and striking out two. Zach Lavery also pitched an inning and Kyle Smith closed the game out for his second appearance of the day on the mound.
 
The Citadel held a 5-2 lead after four innings but allowed Furman (19-24, 7-7 SoCon) to tack on two runs in the top of the fifth to make it 5-4. Byelick was able to get out of the bases-loaded jam in the same frame by inducing a double play and a fly out to left field.
 
The Paladins then added four runs in the sixth inning and, despite two runs in the seventh inning, the Bulldogs were unable to mount a comeback and eventually fell 12-7.
 
Stephen Windham and Ben Peden each had two hits in the game and Barrett Charpia launched his third homer of the season in the seventh inning. Charpia and Windham both finished with two RBI and Jason Smith and Charpia each scored twice.
 
Mike Deese, Shy Phillips, Bret Hines, Peden and Smith all had at least one hit in both games.
 
The Citadel and Furman wrap up the series on Sunday with a 1 p.m. game. Live stats and video will be available at CitadelSports.com for the game. For tickets, call 843-953-DOGS (3647) or visit CitadelSports.com/tickets.
 
Scoring Summary (Game One)
Top 1st – Furman 1, The Citadel 0: Jabari Richards scored from 2nd on a double to left field by Jake Crawford with one out
Bottom 1st – The Citadel 1, Furman 1: Jason Smith scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with two outs
Top 2nd – Furman 2, The Citadel 1: Sims Griffith scored from 3rd on a single to center field by Andrew MacLatchie with one out
Top 2nd – Furman 3, The Citadel 1: Andrew MacLatchie scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to right field by Carter Grote for the first out
Bottom 2nd – Furman 3, The Citadel 2: Stephen Windham scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field by Bret Hines for the first out
Bottom 2nd – The Citadel 3, Furman 3: William Kinney scored from 2nd on a double to right field by Ben Peden with one out
Bottom 3rd – The Citadel 4, Furman 3: Clay Martin scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with two outs
Top 4th – Furman 5, The Citadel 4: Sims Griffith scored from 1st on a two-run home run to left field by Andrew MacLatchie with one out
Top 5th – Furman 6, The Citadel 4: Carter Grote scored from 2nd on an infield single by Jordan Simpson with two outs
Top 8th – Furman 9, The Citadel 4: Andrew MacLatchie scored from 2nd and Matt Towarnicky scored from 1st on a three-run home run to right field by Jabari Richards with two outs
Bottom 9th – Furman 9, The Citadel 5: Shy Phillips scored from 3rd on a fielder's choice ground out for the second out
Bottom 9th – Furman 9, The Citadel 6: Mike Deese scored from 3rd on an error by the third baseman with two outs
 
Scoring Summary (Game Two)
Top 1st – Furman 1, The Citadel 0: Jabari Richards scored from 2nd on a double to left field by Jake Crawford with one out
Bottom 3rd – The Citadel 2, Furman 1: Jason Smith scored from 3rd and Shy Phillips scored from 2nd on a double to left center field by Stephen Windham with one out
Top 4th – The Citadel 2, Furman 2: Sky Overton scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field for the second out
Bottom 4th – The Citadel 3, Furman 2: Barrett Charpia scored from 3rd on a balk with one out
Bottom 4th – The Citadel 4, Furman 2: Steven Hansen scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field for the second out
Bottom 4th – The Citadel 5, Furman 2: Jason Smith scored from 3rd on an infield single by Mike Deese with two outs
Top 5th – The Citadel 5, Furman 3: Jabari Richards scored on a 6-3 double play for the first and second outs
Top 5th – The Citadel 5, Furman 4: Sky Overton scored from 3rd when Rollins Layton drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs
Top 6th – The Citadel 5, Furman 5: Jabari Richards scored from 2nd on a single to right field by Jake Crawford with no outs.
Top 6th – Furman 7, The Citadel 5: Carter Grote scored from 3rd on a single to left field by Sky Overton and Jake Crawford came around to score from 1st on a fielding error by the leftfielder with one out
Top 6th – Furman 8, The Citadel 5: Sky Overton scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with one out
Bottom 7th – Furman 8, The Citadel 7: Bret Hines scored from 2nd on a two-run home run over the right field wall by Barrett Charpia with two outs
Top 9th – Furman 9, The Citadel 7: Sky Overton scored from 3rd on a fielding error with no outs
Top 9th – Furman 10, The Citadel 7: Jordan Simpson scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with no outs
Top 9th – Furman 11, The Citadel 7: Sims Griffith scored from third on a single through the left side by Matt Towarnicky with no outs
Top 9th – Furman 12, The Citadel 7: Rollin Layton scored from third on a 4-6-3 double play for the first and second outs
 
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