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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team dropped the final home midweek game of the season 7-1 to Winthrop on Wednesday evening.
 
Winthrop (26-21) struck first, taking a 2-0 lead in the first inning and The Citadel (16-33) was unable to mount a rally despite outhitting the Eagles 9-8.
 
Ben Peden, Stephen Windham and William Kinney all recorded two hits in the game and Clay Martin, Bret Hines and Taylor Cothran each chipped in one. With the hits, Windham and Hines have each reached base safely in nine consecutive games. Both of Kinney's hits were doubles for his 22nd and 23rd of the year.
 
Martin hit his fourth home run of the year in the bottom of the sixth inning to plate the only run in the game for The Citadel.
 
Zach Lavery started his first career game on the mound for the Bulldogs and registered his 30th appearance on the bump this year, which is tied for sixth best in the nation.
 
The Citadel finishes out the homestand with the last home series of the 2016 season against Samford. First pitch Friday is set for 6 p.m. inside Joe Riley Park. Live stats, video and audio will be available at CitadelSports.com.
 
Scoring Summary
Top 1st – Winthrop 1, The Citadel 0: Mitch Spires scored from 2nd on a single to left field by Mark Lowrie with one out
Top 1st – Winthrop 2, The Citadel 0: Anthony Paulsen scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to center field by Jace Whitley for the second out
Top 3rd – Winthrop 3, The Citadel 0: Mitch Spires scored from 3rd on a double to right field by Mark Lowrie with one out
Top 5th – Winthrop 4, The Citadel 0: Anthony Paulsen scored from 3rd when Babe Thomas was hit by a pitch with one out
Top 5th – Winthrop 5, The Citadel 0: Mark Lowrie scored from 3rd on a single to right field by Grant English with one out
Top 5th – Winthrop 6, The Citadel 0: Roger Gonzalez scored from 3rd when Kyle Edwards was hit a by a pitch with one out
Top 5th – Winthrop 7, The Citadel 0: Babe Thomas scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field by Tyler Asbill for the second out
Bottom 6th – Winthrop 7, The Citadel 1: Clay Martin homered to right field with no outs
 
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