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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team finished out the 2016 home schedule at Joe Riley Park on Sunday, falling to Samford 11-7.
 
Samford (30-22, 11-10 SoCon) got on the scoreboard in the first inning, scoring three on a home run, and then added two more in the second inning.
 
The Citadel (16-36, 6-15 SoCon) pushed two runs across in the third inning as Ben Peden came around to score on a single by Barrett Charpia and then Cole Buffington scored from third on a sacrifice fly by William Kinney to close the gap to 5-2.
 
Samford added another run in the top of the fourth to make it 6-2 but The Citadel stormed back with three runs in the bottom of the fifth to make it a one-run game. Jason Smith plated two with his second career triple with no outs and then was able to scamper home on a double play to make it a 6-5 game.
 
SU responded with one run in the top of the sixth and three runs in the top of the seventh, making it 10-5 in favor of the visiting Bulldogs.
 
Senior Steven Hansen got one run back for the Bulldogs in the bottom of the seventh, blasting his first home run this season and sixth of his career over the left center field wall to pull The Citadel back within four.
 
Both teams exchanged runs in the ninth inning but Samford held its four-run lead and clinched the win.
 
As a team, The Citadel collected 10 hits. Stephen Windham, Hansen and Martin all tallied two hits and Hansen finished with two runs scored. Hansen also collected two RBI as did Smith. The seniors accounted for six hits, four RBI and three runs on senior day.
 
The Bulldogs used 10 pitchers in the contest. Beau Strickland pitched 2.0 innings and gave up just three hits while fanning one. Kyle Smith and Jordan Buster both finished their respective relief outings with two Ks.
 
The Bulldogs finish out the 2016 season on the road, traveling to No. 10 South Carolina on Tuesday and then heading to ETSU for the final SoCon series of the season. Live stats, video and audio will be available at CitadelSports.com for the South Carolina game.
 
Scoring Summary
Top 1st – Samford 3, The Citadel 0: T.J. Dixon scored from 2nd and Hunter Swilling scored from 1st on a home run over the right field wall by Austin Edens with one out
Top 2nd – Samford 4, The Citadel 0: Richard Greene homered over the center field wall with one out
Top 2nd – Samford 5, The Citadel 0: Frankie Navarrete scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with two outs
Bottom 3rd – Samford 5, The Citadel 1: Ben Peden scored from 3rd on a single to right field by Barrett Charpia with one out
Bottom 3rd – Samford 5, The Citadel 2: Cole Buffington scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field by William Kinney for the second out
Top 4th – Samford 6, The Citadel 2: Frankie Navarrete scored from 2nd on single to left field by Heath Quinn with one out
Bottom 5th – Samford 6, The Citadel 4: William Kinney scored from 3rd and Steven Hansen scored from 1st on a triple to center field by Jason Smith with no outs
Bottom 5th – Samford 6, The Citadel 5: Jason Smith scored from 3rd on a 1-6-3 double play
Top 6th – Samford 7, The Citadel 5: Heath Quinn scored from 2nd on a single up the middle by Alex Lee with two outs
Top 7th – Samford 8, The Citadel 5: Grant Colton scored on an error by the pitcher on a pickoff attempt with two outs
Top 7th – Samford 10, The Citadel 5: Hunter Swilling scored from 2nd and T.J. Dixon scored from 3rd on a double down the left field line by Heath Quinn with two outs
Bottom 7th – Samford 10, The Citadel 6: Steven Hansen homered over the left center field wall with one out
Top 9th – Samford 11, The Citadel 6: Greg Mula scored from 3rd on a single to center field by T.J. Dixon with one out
Bottom 9th – Samford 11, The Citadel 7: Barrett Charpia scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to center field by Steven Hansen for the first out
 
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