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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Citadel baseball team was unable to overcome an early deficit and fell to ETSU 11-2 on Thursday evening.
 
Mike Deese scored the first run of the game in the top of the first with his fifth home run of the year, smacking the 1-2 pitch over the right field wall to give the Bulldogs (16-38, 6-16 SoCon) an early 1-0 lead. Dating back to last season, Deese went two-for-three with two home runs in his first three career at-bats against ETSU (24-28, 11-11 SoCon).
 
ETSU responded with a run of its own in the bottom of the frame, then plated five in the bottom of the second and three in the bottom of the third to take a 9-1 lead.
 
The Citadel got one back in the top of the fifth thanks to Barrett Charpia's fourth home run of the year. The junior now has 10 RBI this season.
 
Bret Hines finished the game two-for-four and in the process tallied his 100th career hit, joining fellow senior Stephen Windham who recorded his 100th base-knock May 11 against Winthrop. Jason Smith and Mike Deese also finished with two hits each.
 
Johnny Croley followed up his strong outing on the bump at No. 10 South Carolina with a career-high 3.2 innings against the Bucs, allowing just three hits while fanning three. The Bulldogs used five pitchers in the contest.
 
The series continues on Friday with an altered start time at 1 p.m. due to rain in the area. Live stats, video and audio will be available at CitadelSports.com for the game.
 
Scoring Summary
Top 1st – The Citadel 1, ETSU 0: Mike Deese hit a solo home run over the right field wall with two outs
Bottom 1st – The Citadel 1, ETSU 1: Jeremy Taylor scored from 2nd on a single to center field by Hagen Owenby with one out
Bottom 2nd – ETSU 2, The Citadel 1: Christian Bailey scored from 2nd on a single through the right side by Jammer Strickland with one out
Bottom 2nd – ETSU 4, The Citadel 1: Jammer Strickland scored from 2nd and Jeremy Taylor scored from 1st on a single to center field by Trey York and a fielding error with one out
Bottom 2nd – ETSU 5, The Citadel 1: Trey York scored from 3rd on a single to left center field by Aaron Maher with one out
Bottom 2nd – ETSU 6, The Citadel 1: Hagen Owenby scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly by Kevin Phillips for the second out
Bottom 3rd – ETSU 7, The Citadel 1: Robby McCabe scored from 3rd on a single to right center field by Jeremy Taylor with no outs
Bottom 3rd – ETSU 8, The Citadel 1: Christian Bailey scored from 3rd on a ground out to third base by Trey York for the first out
Bottom 3rd – ETSU 9, The Citadel 1: Jammer Strickland scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to left field by Hagen Owenby for the second out
Top 5th – ETSU 9, The Citadel 2: Barrett Charpia hit a solo home run over the left field wall with no outs
Bottom 6th – ETSU 10, The Citadel 2: Aaron Maher hit a solo home run over the right field wall with no outs
Bottom 7th – ETSU 11, The Citadel 2: Jeremy Taylor scored from 3rd on a single to center field by Hagen Owenby with two outs
 
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