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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. –The Citadel baseball team dropped the regular season finale at ETSU on Saturday afternoon 10-6
 
The Bulldogs (16-40, 6-18 SoCon) scored first for the third straight game as Bret Hines scampered home on a ground out to the second baseman by Clay Martin to give The Citadel a 1-0 lead in the third inning.
 
ETSU (26-28, 13-11 SoCon) answered with nine runs over the next three innings to take a 9-2 lead. Ben Peden scored the only Bulldog run during that time in the fourth inning with his eighth home run of the season and second of the series. The freshman's eight homers are a team best this season.
 
The Citadel plated another run in the top of the sixth inning and then two more in the top of the seventh to cut into the ETSU lead. Stephen Windham plated two of the three runs with doubles in back-to-back at-bats. Peden also drove in his second RBI of the day with a ground out to the third baseman in the seventh inning, making it a 10-5 ballgame.
 
The final run of the game came in the top of the ninth for the Bulldogs after Windham recorded his third RBI of the day with a sacrifice fly to center field to score Clay Martin from third.
 
Jordan Buster made his first career start on the mound for the Bulldogs and matched his career high of 2.2 innings pitched, striking out two and allowing four hits. Seven different pitchers were used in the game for the Bulldogs.
 
Windham threw out two runners trying to steal in the contest, running his season total up to 25 this year.
 
The Bulldogs will have a quick turnaround now before facing VMI in the Southern Conference Tournament on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Greenville, South Carolina. Live stats, video and audio will be available at CitadelSports.com for the game.
 
Scoring Summary
Top 3rd – The Citadel 1, ETSU 0: Bret Hines scored from 3rd on a ground out to the second baseman by Clay Martin for the second out
Bottom 3rd – ETSU 2, The Citadel 1: Seth Cunningham scored from 3rd and Jeremy Taylor scored from 2nd on a single to right center field by Hagen Owenby with two outs
Bottom 3rd – ETSU 5, The Citadel 1: Hagen Owenby scored from 2nd and Aaron Maher scored from 1st on a home run over the left field wall by Kevin Phillips with two outs
Top 4th – ETSU 5, The Citadel 2: Ben Peden hit a solo home run over the center field wall with no outs
Bottom 5th – ETSU 7, The Citadel 2: Aaron Maher scored from 2nd and Kevin Phillips scored from 1st on a double to right field by Andrew Lasure with no outs
Bottom 5th – ETSU 8, The Citadel 2: Andrew Lasure scored from 3rd on a wild pitch with no outs
Bottom 5th – ETSU 9, The Citadel 2: Danny Carrier scored from 2nd on a single to right field by Jeremy Taylor with two outs
Top 6th – ETSU 9, The Citadel 3: Jason Smith scored from 1st on a double to right center field by Stephen Windham with one out
Bottom 6th – ETSU 10, The Citadel 3: Hagen Owenby hit a solo home run over the left field wall with no outs
Top 7th – ETSU 10, The Citadel 4: Clay Martin scored from 3rd on a ground out to the third baseman by Ben Peden for the second out
Top 7th – ETSU 10, The Citadel 5: Shy Phillips scored from 2nd on a double to left center field by Stephen Windham with two outs
Top 9th – ETSU 10, The Citadel 6: Clay Martin scored from 3rd on a sacrifice fly to center field by Stephen Windham for the second out
 
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