CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team begins a three-game series against crosstown rival the College of Charleston beginning Friday.

The Bulldogs (3-4) will play on the road for the first time this season, visiting the Cougars (4-3) on Friday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. at Patriot's Point. On Saturday, C of C will visit The Citadel for a 3 p.m. game at Joe Riley Park.

The Citadel is coming off a come from behind victory over Presbyterian College on Tuesday. Trailing 8-5 through six innings, the Bulldogs rallied for four runs in the seventh and eighth innings to win 9-8.

Links to live stats for all three games can be found at CitadelSports.com, while Saturday's game will be broadcast on the SoCon Digital Network.

To purchase tickets, call The Citadel Athletic Ticket Office at 843-953-DOGS (3647) or visit CitadelSports.com/tickets. This season, The Citadel has a no-reentry policy for home games. Any fan who leaves Joe Riley Park after entering must purchase an additional ticket to return to the stadium.

Quick Hits

• Friday's game will be the 88th meeting between the two ball clubs. The College of Charleston narrowly leads the overall series with a 46-41 record.
• The Bulldogs are 28-22 at home against the Cougars and 22-19 at Joe Riley Park.
• C of C swept last season's three game series and have won eight straight overall against the Bulldogs.
• This will be the 19th straight season the two teams will play a three-game series.
• LHP JP Sears was selected the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Week after throwing seven scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts on Friday vs Delaware State in a 4-0 victory.
• The award is the third of the career for Sears who won it twice in 2016.
• Sears is third in the SoCon in strikeouts (17) and first in strikeouts looking (12) through two starts.
• The Bulldogs walked a season-high 13 times on Tuesday in a 9-8 victory over Presbyterian College. It is the most walks in a single game for The Citadel since 2007.
• Barrett Charpia walked four times in the game, the most for a single player since 2007 as well.
• Relief pitcher Aaron Lesiak earned the win in relief against his former team on Tuesday vs Presbyterian College.
• Ben Peden drove in his sixth RBI on Tuesday with the team's first triple of the year. He is tied for the team lead with Joe Sabatini.
• Freshman J.D. Davis leads the team with eight walks after drawing three free passes on Tuesday.
• Fellow freshman Bryce Leasure also drew three walks, also scoring three runs in the victory.
• With two hits on Tuesday, outfielder Taylor Cothran increased his batting average to a team-best .353. The sophomore also leads the team with a .450 on-base percentage and .412 slugging percentage.
• William Kinney extended his streak of consecutive starts to 79 games, dating back to 2015. He has started the last 66 straight games at shortstop.
   

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