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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team will play outside of Charleston for the first time in 2017 as they visit No. 18 South Carolina on Tuesday in Columbia, South Carolina.

The Bulldogs (3-7) look to get back into the win column after dropping three games against the College of Charleston over the weekend.

First pitch against the Gamecocks (7-5) is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Founders Park.

Links to live stats and video for the game can be found at CitadelSports.com. Tuesday night's game will also be the first radio broadcast of the season by Kirkman Broadcasting. The game will be available on ESPN Radio 94.7-FM and 910-AM in the Charleston market, with Voice of the Bulldogs Mike Legg on the call.
 
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Quick Hits

• Tuesday's game will mark the 108th meeting between The Citadel and South Carolina. The Gamecocks own an 83-24 record overall against the Bulldogs.
• The Gamecocks own a five-game winning streak over The Citadel dating back to 2014. The Bulldogs last defeated South Carolina 10-8 on April 16 in Charleston.
• LHP JP Sears enters the week tied for third in Division I with 32 strikeouts, while leading the Southern Conference. He also leads the SoCon with 16 strikeouts looking.
• The junior recorded 15 strikeouts on Friday at the College of Charleston, the second highest single-game total of his career.
• Sears walked his first batter of the season on Friday after beginning 2017 with 21 strikeouts in 13.2 innings before allowing his first free pass.
• The Sumter, South Carolina, native is also tied for seventh in Division I with a 16.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio and ranks eighth with 15.71 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Sears was selected the SoCon Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 27 after striking out 12 batters in a 4-0 victory over Delaware State. The award is the third of the career for Sears who won it twice in 2016.
• Jonathan Sabo led the Bulldog offense last week in four games with six hits in 17 at-bats, extending his hitting streak to seven games and on-base streak to 10 games.
• The junior transfer leads the team with 12 hits, three doubles, 15 total bases and a .366 slugging percentage.
• After giving up three runs in the first inning on Sunday at the College of Charleston, Will Pillsbury, Aaron Lesiak and Marlin Morris combined to shut out the Cougars over the final seven innings.
• William Kinney drove in his sixth RBI of the season on Sunday with his first double. He is tied for the team lead in RBI with Joe Sabatini and Ben Peden.
• The Bulldogs walked a season-high 13 times on Tuesday, Feb. 28 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 Feb. 28 vs Presbyterian.
• Freshman J.D. Davis leads the team with nine walks after drawing three free passes on Feb. 28 vs Presbyterian College.
• Fellow freshman Bryce Leasure also drew three walks, scoring three runs in the victory.
• With two hits on Sunday, outfielder Taylor Cothran increased his batting average to a team-best .320 with eight hits in 25 at-bats.
• William Kinney extended his streak of consecutive starts to 82 games, dating back to 2015. He has started the last 69 straight games at shortstop for The Citadel.

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