CHARLESTON, S.C. – Wednesday, March 14 is known as Pi Day since the date resembles the famous, seemingly never-ending number's shortened form, 3.14. In honor of this unique day, Citadel Athletics will celebrate Pi Day at Joe Riley Park as the Bulldogs take on Richmond.
First pitch for Wednesday's game will now be at 4 p.m. The start time of the game was moved up two hours due to the expected rapidly dropping temperatures Wednesday evening.
It can't be a coincidence that a baseball field loosely resembles a slice of homemade apple pie, or better yet, a slice of pizza (pie). To celebrate Pi Day, Wednesday's game will be sponsored by Papa John's Pizza and the first 80 fans through the gates of Joe Riley Park will receive a free slice of pizza (pie)!
Normal midweek game promotions will also continue to be in effect, including the Ashley Furniture Best Seats in the Park and the all-new Kickin' Chicken Baseball Bingo.
Wednesday, March 14 – Joe Riley Park - 4 p.m. - Live Stats - Live Video - Tickets
Thomas Byelick (0-2, 6.30 ERA) vs. TBA
The Bulldogs (7-8) and Richmond (7-7) met earlier this season on Sunday, Feb. 18 as part of the Charleston Crab House Challenge at Joe Riley Park. Richmond won the first meeting 13-3 despite the Bulldogs easing out to a 1-0 lead in the first and a 2-1 advantage in the third.
In that game,
Cameron Jenson went 3-for-4 while
Jonathan Sabo was 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI.
William Kinney scored two runs and had a hit and a pair of walks.
Since that game, The Citadel has gone 6-6 while Richmond has gone 5-6. The Spiders have a game tonight at 7 p.m. at Jacksonville after most recently dropping a three-game series at Stetson 3-0 to the Hatters.
In the Bulldogs' most recent series against UConn,
Ben Peden led the way with a .417 batting average, including five hits, two doubles and an RBI. Not far off from those numbers were Kinney and
Bryce Leasure, both of whom batted .400 with four hits. Leasure boasted a pair of doubles while Kinney added his second home run of the season, a two-run shot on Sunday that won the series over the Huskies. Over the weekend,
Taylor Cothran had four RBIs.
The Spiders have been led this season by
Brandon Johnson's .379 batting average, including 11 hits, four of which have gone for extra bases.
Tyler Plantier is currently batting .500 on the year, but has only appeared in four games.
Daniel Brumbaugh leads the team with 15 hits while
Tim Miller has a team-best five doubles.
D.J. Lee has collected a team-high 11 runs batted in.
UP NEXT
The Citadel will continue the current 12-game homestand this weekend with three games against Indiana State at Joe Riley Park. The Bulldogs and Sycamores will kick things off with a 6 p.m. game on Friday, March 16 and will continue the series on Saturday, March 17 with a 2 p.m. tilt. The series will wrap up on Sunday, March 17 with a 1 p.m. game.
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