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Connolly vs Coppin
1
Coppin State CSUBB 0-1
5
Winner The Citadel CIT 1-0
Coppin State CSUBB
0-1
1
Final
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The Citadel CIT
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Coppin State CSUBB 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
The Citadel CIT 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 X 5 9 1

W: Connolly, Shane (1-0) L: REA,Aaron (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

‘Dogs Pitch Way to Season-Opening Victory

CHARLESTON, SC. – The Citadel left hander Shane Connolly struck out a career-high eight over seven innings to lead the Bulldogs to a 5-1 victory over Coppin State in the season opener Friday afternoon at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.
 
Game Information
Score: The Citadel 5, Coppin State 1
Records: The Citadel (1-0), Coppin State (0-1)
Series: The Citadel leads 1-0
Location: Charleston, South Carolina (Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park)
 
Key Plays
  • The Bulldogs played fundamental baseball early in the game as Ryan McCarthy and Ches Goodman each delivered RBI groundouts.
  • Shane Connolly got a popup with one out and runners on the corners in the sixth inning. He followed it up by getting a lineout to short with the bases loaded to end the inning.
  • McCarthy came up big again in the seventh with a RBI double to extend the Bulldog lead.
How it Happened
  • Jeffery Brown started the season by taking an 0-2 pitch into the gap in left center for a leadoff triple.
  • Two batters later, Ryan McCarthy hit a chopper to the left side that scored Brown from third.
  • In the third, Tyler Corbitt drew a leadoff walk and went to third when McCarthy lined a single to right field. Ches Goodman drove in Corbitt with a groundout to second.
  • The Eagles got on the board in the fourth inning after a walk came around to score on a Justin Banks double to left center. Banks was thrown out trying to advance to third on the play at the plate.
  • The Eagles threatened in the sixth inning as they put runners on the corners with one out. Connolly got the next hitter to hit a popup on the infield for the second out.
  • After a walk loaded the bases, Connolly got out of the inning with a lineout to shortstop.
  • The Bulldogs added an insurance run in the seventh inning as Brown singled to center and stole second on the next pitch.
  • McCarthy drove in Brown with a two-out double into the corner in right field.
  • The Citadel pushed two more runs across in the eighth inning when Cole Simpson was hit by a pitch. Pinch runner Lane Botkin went to second when Travis Lott blooped a single into shallow left field.
  • Botkin then stole third and scored when the throw went into left field.
  • A sacrifice bunt from Cam Jensen moved Lott to third and Tilo Skole followed with a suicide squeeze that turned into a RBI base hit.
Inside the Boxscore
  • Shane Connolly (1-0) got off to a strong start as he struck out a career-high eight batters over 7.0 innings. He allowed just one run on four hits.
  • Last season, Connolly allowed just three hits in a complete-game shutout over Delaware State in his first start.
  • Right hander Devin Beckley pitched the eighth inning and struck out all three hitters he faced.
  • Gant Starling made his collegiate debut in the ninth, striking out a pair.
  • As a team, the Bulldog pitching staff struck out 13 hitters, including seven of the last nine outs.
  • Ryan McCarthy led the offense by going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
  • Jeffery Brown and Tilo Skole each added two hits. Brown scored a pair of runs and Skole drove in a run.
  • Freshman Travis Lott and Crosby Jones each collected their first collegiate hits.
  • Lott threw out each of the first two potential base stealers early in the game.
On Deck
The two teams will play the middle game of the three-game series Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.
 
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