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Lott tag at home vs Longwood
Cameron Pollack / The Citadel
4
Winner Longwood LWU 2-0
2
The Citadel CIT 0-2
Winner
Longwood LWU
2-0
4
Final
2
The Citadel CIT
0-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Longwood LWU 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 4
The Citadel CIT 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2

W: SAALE, Dylan (1-0) L: Barker, Logan (0-1) S: CHAMPAGNE, Dillon (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bulldogs Suffer Extra-Inning Defeat

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel got 15 strikeouts from three different pitchers, but in the end, it was not enough as the Bulldogs fell 4-2 in 10 innings to Longwood Friday afternoon at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.
 
Game Information
Score: Longwood 4, The Citadel 2
Records: Longwood (2-0), The Citadel (0-2)
Location: Charleston, South Carolina (Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park)
Series: Longwood leads 5-2
 
How it Happened
  • The Bulldogs got on the board in the first inning after Jeffery Brown started the game with a single and came around to score on a Crosby Jones two-out single through the left side.
  • The Citadel added to its lead in the third inning when a popup on the infield was dropped with two outs, allowing Tyler Corbitt to score from second.
  • The Lancers battled back to tie the game in the fourth inning on back-to-back RBI singles from Hunter Gilliam and Eliot Dix.
  • The game would remained tied into the 10th inning before Jack Schnell delivered a RBI double into the corner in left field. Gilliam followed with his second RBI single of the game for the final margin.
 
Inside the Box Score
  • The Citadel got strong pitching as four Bulldogs combined to allow just six hits and strike out 15.
  • Cameron Reeves got the start and struck out nine over 6.0 innings. He gave up two runs on four hits.
  • Devin Beckley struck out five over 2.0 shutout innings.
  • Offensively, Jeffery Brown recorded his second-straight multi-hit game. He finished 2-for-5 with a run scored.
  • Crosby Jones also had a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with a RBI.
  • Second baseman Tyler Corbitt made an outstanding diving play to steal a base hit to start the fourth inning.
  • Logan Barker (0-1) was saddled with the loss after surrendering two unearned runs on two hits over 1.2 innings.
  • Dylan Saale (1-0) picked up the victory out of the bullpen, allowing just one hit and striking out four over 3.0 innings.
  • Dillon Champagne (1) pitched a scoreless 10th inning to earn the save.
 
Up Next
The two teams play the final game of the three-game series Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
 
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