Pitching, Timely Hitting Lead Bulldogs to Victory in Series Opener

Friday, April 16

Charleston, S.C.

2:30 p.m.

The Citadel

10-19, 2-10

ETSU

16-15, 6-7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
ETSU	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	2
The Citadel	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	5	6	2

Photo by: Cameron Pollack / The Citadel

Pitching, Timely Hitting Lead Bulldogs to Victory in Series Opener

4/16/2021 6:55:00 PM | Baseball

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel got strong pitching out of the bullpen from Cameron Reeves, and timely hitting from the offense to secure a 5-4 victory over ETSU in the series opener Friday afternoon at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.

Game Information
Score: The Citadel 5, ETSU 4
Records: The Citadel (10-19, 2-10), ETSU (16-15, 6-7)
Location: Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park (Charleston, South Carolina)
Series: The Citadel leads 1-0

How it Happened

ETSU got on the board in the first after a one-out walk came around to score on a single off the bat of David Beam.
The Bulldogs answered back in a big way in the second inning as they took advantage of a pair of errors to push across four runs.
A fielding error started the inning before a bunt was thrown away at second to put runners on the corners with no outs.
With one out, Travis Lott delivered a RBI single up the middle to tie the game.
Brooks O'Brien continued to show his ability to handle the bat as he put down a bunt that turned into a RBI single.
Jeffery Brown drove in the third run with a sacrifice fly, and O'Brien came around with the fourth run on a wild pitch.
The Bucs got two runs back in the third inning on a two-run single from Jake Lyle.
The next five innings belonged to the Bulldog bullpen as Cameron Reeves shut down the ETSU offense over the next five innings.
The Bulldog offense got the bats going again in the eighth inning when Ryan McCarthy drew a leadoff walk and was sacrificed to second. With two outs, Crosby Jones delivered a double into the left field corner to score McCarthy with what turned out to be the game-winning run.
ETSU was able to push across one run in the top of the ninth to pull within one run.
After the Bucs loaded the bases, Jake Pilarski came out of the bullpen and only needed one pitch to get the final out of the game.

Inside the Box Score

The victory marked the second time this season the Bulldogs won the opening game of a conference series by a 5-4 score.
Cameron Reeves (3-6) picked up his first conference win of the season out of the bullpen. The right hander kept ETSU off the board for the first five innings before running into a jam in the ninth.
He finished the game allowing just one run on four hits and four strikeouts over 5.2 innings.
Jake Pilarski (1) earned his first save as a Bulldog as he got a flyout to end the game on the first pitch he threw.
Chace Cooper was the first Bulldog out of the bullpen and got the team out of third inning by getting the final two outs.
Hunter Loyd (4-2) took the loss for the Bucs as he gave up five runs, three earned, on six hits and 10 strikeouts over 7.2 innings.
Brooks O'Brien continued to produce out of the nine hole as he went 2-for-2 with a RBI and a run scored.
Noah Mitchell was the only other Bulldog with two hits.