Bulldogs Walk it Off on Reeves Base Hit

Friday, February 25

Charleston, S.C.

3 p.m.

The Citadel

5-0

Villanova

0-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Villanova	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	7	9	1
The Citadel	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	8	10	4

Photo by: Nick Lott

Bulldogs Walk it Off on Reeves Base Hit

2/25/2022 7:10:00 PM | Baseball

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel third baseman Sawyer Reeves delivered a walk-off RBI single to right field to give the Bulldogs an 8-7 victory over Villanova Friday afternoon in the series opener at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.

Game Information
Score: The Citadel 8, Villanova 7
Records: The Citadel (5-0), Villanova (0-4)
Location: Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park (Charleston, South Carolina)
Series: The Citadel leads 1-0

How it Happened

The Wildcats got on the board in the first inning after a pair of Bulldog errors allowed a run to score.
The Citadel answered back in the bottom of the inning as Dylan Costa started the frame with a base hit to center. After being sacrificed to second, and back-to-back walks to Cole Simpson and Ben Hutchins, Crosby Jones delivered a two-run single to center.
The Bulldogs were able to steal a third one of the frame by getting caught in a rundown at second, scoring the runner from third.
The Citadel added another run in the second inning after Sawyer Reeves started the inning with a base hit and came around to score on a Tilo Skole sacrifice fly to left.
The Bulldogs would make it a 5-3 game in the seventh on a sacrifice fly from Ryan McCarthy.
The Wildcats got their offense going in the seventh inning as they got a two-run double from Will Reiner and a RBI single from Chris Rotondo. The fourth run of the inning scored on a throwing error.
The Bulldogs got one run back in the home-half of the inning as Jones single to start the inning and scored on a Reeves double to left.
The ninth-inning rally started with a ground-rule double into the left field corner off the bat of Skole. With one out, Cole Simpson laced a single into left center.
Ben Hutchins singled on a line to short, setting up Reeves' single to right that scored a hustling Dominick Poole from second.

Inside the Box Score

The Bulldogs are off to a 5-0 start for the second time in the last three seasons. The Citadel also started the 2020 season 5-0.
Sawyer Reeves finished the day 3-for-5 with a pair of RBIs. He drove in a run in the eighth to pull the Bulldogs within one, then won the game with a base hit in the ninth.
Ben Hutchins and Crosby Jones each added two hits. Jones drove in a pair of runs in the first inning.
Cameron Reeves struck out a season-high nine strikeouts. He allowed three runs, one earned, on six hits over 6.0 innings.
Jordan Beatson pitched the seventh inning, tossing a scoreless inning.
Conner Cummiskey (1-0) earned his first career victory. He allowed two hits and struck out two over the final 1.1 innings.
Brandon Siegenthaler (0-1) took the loss after allowing on runs on three hits in one-third of an inning.
The game was kept a one-run game heading to the ninth after Wesley Lane threw out a runner at the plate trying to score from second in the top of the ninth.