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Reeves postgame celebration vs VU
Nick Lott
7
Villanova VU 0-4
8
Winner The Citadel CIT 5-0
Villanova VU
0-4
7
Final
8
The Citadel CIT
5-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Villanova VU 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 7 9 1
The Citadel CIT 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 10 4

W: Cummiskey, Conner (1-0) L: Brandon Siegenthaler (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bulldogs Walk it Off on Reeves Base Hit

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.
 
On Deck
The teams play the middle game of the three-game series Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.
 
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