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The Citadel Athletics | The Military College of South Carolina
Noah HR SoCon
1
The Citadel CIT 23-31
8
Winner Mercer MER 33-24
The Citadel CIT
23-31
1
Final
8
Mercer MER
33-24
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
The Citadel CIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1
Mercer MER 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 X 8 11 3

W: Josh Farmer (6-3) L: Holmes, Will (2-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Mitchell Homers in Season Finale

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Noah Mitchell hit a home run in the top of the seventh in the Bulldogs' season-ending 8-1 loss against the Mercer Bears on Friday afternoon at the 2023 Southern Conference Baseball Championships.
 
Score: Mercer 8, The Citadel 1
Records: Mercer (33-24), The Citadel (23-31)
Location: Flour Field (Greenville, South Carolina)
 
How It Happened
  • Mercer got on the board first with a wild pitch that scored Trevor Austin in the bottom of the fourth.
  • The Bears added two more in the fourth with a Treyson Hughes single that scored Jackson Cherry and scored on a bases-loaded walk.
  • Mercer plated two in the bottom of the sixth with a wild pitch that scored one, and Jozsef Rohrbacher doubled down the right field line that scored Hughes, making 5-0.
  • The Bulldogs got on the board in the top of the seventh with a solo home run from Noah Mitchell to left field to make 5-1.
  • A sacrifice fly and an RBI double from Mercer in the bottom of the eighth inning added three more runs to the board for the Bears.
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Noah Mitchell hit his 5th home run of the season to left field that went 413 feet and 105 mph off the bat.
  • Travis Lott went 2-4 with two singles.
  • Will Holmes (2-5) suffered the loss on 3.1 innings pitched on two earned and five hits.
  • Josh Farmer (6-3) picked up the win after whirling a complete game with one earned on five hits and five strikeouts.
 
 
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