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Walk-off against Mercer
Jesse Sutton
5
Mercer MER 15-8
6
Winner The Citadel CIT 12-11
Mercer MER
15-8
5
Final
6
The Citadel CIT
12-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Mercer MER 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 6 1
The Citadel CIT 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 9 1

W: Hausner, Anthony (1-1) L: Jess Ackerman (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | The Citadel Athletics

Bulldogs Walk-Off Mercer in SoCon Opener

CHARLESTON, S.C. – TJ Anderson hit a game-winning RBI single to defeat the Mercer Bears, 6-5, in the 11th inning at Joe Riley Park on Friday night.
 
Score: The Citadel 6, Mercer 5
Records: The Citadel (12-11, 1-0 SoCon), Mercer (15-8, 0-1 SoCon)
Location: Joe Riley Park (Charleston, South Carolina)
 
How It Happened
  • The Bears got on the board in the first inning with a solo home run from Bradley Frye.
  • Travis Elliott laid down the squeeze sacrifice bunt, scoring Phillips Daniels from third, to tie the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first.
  • Garrett Dill followed Elliot with an RBI single through the right side, scoring Lane Tobin to give the Bulldogs the lead at 2-1.
  • The Bulldogs added their second run after Mercer committed an error, allowing Dill to score.
  • Mercer tied the game at 3-3 in the fourth from a three-run home run from Parker Lester.
  • Frye hit his second home run in the fifth to give the Bears the lead at 4-3.
  • Daniels drew a lead-off walk, and Tobin hit a single up the middle. This set up Dill, who hit a single up the middle, scoring both Daniels and Tobin to regain the lead at 5-4.
  • The Bears scored on a fielder's choice RBI single on a close play at the plate to even the game at 5-5 in the eighth inning.
  • TJ Anderson hit a game-winning single to walk off the Bulldogs, allowing Matthew Lively to score on a play at the plate, clinching the game at 6-5.
 
Inside the Box Score
  • The Citadel recorded their first walk-off win on the season.
  • TJ Anderson recorded the game-winning hit for the Bulldogs, the first of his career as a Bulldog.
  • Lane Tobin and Thomas Rollauer had multi-hit games.
  • Garrett Dill went 2-5 with three RBIs, bringing his season total to 12.
  • The bullpen held Mercer to one unearned run over the last four innings of the game.
  • Andrew Stanley pitched seven strong innings in his first start as a Bulldog, allowing four earned runs and a season-high six strikeouts.
  • Anthony Hausner (1-1) recorded his first win of the season after throwing 1.0 innings, striking out one on three batters faced.
 
On Deck
The Citadel and Mercer meet for game two of the series on March 22, with the first pitch set for 3 p.m. 
 
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