MACON, Ga. – The Citadel (8-11) is set to begin the program's Southern Conference schedule on the road against the Mercer Bears (18-3) from March 20-22 at OrthoGeorgia Park. The first pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET, Saturday at 2 p.m. ET, and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
 
Game Notes (PDF)
 
Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday, March 20 | Live Stats | ESPN+
Will Holmes (1-2, 3.47) vs. Garrett Lambert (1-0, 5.85)
 
Saturday, March 21 | Live Stats | ESPN+
Riley Ballard (2-0, 4.35) vs. Miguel Hugas (5-0, 4.08)
 
Sunday, March 22 | Live Stats | ESPN+
TBA vs. TBA
 
Weekend Weather
Friday will be mostly sunny with a high of 78, Saturday has a high of 85 with sunny skies, and Sunday will reach 87 with sunny skies.
 
ESPN+
The weekend series against the Bears will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
Series History vs. Mercer.
The Bulldogs and the Bears have faced each other 51 times on the diamond. Mercer leads the all-time series with a 31-20 record. The Citadel won the series last season, and Mercer defeated the Bulldogs in the 2025 Southern Conference Championship.
 
Scouting Mercer
The Bears are 18-3 overall heading into conference play. Mercer beat Florida A&M 9-2 in their midweek game on March 17. The Bears are batting .347 as a team with 218 runs, 249 hits, 49 doubles, one triple, 37 home runs, and 201 RBIs.
 
Titan Kamaka leads the team with a .507 batting average and ranks third in the nation. Braydon Kersey leads with seven home runs and 28 RBIs.
 
The Bears' pitching staff has a team ERA of 5.75 over 177.0 innings pitched, with 113 earned runs and 211 strikeouts.
 
Freshmen Standouts
The Bulldogs are seeing immediate results from the first-year players on the team. Miles Barbrey ranks second with a .339 batting average, Jayden Williams is third with a .309 batting average and leads the team with 11 stolen bases. Riley Ballard is tied for the most wins on the team with two.
 
Fans Show Out at The Joe
The Citadel vs. No. 19 Clemson midweek game drew 5,298 fans to The Joe, the highest attendance for a home contest for the Bulldogs since 2023, when 6,307 stopped by for The Citadel vs. No. 9 South Carolina. The largest crowd on record at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park remains at 6,500, a mainstay mark from 2014 when The Citadel knocked off the sixth-ranked Gamecocks 10-8.
 
On Deck
The Bulldogs host Presbyterian on March 25 with the first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m. ET inside Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.