CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel baseball team (5-8) is scheduled to host the South Carolina Gamecocks (12-5) on March 10 inside Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park, with the first pitch at 7 p.m.
 
Game Notes (PDF)
 
Probable Starting Pitcher
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RHP Jacob Deacon (0-0, 2.08) vs. RHP Alex Philpott (0-0, 0.00)
 
Tuesday Weather
Charleston will have warm early-spring weather on March 10, with partly sunny skies and highs near 78°F. Scattered thunderstorms may develop later, then mild lows around 62°F overnight.
 
Ticket Information
Tickets for all home games are available on CitadelSports.com/tickets or by calling the box office at 843-953-DOGS. Tickets will also be available at the stadium box office one hour before the first pitch.
 
ESPN+
The midweek game between The Citadel and South Carolina will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Dave Weinstein, Travis Lott, and Taylor Wall on the call.
 
Series History vs. South Carolina
The Bulldogs and the Gamecocks have played 196 times on the diamond, with South Carolina leading the series at 145-50-1. The Gamecocks beat the Bulldogs 4-0 last season.
 
Scouting South Carolina
The Gamecocks are 12-5 on the season with a five-game winning streak heading into their midweek game against The Citadel. South Carolina is batting .292 as a team with 163 hits, 46 doubles, three triples, 23 home runs, and 104 RBIs.
 
KJ Scobey leads the team with a .342 batting average and is tied with Talmadge LeCroy and Logan Sutter for 14 RBIs. Sutter has the most home runs with 5.
 
The Gamecocks' pitching staff has a team ERA of 3.22 over 148.0 innings, allowing 123 hits, 53 earned runs, and recording 169 strikeouts.
 
Daniels Reaches in Five Straight as Hunt Leads RBI Effort
Phillips Daniels leads the team with a five-game on-base streak, Zach Hunt and Daniels are tied with four multi-hit games, and Hunt leads with four multi-RBI games.
 
Poppell Produces on the Diamond and Gridiron
This past weekend, Rhyder Poppell hit his second career home run, blasting a shot over the right-field wall against No. 21 Kentucky. Poppell, who also plays for The Citadel football team, is the most recent dual-sport athlete to register multiple home runs, joining Ryan McCarthy as the latest dual-sport athlete with multiple homers in a career.
 
Barbs is on Fire
Freshman Miles Barbrey is off to a blazing start for The Citadel, batting a team-high .382 with 13 hits, ranking ninth in the league. This past weekend, Barbrey hit .625 with five hits and a double.
 
On Deck
The Citadel heads to Martin, Tennessee, to face UT-Martin for a three-game series on March 13-15.