Baseball vs Western Carolina on 3/27/2026 - Box Score

3/27/2026

Joseph P. Riley, Jr.

6 p.m.

Western Carolina

17-10, 0

Final

The Citadel

11-13, 0

Team	1st innning 1	2nd innning 2	3rd innning 3	4th innning 4	5th innning 5	6th innning 6	7th innning 7	8th innning 8	9th innning 9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Western Carolina	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	6	2
The Citadel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	10	0

Win: Buffkin, Andrew (2-0)Loss: James Fordham (2-2)

Scoring Summary

Team	WCU	CIT
1st Anderson reached on an error by ss, RBI (3-2); Daniels advanced to second; Williams scored, unearned.	0	1
5th J. Jones homered to left field, RBI (2-0).	1	1
5th Raleigh homered to left center, 2 RBI (1-1); Fox scored.	3	1
8th Stratis doubled to right field, RBI (3-2); Williams scored.	3	2
8th Barbrey scored on an error by c, scored, unearned.	3	3
9th Anderson singled to right field, RBI (1-0); Daniels advanced to second; Barbrey advanced to third; Williams scored.	3	4

Western Carolina

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Jackson Lyda	SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
Mason Holton	3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
Trent Turner	2B	3	0	1	0	1	1	0
Wyatt Stanley	LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
Noah Quarless	C	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
Jaylen Jones	CF	3	1	1	1	1	2	0
Walker Fox	RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	2
Brody Raleigh	DH	4	1	1	2	0	2	1
Marshall McGowan	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Jones	PH/1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carter Burnette	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Snyder	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Fordham	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Owen Austin	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		31	3	6	3	3	10	5

Batting

HR: Jaylen Jones (1); Brody Raleigh (1)

SH: Noah Quarless (1)

Baserunning

CS: Trent Turner (1)

Fielding

E: Jackson Lyda (1); Noah Quarless (1)

The Citadel

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Jayden Williams	RF	4	3	2	0	0	1	0
Christian Stratis	DH	3	0	2	1	0	0	0
Miles Barbrey	PR/DH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Phillips Daniels	3B	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
Tj Anderson	LF	5	0	2	2	0	0	0
Michael Gibson	1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
Garrett Fulmer	C	4	0	1	0	0	1	2
Matthew Lively	CF	4	0	2	0	0	1	2
Aryan Patel	2B	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Lane Tobin	SS	2	0	0	0	1	1	1
Will Holmes	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Buffkin	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		30	4	10	3	5	6	6

Batting

2B: Stratis, Christian (1); Anderson, Tj (1); Lively, Matthew (1)

SH: Stratis, Christian (1); Daniels, Phillips (1); Patel, Aryan (1)

Baserunning

SB: Lively, Matthew (1)

CS: Lively, Matthew (1); Tobin, Lane (1)

HBP: Williams, Jayden (1); Tobin, Lane (1)

PO: Lively, Matthew (1); Tobin, Lane (1)

Western Carolina

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WP	HBP	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Carter Burnette	7.0	4	1	0	3	6	0	2	20	27	6	4	108
Mason Snyder	0.1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	12
James Fordham	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	8	3	1	35
Owen Austin	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	8
Totals		10	4	2	5	6	1	2	30	40	9	6	163

The Citadel

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF	FO	GO	NP
Will Holmes	5.0	6	3	3	2	5	20	22	6	3	97
Andrew Buffkin	4.0	0	0	0	1	5	11	13	4	3	49
Totals		6	3	3	3	10	31	35	10	6	146

Win: Buffkin, Andrew (2-0)

Loss: James Fordham (2-2)

HBP: Carter Burnette (2) ;

Western Carolina

Final

The Citadel

Western Carolina - Top of 1st

Plays	WCU	CIT
Lyda flied out to cf (0-2).	0	0
Holton walked (3-2).	0	0
Turner reached on a fielder's choice (2-2); Holton out at second ss to 2b.	0	0
Turner out at second c to ss, caught stealing.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

The Citadel - Bottom of 1st

Plays	WCU	CIT
Williams hit by pitch (0-0).	0	0
Stratis grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt (1-1); Williams advanced to second.	0	0
Daniels walked (3-2).	0	0
Anderson reached on an error by ss, RBI (3-2); Daniels advanced to second; Williams scored, unearned.	0	1
Gibson out on batter's interference (1-0).	0	1
Fulmer popped up to 1b (2-1).	0	1
1 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 2 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Top of 2nd

Plays	WCU	CIT
Stanley flied out to cf (0-1).	0	1
Quarless struck out looking (3-2).	0	1
J. Jones struck out looking (3-2).	0	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

The Citadel - Bottom of 2nd

Plays	WCU	CIT
Lively singled to left field (0-1).	0	1
Patel grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-0); Lively advanced to second.	0	1
Tobin walked (3-2); Lively stole third.	0	1
Williams flied out to rf (1-0).	0	1
Tobin out at first c to 2b to 1b, caught stealing.	0	1
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Top of 3rd

Plays	WCU	CIT
Fox grounded out to 2b (1-2).	0	1
Raleigh struck out looking (1-2).	0	1
McGowan flied out to lf (0-1).	0	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

The Citadel - Bottom of 3rd

Plays	WCU	CIT
Stratis singled to left field (1-1).	0	1
Daniels struck out swinging (1-2).	0	1
Anderson doubled to right field (0-0); Stratis advanced to third.	0	1
Gibson flied out to cf (3-1); Stratis out at home cf to c.	0	1
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Top of 4th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Lyda struck out looking (3-2).	0	1
Holton popped up to 1b (2-2).	0	1
Turner singled to right field (1-2).	0	1
Stanley grounded out to 2b (1-0).	0	1
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

The Citadel - Bottom of 4th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Fulmer struck out swinging (2-2).	0	1
Lively doubled to left field (1-2).	0	1
Lively out at third p to 3b, picked off, caught stealing.	0	1
Patel struck out swinging (1-2).	0	1
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Top of 5th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Quarless struck out swinging (2-2).	0	1
J. Jones homered to left field, RBI (2-0).	1	1
Fox singled to shortstop (3-2).	1	1
Raleigh homered to left center, 2 RBI (1-1); Fox scored.	3	1
McGowan flied out to cf (2-2).	3	1
Lyda singled to left field (0-0).	3	1
Holton lined out to ss (0-2).	3	1
3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

The Citadel - Bottom of 5th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Tobin hit by pitch (0-0).	3	1
Tobin out at first p to 1b, picked off.	3	1
Williams struck out swinging (3-2).	3	1
Stratis flied out to cf (0-0).	3	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Top of 6th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Turner walked (3-2).	3	1
Stanley singled to right field (0-2); Turner advanced to second.	3	1
Buffkin to p for Holmes.	3	1
Quarless grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-1); Stanley advanced to second; Turner advanced to third.	3	1
J. Jones struck out looking (2-2).	3	1
Fox flied out to rf (1-0).	3	1
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

The Citadel - Bottom of 6th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Daniels flied out to 2b (0-2).	3	1
Anderson grounded out to 3b (3-1).	3	1
Gibson flied out to lf (2-2).	3	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Top of 7th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Raleigh flied out to rf (3-1).	3	1
Jones pinch hit for McGowan.	3	1
Jones popped up to 2b (0-0).	3	1
Lyda flied out to rf (0-2).	3	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

The Citadel - Bottom of 7th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Jones to 1b.	3	1
Fulmer grounded out to ss (0-0).	3	1
Lively struck out swinging (2-2).	3	1
Patel walked (3-2).	3	1
Tobin struck out swinging (3-2).	3	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Top of 8th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Holton grounded out to 2b (2-1).	3	1
Turner struck out swinging (1-2).	3	1
Stanley struck out swinging (1-2).	3	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

The Citadel - Bottom of 8th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Snyder to p for Burnette.	3	1
Williams singled to right field (1-2).	3	1
Williams advanced to second on a wild pitch.	3	1
Stratis doubled to right field, RBI (3-2); Williams scored.	3	2
Barbrey pinch ran for Stratis.	3	2
Daniels grounded out to c, SAC, bunt (0-0); Barbrey advanced to third.	3	2
Fordham to p for Snyder.	3	2
Barbrey interference.	3	2
Barbrey scored on an error by c, scored, unearned.	3	3
Anderson flied out to cf (3-1).	3	3
Gibson walked (3-1).	3	3
Fulmer singled to right field (2-2); Gibson advanced to third.	3	3
Lively flied out to cf (1-0).	3	3
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error, 2 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Top of 9th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Quarless struck out looking (3-2).	3	3
J. Jones walked (3-2).	3	3
Fox grounded out to ss (0-2); J. Jones advanced to second.	3	3
Raleigh struck out swinging (0-2).	3	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

The Citadel - Bottom of 9th

Plays	WCU	CIT
Patel grounded out to c, bunt (2-1).	3	3
Tobin fouled out to 1b (3-2).	3	3
Williams singled to shortstop (2-1).	3	3
Barbrey to dh.	3	3
Barbrey singled to right field (1-0); Williams advanced to second.	3	3
Austin to p for Fordham.	3	3
Daniels walked (3-2); Barbrey advanced to second; Williams advanced to third.	3	3
Anderson singled to right field, RBI (1-0); Daniels advanced to second; Barbrey advanced to third; Williams scored.	3	4
1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Error, 3 Left on Base

	Stats
Hitting
31	At Bats	30
3	Runs	4
6	Hits	10
0	Doubles	3
0	Triples	0
2	Home Runs	0
3	RBI's	3
3	Walks (BB)	5
10	Strikeouts	6
Pitching
10	Hits	6
4	Runs	3
2	Earned Runs	3
5	Walks	3
6	Strikeouts	10
40	Batters Faced	35
2	Errors	0
Fielding
26	Putouts	27
11	Assists	7
.949	Fielding %	1.000
0	Double Plays	0

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