Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (2024)

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (1)
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Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (2)

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WinnerThe CitadelCIT20-31, 2-18 socon

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5

MercerMER26-26, 6-13 socon

Winner

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The CitadelCIT

20-31, 2-18 socon

6

Final

5

MercerMER

26-26, 6-13 socon

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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
The Citadel CIT 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 6 8 1
Mercer MER 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 2

W: Holmes, Will (1-1) L: Jess Ackerman (5-5) S: Webb, Maddox (2)

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (6)

8

WinnerThe CitadelCIT21-31, 3-18 socon

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (7)

3

MercerMER26-27, 6-14 socon

Winner

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The CitadelCIT

21-31, 3-18 socon

8

Final

3

MercerMER

26-27, 6-14 socon

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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
The Citadel CIT 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 8 8 1
Mercer MER 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0

W: Floyd, George Derrick (2-5) L: Wesley Franklin (4-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | The Citadel Athletics

MACON, GA. – The Citadel baseball team ended the regular season with a series win over the Mercer Bears 6-5 and 8-3 on Saturday afternoon.

Game One Score: The Citadel 6, Mercer 5
Game Two Score: The Citadel 8, Mercer 3
Records: The Citadel (21-31, 3-18 SoCon), Mercer (26-27, 6-14 SoCon)
Location: OrthoGeorgia Park (Macon, Georgia)

Game One
How it Happened

  • The Bears got on the board first with an RBI ground out from Ely Brown to make it 1-0.
  • Mercer tacked on their second run on the game with an RBI double from Carter Sanford.
  • Bradley Frye scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0 Mercer in the fourth.
  • Wells Sykes scored two for the Bulldogs in the top of the sixth with a single through the right side, making it 3-2.
  • Travis Elliott followed Sykes with a two-run RBI single over the shortstop to give the Bulldogs the lead at 4-2.
  • Aryan Patel extended the Bulldogs lead to 5-2 with an RBI groundout.
  • Travis Lott gave the Bulldogs a four-run lead with an RBI single, scoring Elliott.
  • Ty Dalley narrowed the Bulldogs lead to just one with a two-run home run to right in the bottom of the eighth.

Inside the Box Score

  • The Citadel scored six runs on eight hits.
  • Thomas Rollauer lead the Bulldogs with two hits.
  • Wells Sykes and Travis Elliott recorded two RBIs.
  • Will Holmes (1-1) collected the win for the Bulldogs after throwing 2.0 innings with four strikeouts.
  • Maddox Webb (S,2) tallied his second save on the season after throwing 1.2 innings with three strikeouts.
  • Jess Ackerman (5-5) recorded the loss for Mercer after 5.1 innings pitched with four earned runs on four hits.

Game Two
How It Happened

  • Carter Sanford hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the second to give the Bears the 2-0 lead.
  • Mercer scored one in the third from a bases-loaded walk.
  • Travis Lott tied the game at 3-3 with a three-run home run in the top of the fourth inning.
  • Landon Kahl hit a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to give the Bulldogs their first lead at 5-3.
  • The Bulldogs jumped to a three-run lead at 6-3 from an Aryan Patel RBI single to shallow right field.
  • Matthew Lively extended the Bulldogs' lead to 8-3 with a two-run RBI single to left field.

Inside the Box Score

  • The Bulldogs scored eight runs on eight hits.
  • Travis Lott went 2-for-4 at the plate with a three-run home run, bringing his season total to five.
  • Landon Kahl hit his first career home run in the top of the eighth inning with a two-run home run.
  • Matthew Lively recorded two RBIs.
  • George Derrick Floyd (2-5) picked up the win after throwing 3.0 innings, allowing zero earned runs and three strikeouts.
  • Wesley Franklin (4-1) recorded the loss for Mercer after throwing 8.0 innings, allowing five earned runs on four hits.


On Deck
The Citadel will head to Greenville, South Carolina, for the 2024 Southern Conference Baseball Championship on May 22 against the Wofford Terriers.

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History

  • Roster

Team Statistics

  • Game 1
  • Game 2
Pitching
W: Holmes, Will (1-1)
L: Jess Ackerman (5-5)
S: Webb, Maddox (2)

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Batting
RBI: Sykes, Wells 2; Elliott, Travis 2; Patel, Aryan 1; Lott, Travis 1
BASERUNNING:
RUNS: Rollauer, Thomas 1; Sykes, Wells 1; Reeves, Sawyer 1; Elliott, Travis 1; Lively, Matthew 1; Loggins, Chase 1
SB: Sykes, Wells 1; Reeves, Sawyer 1; Elliott, Travis 1

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (13) Mercer

BATTING:
2B: Brandon Prince 1; Carter Sanford 1
HR: Ty Dalley 1
RBI: Ty Dalley 2; Ely Brown 1; Carter Sanford 1
SH: Bradley Frye 1
BASERUNNING:
RUNS: Brandon Prince 1; Ty Dalley 1; Noah Best 1; Jackson Cherry 1; Bradley Frye 1
CS: Brandon Prince 1
HBP: Brandon Prince 1; Conner Todaro 1

Hits

CIT

8

MER

6

Stolen Bases

CIT

3

MER

Walks

CIT

2

MER

3

Strikeouts

CIT

12

MER

9

Pitching
W: Floyd, George Derrick (2-5)
L: Wesley Franklin (4-1)

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Batting
2B: Lott, Travis 1; Hausner, Anthony 1
HR: Lott, Travis 1; Kahl, Landon 1
RBI: Lott, Travis 3; Patel, Aryan 1; Lively, Matthew 2; Kahl, Landon 2
BASERUNNING:
RUNS: Sykes, Wells 1; Elliott, Travis 2; Lott, Travis 2; Patel, Aryan 1; Hausner, Anthony 1; Kahl, Landon 1
HBP: Hausner, Anthony 1

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (15) Mercer

BATTING:
2B: Ty Dalley 1
HR: Carter Sanford 1
RBI: Ely Brown 1; Carter Sanford 2
BASERUNNING:
RUNS: Noah Best 1; Ely Brown 1; Carter Sanford 1

Hits

CIT

8

MER

5

Stolen Bases

CIT

MER

Walks

CIT

1

MER

6

Strikeouts

CIT

6

MER

4

Game Leaders

  • Game 1
  • Game 2

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#2 Rollauer, Thomas

  • AB
    5
  • R
    1
  • H
    2
  • RBI
    0

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#0 Sykes, Wells

  • AB
    5
  • R
    1
  • H
    1
  • RBI
    2

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#5 Reeves, Sawyer

  • AB
    3
  • R
    1
  • H
    1
  • RBI
    0

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#20 Elliott, Travis

  • AB
    4
  • R
    1
  • H
    1
  • RBI
    2

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#23 Holmes, Will

  • ER
    0
  • IP
    2.0
  • SO
    4
  • BB
    2

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#30 Kissenberth, Luke

  • ER
    2
  • IP
    2.1
  • SO
    3
  • BB
    0

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#19 Webb, Maddox

  • ER
    0
  • IP
    1.2
  • SO
    3
  • BB
    0

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#12 Swygert, Sam

  • ER
    0
  • IP
    1.0
  • SO
    1
  • BB
    0

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (24)

#21 Daniels, Phillips

  • PO
    12
  • A
    1

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (25)

#14 Lott, Travis

  • PO
    6
  • A
    0

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#0 Sykes, Wells

  • PO
    5
  • A
    0

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#5 Reeves, Sawyer

  • PO
    1
  • A
    4

Hits

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#2 rf

Rollauer, Thomas

Rollauer, Thomas

2

Sykes, Wells

1

Reeves, Sawyer

1

Elliott, Travis

1

Strikeouts

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#23 p

Holmes, Will

Holmes, Will

4

Kissenberth, Luke

3

Webb, Maddox

3

Slemp, Landon

1

RBIs

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#0 cf

Sykes, Wells

Sykes, Wells

2

Elliott, Travis

2

Patel, Aryan

1

Lott, Travis

1

Putouts

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#21 c

Daniels, Phillips

Daniels, Phillips

12

Lott, Travis

6

Sykes, Wells

5

Lively, Matthew

2

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#14 Lott, Travis

  • AB
    4
  • R
    2
  • H
    2
  • RBI
    3

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#0 Sykes, Wells

  • AB
    4
  • R
    1
  • H
    1
  • RBI
    0

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#20 Elliott, Travis

  • AB
    3
  • R
    2
  • H
    1
  • RBI
    0

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (35)

#29 Patel, Aryan

  • AB
    4
  • R
    1
  • H
    1
  • RBI
    1

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#13 Floyd, George Derrick

  • ER
    0
  • IP
    3.0
  • SO
    3
  • BB
    0

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#35 Fewell, Ethan

  • ER
    2
  • IP
    2.0
  • SO
    2
  • BB
    0

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (38)

#42 Polk, Matthew

  • ER
    1
  • IP
    0.2
  • SO
    0
  • BB
    4

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#44 Bland, Yates

  • ER
    0
  • IP
    2.1
  • SO
    1
  • BB
    0

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (40)

#28 Hausner, Anthony

  • PO
    8
  • A
    0

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (41)

#5 Reeves, Sawyer

  • PO
    2
  • A
    4

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (42)

#20 Elliott, Travis

  • PO
    1
  • A
    5

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (43)

#14 Lott, Travis

  • PO
    6
  • A
    0

Hits

Bulldogs Take the Series Against Mercer in Doubleheader - The Citadel Athletics (44)

#14 c

Lott, Travis

Lott, Travis

2

Sykes, Wells

1

Elliott, Travis

1

Patel, Aryan

1

Strikeouts

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#13 p

Floyd, George Derrick

Floyd, George Derrick

3

Fewell, Ethan

2

Bland, Yates

1

Polk, Matthew

RBIs

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#14 c

Lott, Travis

Lott, Travis

3

Lively, Matthew

2

Kahl, Landon

2

Patel, Aryan

1

Putouts

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#28 1b

Hausner, Anthony

Hausner, Anthony

8

Lott, Travis

6

Sykes, Wells

5

Patel, Aryan

3

Players Mentioned

#20 Travis Elliott

INF
5' 9"
Senior
R/R

#13 George Derrick Floyd

LHP
5' 10"
Junior
L/L

#23 Will Holmes

LHP/1B
6' 0"
Junior
L/L

#18 Matthew Lively

OF
6' 3"
Sophom*ore
R/R

#14 Travis Lott

C
6' 1"
Graduate Student
L/R

#29 Aryan Patel

RHP/INF
6' 0"
Sophom*ore
R/R

#2 Thomas Rollauer

INF
5' 10"
Junior
R/R

#0 Wells Sykes

OF
5' 9"
Junior
R/R

#6 Landon Kahl

IF/OF
6' 1"
Freshman
L/L

#19 Maddox Webb

RHP
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

#20 Travis Elliott

5' 9"
Senior
R/R
INF

#13 George Derrick Floyd

5' 10"
Junior
L/L
LHP

#23 Will Holmes

6' 0"
Junior
L/L
LHP/1B

#18 Matthew Lively

6' 3"
Sophom*ore
R/R
OF

#14 Travis Lott

6' 1"
Graduate Student
L/R
C

#29 Aryan Patel

6' 0"
Sophom*ore
R/R
RHP/INF

#2 Thomas Rollauer

5' 10"
Junior
R/R
INF

#0 Wells Sykes

5' 9"
Junior
R/R
OF

#6 Landon Kahl

6' 1"
Freshman
L/L
IF/OF

#19 Maddox Webb

6' 2"
Freshman
RHP

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