South Carolina baseball defeated The Citadel 11-7 on Wednesday night.
The South Carolina baseball team traveled to Charleston on Wednesday night for their first of four consecutive fights. Facing a Citadel team that entered the game in 4-6, the Gamecocks found themselves in a close battle with their local enemy.
The South Carolina pitching team struggled a little, allowing seven runs and 13 hits for the Bulldog bats. Citadel entered the competition with 0.295 points as a team, and that high-powered attack was able to make Gamecocks sweat for most of the game.
The Bulldogs jumped to a 2-0 lead at the start of the first inning, leading the table with three consecutive strikes against South Carolina titleholder Josiah Sightler.
The Gamecocks took the lead again in the third, when Sightler hit a double double-out to the left center in a four-race inning.
The two teams exchanged blows on Wednesday, before The Citadel regained the lead at the end of Friday on a Cole Simpson home run. Tony Skole’s team would maintain the lead for another frame, but an eighth entry from six races would give Gamecocks an 11-6 lead and eventually end the Bulldogs’ chances of a turnaround.
Reliever Andrew Peters scored his second victory of the year, while Citadel pitcher Logan Barker lost to 0-2 this season.
GAME PLAYERS
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Jeffrey Brown CF
For the Citadel, it was led by the man Jeffrey Brown. The central defender scored 5 out of 5 from the board, scoring three runs and hitting his first home run in his career. He also added a triple and is now hitting an absurd 0.465 this season.
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Josiah Sightler FOR
For Gamecocks, it was the launcher Josiah Sightler. Sightler allowed the first three Bulldogs to reach the base, but reinforced things after that, removing five of his six final hitter in two work entries. He also did this with the stick, accumulating two hits and four RBIs to help Gamecocks ensure victory.
WHAT IS THE NEXT?
The Gamecocks will once again put their perfect record on the line, while the team travels to Austin to face No. 19 Texas in a series of three games. It is the first time that the two programs have met since the 2002 College World Series championship game.