The Citadel gets walk-off win over Jacksonville

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel shortstop Brooks O’Brien tied the game with a two-run single in the ninth inning, and then won the game with a suicide squeeze in the 11th as the Bulldogs rallied for a 3-2 victory over Jacksonville Wednesday night at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.

Game Information

Score: The Citadel 3, Jacksonville 2 (11 innings)

Records: The Citadel (9-19), Jacksonville (7-22)

Location: Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park (Charleston, South Carolina)

Series: Jacksonville leads 8-4

How it Happened

The Dolphins jumped out to an early lead as they scored a pair of runs in the first inning on a groundout off the bat Jackson Grabsky and a sacrifice fly from Duncan Hunter.
The next eight innings belonged to the pitchers as neither staff surrendered a run into the ninth inning.
The Bulldogs looked like they were going to be shutout as they were down to their final out with nobody on base.
Logan Taplett kept the game alive with a base hit, and Tilo Skole followed with a walk.
Wesley Lane came up as a pinch hitter and drew a walk to load the bases.
Brooks O’Brien followed by ripping a 1-1 pitch up the middle for a two-run single.
In the 11th, Crosby Jones singled through the left side before pinch runner Luke Montenery was sacrificed to second by Taplett.
Skole put runners on the corners with a base hit, and Ben Hutchins drew a walk to load the bases.
After taking the first pitch for a ball, O’Brien went down to a knee to get the suicide squeeze down to drive in the winning run.

Inside the Box Score

The victory was the second one-run victory over the Dolphins this season. The Citadel defated JU, 7-6, on March 3.
Brooks O’Brien was the hero as he drove in all three runs for the Bulldogs.
Crosby Jones went 3-for-5 with a double.
On the mound, seven Bulldog pitchers combined to allow just two runs and walk one in 11.0 innings. They also struck out nine in the game.
Chace Cooper allowed just two hits over 2.0 innings.
Lathan Todd, Devin Beckley and Cameron Reeves each retired all three hitters they faced in their one inning of work.
Jake Pilarski struck out three in his 2.0 innings of shutout baseball.
Simon Graf (2-0) allowed one hit and struck out two in his one inning of work to pick up the victory.
Jagger McCoy (1-3) allowed one run on three hits over 2.0 innings to take the loss.

On Deck

The Bulldogs return to Southern Conference action on April 16-17 as they welcome ETSU for a three-game series at Riley Park. The teams will open the series with a doubleheader on Friday starting at 2:30 p.m.