2017 game notes vs mercer (april 21-23) THE CITADEL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | 171 MOULTRIE STREET | CHARLESTON, SC 29409 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | IAIN DEXTER | [email protected] The Citadel bulldogs 2017 Record: 12-22 (3-6 SoCon) 2017 the citadel SCHEDULE Head Coach: Fred Jordan, 26th Season (The Citadel, 1979) Record at The Citadel: 827-695 (.544) Career Record: Same Feb. 17 Kansas L 7-5 Current Streak: W1 Feb. 18 Virginia L 10-6 Feb. 19 Liberty L 9-1 Feb. 24 Delaware State W 4-0 the citadel vs mercer Feb. 25 Delaware State W 6-5 Series History: Mercer leads 12-11 Feb. 26 Delaware State L 7-1 Feb. 28 Presbyterian W 9-8 At The Citadel: Mercer leads 6-5 Streak: 1, Mercer March 3 College of Charleston L 3-2 Last Meeting: Mercer won 13-1 on May 25, 2016 March 4 College of Charleston L 10-0 March 5 College of Charleston L 3-1 March 7 South Carolina L 12-5 mercer bears March 10 Stetson W 5-1 2017 Record: 32-7 (11-1 SoCon) March 11 Stetson L 9-2 Head Coach: Craig Gibson, 14th season (Mercer, 1986) March 11 Stetson L 9-6 March 14 Winthrop W 34-8 Record at Mercer: 463-321 Career Record: Same March 16 Dartmouth L 7-2 Current Streak: L1 March 17 Dartmouth W 5-4 March 18 Dartmouth W 8-7 F/10 quick hits March 19 Dartmouth L 10-9 • Ben Peden led the offense on Tuesday night in an 8-5 victory over Charleston Southern with a 2-for-4 game, March 21 Georgia Southern L 7-3 hitting his fifth home run and a career-high tying four RBIs. Peden extended his hitting streak to six games, March 22 Georgia Southern L 1-0 going 11-for-22 at the plate over that span. March 24 VMI* W 3-0 • The top of The Citadel lineup finished a combined 10-for-18 in the 8-5 victory over Charleston Southern on Tuesday. The 1-5 hitters scored and drove in all eight runs for the Bulldogs. March 25 VMI* L 4-1 F/12 • The Citadel used eight different pitchers in the win over CSU, with seven relievers accounting for the final 8.1 March 26 VMI* W 4-2 innings of the game. March 28 South Carolina L 15-1 • The Bulldogs advanced to 9-0 when scoring in the first inning when they scored three runs in the bottom of March 31 Western Carolina* L 4-3 the first against Charleston Southern on Tuesday. April 1 Western Carolina* L 6-0 • On April 12, left-handed pitcher JP Sears was named to the prestigious Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List by USA Baseball. He is one of just 40 players across the country on the list and the only player from April 2 Western Carolina* L 14-1 the Southern Conference. April 4 Charleston Southern W 8-6 • Sears enters the week leading Division I in total strikeouts with 87 after punching out 15 batters on Thursday April 5 Coastal Carolina PSTPNED at Samford. April 11 Winthrop L 6-4 • He also ranks fourth in Division I in strikeouts per nine innings (13.74) and 18th in strikeout-to-walk ratio April 13 Samford* L 1-0 (7.25). Sears 1.74 earned run average leads the SoCon. • As a pitching staff, The Citadel ranks sixth in Division I and first in the SoCon with 10.1 strikeouts per nine April 14 Samford* W 8-6 innings. April 15 Samford* L 7-4 •William Kinney crushed his first home run of 2017 at Samford on Friday in the second inning and followed April 18 Charleston Southern W 8-5 up with his second homer of the year on Saturday. He leads the team with nine doubles and is second with 21 April 21 Mercer* 6 PM RBI. April 22 Mercer* 2 PM April 23 Mercer* 1 PM Probable starting pitchers April 25 Coastal Carolina 5 PM Friday: JP Sears (4-1, 1.74 ERA, 57 IP, 12 BB, 87 K) vs RHP Ryan Askew (4-0, 3.86 ERA) April 28 Furman* 6 PM April 29 Furman* 4 PM Saturday: Will Abbott (1-3, 3.41 ERA, 37 IP, 38 K) vs LHP Austin Cox (3-1, 5.61 ERA) April 30 Furman* 1 PM Sunday: Thomas Byelick (0-3, 9.00 ERA, 16 IP, 22 K) vs RHP Kevin Coulter (4-2, 5.44 May 5 ETSU* 4 PM May 6 ETSU* 2 PM May 7 ETSU* 1 PM Probable position starters May 12 UNCG* 6 PM Pos # Player B-T Yr. GP-GS Avg. RBI HR May 13 UNCG* 2 PM C 9 Bryce Leasure L-R Fr. 30-26 .264 10 0 May 14 UNCG* 1 PM May 18 Wofford* 4 PM 1B 24 Ben Peden L-R So. 34-34 .264 24 5 May 19 Wofford* 4 PM 2B 13 J.D. Davis R-R Fr. 33-32 .168 5 0 May 20 Wofford* 1 PM 3B 15 Jonathan Sabo R-R Jr. 34-34 .321 24 7 May 23-28 SoCon Championships TBA SS 18 William Kinney R-R Jr. 34-34 .256 21 2 * Southern Conference Game LF 23 Joe Sabatini R-R Gr. 34-34 .258 20 6 CF 4 Clay Martin L-L Jr. 33-33 .186 3 0 RF 2 Taylor Cothran R-R So. 33-30 .220 15 1 DH 5 Barrett Charpia R-R Sr. 27-23 .224 18 5 page 1 | season Preview CitadelSports.com quick facts GENERAL INFORMATION STADIUM INFORMATION Location ................................................................... Charleston, S.C. Stadium................................................................. Riley Park (6,000) Founded .................................................................................... 1842 Surface .........................................................................Natural grass Enrollment ...............................................................................2,300 Opened ............................................................... 1996 (21st season) Affiliation ..................................................................NCAA Division I Dimensions ................................. L-305;LC-356;C-398;RC-366;R-337 Conference .........................................................................Southern Colors ............................................................Citadel Blue and White PROGRAM HISTORY Nickname.............................................................................Bulldogs First Year of Baseball ........................................1899 (117th season) Stadium ................................................................. Riley Park (6,000) All-Time Record (Since 1954) ..................................... 1,568-1,157-3 President.................................Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr. (USAF, Ret.) SoCon Regular Season Titles (13) .... 1960, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1982, Faculty Athletic Representative ..................Chip Taylor (Tennessee, 1996) 1983, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010 Athletic Director.......................................... Jim Senter (Tulsa, 1985) SoCon Tournament Titles (8) ........... 1990, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, Mailing Address ..............................................McAlister Field House 2001, 2004, 2010 171 Moultrie St., Charleston, S.C. 29409 NCAA Tournament Appearances (13)..........1960, 1975,1979,1982, Athletic Department Phone ........................................843-953-5070 1983, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010 Athletic Department Website ..............................CitadelSports.com Athletic Communications INFORMATION COACHING STAFF Assistant AD/Athletic Communications .................Derek Satterfield Head coach ..................................... Fred Jordan (The Citadel, 1979) ([email protected]) Record at The Citadel .........................................827-695 (26th year) Associate Athletic Communications Director ...........Haley Shotwell Overall Record ..........................................................................Same ([email protected]) Assoc. Head Coach/Recruiting Coord ... David Beckley (The Citadel, 1996) Assistant Athletic Communications Director ................ Iain Dexter* Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach ....Britt Reames (The Citadel, 1996) ([email protected]) Assistant AD/Strength & Conditioning ........Donnell Boucher (Worcester St., 2005) Assistant Athletic Communications Director .............Hayes Bennett Athletic Trainer ......................................Steven Barker (South Carolina, 2011) ...................................................................([email protected]) *-Baseball contact quick hits Continued • Outfielder Clay Martin is tied for 21st in Division I and second in the SoCon with 30 walks on the season. • On April 6, Sears was awarded the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Month award for March after finishing 3-0 with a 1.43 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 37.2 innings pitched. • The Bulldog southpaw was also selected the SoCon Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season and fourth time of his career on March 27. Sears struck out a career-high 20 batters at home against VMI in a two-hitter on March 24 to earn the award. on the air • Sears’ performance against VMI ties him for the program record for strikeouts in a game and is tied for second all-time in the SoCon. 20 strikeouts is also the highest in a single game this season in Division I. SOCON • Along with his 19 strikeout performance last year at VMI, Sears now has two of the top-six strikeout DIGITAL totals in SoCon history. • Sears was also selected as one of Collegiate Baseball’s National Players of the Week, March 24th’s NETWORK Pitcher of the Week by D1Baseball.com, College Sports Madness SoCon Player of the Week and was featured in USA Baseball’s Golden Spikes Award Gold Standard Performance of the Week poll. Online/Radio: • The Citadel offense exploded for a record 34 runs on Tuesday, Feb. 14 against Winthrop. The Bulldogs Mike Legg (play-by-play) also set records for hits (34), RBIs (31), margin of victory (26) and at-bats (56). Jay Harper (color) • The 34 runs remain the highest single-game total in NCAA Division I this season, topping 32 runs scored by both McNeese and South Alabama. • Sears walked his first batter of the season against C of C on March 3 after beginning 2017 with 21 strikeouts in 13.2 innings before allowing his first free pass. • William Kinney extended his streak of consecutive starts