Cougars And Bulldogs Set To Renew Crosstown Series

Wednesday, April 11

Charleston, S.C.

6:00 PM

College of Charleston

Citadel

Photo by: Al Samuels

4/10/2018 5:43:00 PM | Baseball

Game Notes (PDF)

CHARLESTON, S.C. --- The College of Charleston baseball team and The Citadel will resume their long-standing crosstown series on Wednesday at Joe Riley Park, with junior Clay Hunt (Fort Mill, S.C.) making his second start of the season for the Cougars. First pitch on Wednesday is set for 6:00 pm.

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Twitter: @CofCBaseball
Live Stats: CitadelSports.com
Video: SoCon Digital Network
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Probable Pitchers
Wednesday | 6:00 pm ET: RHP Clay Hunt (4-0, 2.42 ERA, 30 K) vs. RHP Jordan Merritt (2-4, 8.27 ERA, 27 K)

Game Preview
The Cougars and Bulldogs meet on the diamond for the 91st time on Wednesday evening, with Charleston leading the all-time series, 49-41. CofC has won the last 11 meetings with The Citadel.

Last Time Out
The Cougars registered their seventh weekend series win of the season with a sweep of James Madison. Five pitchers combined to strike out 43 JMU batters, including a 13-strikeout performance from Evan Sisk on Friday night. Charleston walked off with a pair of victories on Sunday to complete the Cougars' weekend sweep.

Walk-off Wizards
Charleston needed a bit of magic to complete its weekend sweep of James Madison on Sunday, orchestrating a pair of walk-off victories to put the finishing touches on its fifth series sweep of the season. After Danny Wondrack rung one off the wall for a walk-off single in game one, Bryson Ward scampered home when the throw to second went to the wall in the bottom of the ninth in game two.

Mowing Them Down
The Cougars' pitching staff put their strikeout prowess on display this weekend against James Madison, as five pitchers combined for 43 strikeouts while walking only five Dukes to take over the national lead in strikeout-to-walk ratio. Evan Sisk struck out 13 on Friday night to earn his sixth win of the season (ranked eighth nationally), while Griffin McLarty and Carter Love each recorded nine strikeouts.

Leading the Pack
The Cougars come into the weekend leading the CAA in nearly every offensive category, batting .286 as a team with 197 runs scored, 59 doubles, 35 home runs, and 48 stolen bases, while combining for a .445 slugging percentage. CofC also leads the CAA with a 2.75 team ERA, and has allowed the least number of home runs (10).

Scouting The Citadel
The Citadel enters the week with a 12-19 overall record and a 3-6 mark in SoCon play after dropping seven straight. The Bulldogs are hitting .261 as a team this season, while launching 10 home runs.

William Kinney leads the Bulldogs with five home runs, nine doubles, 21 RBIs, and a .330 batting average. Wednesday's starter, Jordan Merritt, comes in with a 2-4 record, an 8.27 earned run average, and 27 strikeouts in five starts.