Thomas Leads Staff to Victory

Wednesday, April 16

Mount Pleasant, S.C.

6:00 PM

College of Charleston

22-13

The Citadel

19-19

The Citadel

Col. of Charleston

4/16/2025 9:35:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

MT PLEASANT, S.C. – Sophomore Hayden Thomas tossed 4.1 scoreless frames tying his career strikeout mark of five as College of Charleston baseball defeated The Citadel, 5-2, Wednesday evening at Patriots Point.

Senior Dylan Johnson had a three-hit day for the Cougars, driving in a pair of runs as CofC improves to 22-13 on the year.

CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST THE CITADEL:

Down 1-0 after the first, CofC got on the scoreboard with a three-spot in the home half of the sixth.
Redshirt junior Ethan Plyler doubled down the left field line before scoring in the next at bat on Johnson's two-run double.
Senior Ben Venables tacked on a pair of insurance markers in the eighth, singling home graduate Will Baumhofer and Johnson.
Thomas fanned five batters across the 4.1 frames before handing the ball off to redshirt junior Alex Lyon.
Lyon didn't allow a run in 2.1 frames of work.
Senior Davis Aiken punched out a pair in the four-out save to help secure the victory for the Cougars.

OF NOTE:

Charleston is 61-43 all-time against The Citadel and 36-13 at home.
Lyon appeared in his 67th career game out of the bullpen, tying Justin Baker (2016-18) for fifth all-time in program history.
Aiken tallied his seventh save of the season and 18th career stop, taking over sole possession of sixth all-time in the record book.
Johnson has five multi-hit performances over the last 10 ballgames.
CofC is 215-12 under head coach Chad Holbrook when leading after eight innings.

UP NEXT:
Charleston travels to Boston to take on Northeastern for a three-game CAA series, beginning on Friday, April 18. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.

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