Baseball Meets the Citadel, Game NotesApril 7, 2009By CSU Sports Information The Game The Bucs will take a break from conference play and head to Riley Park in Charleston for a matchup with SoCon member The Citadel. The Bulldogs enter the game with a 17-11 record and hold the series advantage 38-24. The Bulldogs and Bucs have already met once this season, where the Bulldogs took the victory 13-3 while outhitting the Bucs 17-7. Complete Game Notes Live Audio Available through Bulldog broadcasting here Live stats The Bulldogs enter the game off 2-1 series win over SoCon rival Wofford. Batting .328 as a team, the Bulldogs are led from the plate by shortstop Bryan Altman who is averaging .421 in 28 appearances. Three Bulldogs tie for the lead in RBI with 35, while designated hitter Richard Jones lead with seven home runs so far this season. The Bucs enter the game off a sweep at the hands of conference rival Winthrop, it is the first series this season the Bucs have been swept and the first conference series they have lost. Batting .294 as a team, The Bucs’ red-shirt sophomore Nick Chinners leads from the plate with a .379 in 32 appearances. Patrick Dolan and Tyler Thornburg each have 23 RBI on the season to lead the team while Dolan also leads with six homers so far this seson. Starting pitchers for both teams have not been announced. Baseball Adds Game at Citadel The Buccanner baseball team in conjunction with the The Citadel baseball team anounced that they would add a game Monday April 13 at 6 p.m. to be played at The Citadel. The addition is to help make up games that both teams have been forced to cancel due to inclement weather. Keep up with the Action Live The Bucs’ game with the Bulldogs will have live stats availble at: http://www.citadelsports.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?SPSID=43192&SPID=3827&DB_OEM_ID=9700&LIST_SPORT_ID=M_BASEBALL Live Aduio will be availabe for the game through Bulldog commentators at: http://www.citadelsports.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?SPSID=43192&SPID=3827&db_oem_id=9700 |