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CHARLESTON, S.C. – On a warm Thursday afternoon, the Wofford College baseball team defeated The Citadel 4-2 at Riley Park. The Terriers took the lead in the lead and held off the Bulldogs in the late innings. In the top of the ninth, the Bulldogs had two runners on base with no outs before three straight strikeouts ended the game. Wofford will advance to face Davidson on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
 
Wofford is 31-27 on the season and are the #6 seed. The Citadel, the #10 seed, finish the season at 24-34 overall. The Bulldogs had the advantage in hits, but left 13 runners on base in the game. Eric Brenk led the Terriers with two hits and an RBI, while the Wofford pitching staff combined to strikeout out ten batters. Mason Davis led The Citadel with three hits.
 
With 31 wins, Wofford broke the school record for wins in a season. The previous record was 30 in 1991 and 2007. The team has also secured a winning record for the first time since 1992 (19-17). The win over The Citadel gives Wofford a 4-0 record against the Bulldogs in SoCon Tournament games.
 
"First of all, I'm really proud of our kids," said head coach Todd Interdonato. "It was a really tough turnaround. I think we finished dinner at 1 a.m. and we were eating breakfast at 9 a.m. We had a senior going in Jesse Morris; that's our best guy and our most experienced guy. Coming on short rest and for him to be able to battle through, what I thought, was his average stuff, I thought was really big. I wasn't sure he was going to get through two or three and all of a sudden he goes through five, hanging all zeroes. That set us up down the stretch. I was more proud of him than anyone else, because he didn't look like he was quite as sharp as those other guys were because he wasn't on full rest."
 
The Bulldogs opened the game with a double. After a hit by pitch with one out, a strikeout and fly ball ended the top half of the first. With one out in the bottom of the first, Seth Neely singled and James Plaisted followed with a double. An Eric Brenk bunt single with two outs scored Neely for a 1-0 lead. A double steal plated a run for a 2-0 lead. Conor Clancey was hit by a pitch to give Wofford runners on the corners, but a double steal resulted in the runner out at home to end the first inning.
 
In the top of the second, the Bulldogs had back-to-back singles with one out. A strikeout and a runner out at the plate ended the top half. Wofford was retired in order in the bottom of the second. The Citadel led off the third with a single and a hit by pitch. The runner at second was picked off and the Bulldogs added a two-out single before a ground out ended scoring chance.
 
With two outs in the bottom of the third, James Plaisted was hit by a pitch but left on base to end the inning. Both teams were retired in order in the fourth inning. In the top of the fifth, the Bulldogs had a pair of runners on base after a walk and hit by pitch with two outs. A pop fly ended the top half with two runners stranded.
 
The Terriers led off the bottom of the fifth with a walk to Derek Hirsch and a single by Kody Ruedisili. Alec Paradowski put down a bunt to the pitcher and the throw to first went to the wall allowing Hirsch to score. A sacrifice fly by Seth Neely scored Ruedisili to give Wofford a 4-0 lead.
 
The Citadel had two runners on base in the top of the sixth after an error and walk. W ith two outs, a single by Mason Davis and a fielding error plated a run for the Bulldogs for a 4-1 score in the middle of the sixth. Wofford opened the bottom of the sixth with a single by Eric Brenk, but a fly ball and double play ended the sixth.
 
In the top of the seventh, Bo Thompson led off with a solo home run to make it a 4-2 game. The Bulldogs left one on base at the seventh inning stretch. Derek Hirsch led off the bottom of the seventh with a single, but he was stranded at third to end the inning. The Citadel opened the top of the eighth with a walk, but a double play erased the base runner and a strikeout ended the top half.
 
The Terriers were retired in order in the bottom of the eighth inning. In the top of the ninth, the Bulldogs led off with a walk and followed with a single. Eric Eck then struck out three straight batters to end the game.
 
Wofford starting pitcher Jesse Morris (9-6) threw five innings and did not allow a run on six hits. He struck out four with one walk to earn his 18th career win, which is eighth in school history. Luke Leftwich went an inning with two runs allowed on two hits and had one strikeout. Connor Foltyn faced one batter and recorded one out. Will Stillman went 1.2 innings and did not allow a hit with two strikeouts. Eric Eck earned his 12th save of the season by allowing one hit with three strikeouts in one inning. Eck has 29 career saves, tied for second most in Southern Conference history.
 
Austin Livingston (2-8) started for The Citadel and went four innings, allowing four runs on four hits. Zach Sherrill worked 2.1 innings with two hits allowed and a strikeout. Skylar Hunter went the final 1.2 innings and did not allow a hit with one strikeout.
 
Wofford will face Davidson on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. in an elimination game.