CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston baseball team will take on crosstown rival The Citadel in a three-game series beginning Friday at 6 p.m. at Joe Riley Park. Saturday's game will be played at Patriots Point at 2:30 p.m. and the teams will return to Joe Riley Park for the series finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Cougars (4-4) are coming off a 9-4 victory over No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Wednesday while the Bulldogs (5-2) fell to No. 13 South Carolina on Tuesday. CofC has won the last five matchups between the schools.
SERIES INFORMATION
Friday, March 4 (6 p.m.) at Joe Riley Park
Probable Starters: RHP Nathan Helvey (1-0, 0.00) vs. LHP JP Sears (2-0, 1.54)
TV: None | Radio: None
Audio Stream: None | Video Stream: CitadelSports.com
Live Stats: CitadelSports.com
Saturday, March 5 (2:30 p.m.) at Patriots Point
Probable Starters: RHP Bailey Ober (0-1, 8.59) vs. RHP Thomas Byelick (0-0, 1.93)
TV: None | Radio: None
Audio Stream: None | Video Stream: None
Live Stats: CofCStats.com
Sunday, March 6 (1 p.m.) at Joe Riley Park
Probable Starters: RHP Hayden McCutcheon (1-1, 1.80) vs. TBD
TV: None | Radio: None
Audio Stream: None | Video Stream: CitadelSports.com
Live Stats: CitadelSports.com
SERIES HISTORY
Record: CofC leads 43-41
Last Meeting: Feb. 20-22, 2015
CofC won series, 3-0
Feb. 20, 2015 – CofC won, 8-7
Feb. 21, 2015 – CofC won, 6-4
Feb. 22, 2015 – CofC won, 4-3
SCOUTING THE CITADEL
The Citadel baseball team fell to No. 13 South Carolina on Tuesday inside Joe Riley Park by a score of 6-3.
Tuesday night's attendance of 6,298 was the largest crowd at Joe Riley Park for the Bulldogs since a stadium-record 6,500 saw the same two teams play April 16, 2014.
Heading into the sixth inning, the Bulldogs trailed the Gamecocks by five but a bases-clearing double by Drew Ellis pulled The Citadel back within striking distance at 5-3. But in the top of the seventh, South Carolina tacked on another run to seal the win and hand the Bulldogs just their second loss of the season. (The Citadel Athletics Communications)
COFC QUICK HITTERS
• First baseman Bradley Jones has homered in four consecutive games and has hit five home runes in the last four games.
• Jones hit a pair of solo home runs in the Cougars loss to Georgia Southern on Tuesday.
• Freshman Dupree Hart leads the team with a .333 batting average and has started all eight games at second base. He has also posted three multi-hit games this season.
NOTEWORTHY
> The Cougars have won two games over ranked opponents over the last week. CofC defeated No. 10 Florida State, 2-1, last Friday and knocked off No. 18 Coastal Carolina, 9-4, on Wednesday.
> Since Matt Heath joined the CofC as pitching coach in 2011, the Cougars are 177-2 over the last six seasons when leading after eight innings.
> Saturday's starter, Bailey Ober, has posted a 7-0 record at home over his career. Collectively, CofC's active pitchers have combined to accumulate a 31-10 record at Patriots Point.
> College of Charleston is 4-0 this season when outscoring its opponent.
For more information on College of Charleston baseball, visit CofCSports.com or follow the team on Twitter at @CofCBaseball.
