CHARLESTON, S.C. -The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team (0-3, 0-0 NEC) dropped the final game of a tough series, 11-6, to The Citadel Bulldogs (3-0, 0-0 SoCon) on Sunday afternoon.
Key Stats
- FDU pitchers allowed eleven runs on 10 hits, recording seven strikeouts
- Tom Ruscitti's lone hit found its way over the right field in the sixth inning, registering three RBIs.
- Devin Pelletier with 1-4 and two RBIs.
- TJ Werner went 2-5 and collected an RBI.
- Hunter D'Amato and Matthew Milone also recorded hits for FDU.
- Both teams left five runners on base.
How it happened
- Racobaldo started for the Knights.
- The Citadel took the lead early with a run in the first.
- The Bulldogs used four walks and four wild pitches to push across seven runs in the third inning.
- Rembish replaced Racobaldo on the mound in the bottom of the third. Baxt entered the game to start the fourth.
- The Citadel added to their lead one run in the fourth and two runs in the seventh to make the score 3-11.
- Ruscitti brought in the first runs for FDU in the sixth, sending a three-run shot over the right field fence.
- Symmons came into the game in the bottom of the eighth.
- Pelletier singled to right side in the ninth driving home Milone and Novoa. Will drove in the second run of the inning with a base hit through the left side, concluding the game with a 6-11 loss.
Up Next
The Knights are back in action Wednesday to host Saint Peter's at 2:00 p.m., with action airing live on NEC Front Row.
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