Box Score FLORENCE, SC - Sophomore outfielder Tyler Boyd went 4-for-4,
while senior designated hitter Jacob Wallace and senior catcher
Logan Bland were both 3-for-4, to lead eighth-ranked Francis Marion
University to an 8-5 non-conference win over Pfeiffer University,
Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 10) in college baseball action.
The Patriots improve to 2-1, while Pfeiffer drops to 2-3.
FMU will play three games this weekend at the Lander University
Valentine's Day Classic beginning with 21st-ranked Lincoln Memorial
University on Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Senior left-hander Jeremiah Meiners (2-0) allowed only one run
on six hits in five innings to earn the victory. He fanned
five. Senior righty Brandon Forshee pitched a perfect ninth
frame to record his second save in as many games.
Pfeiffer freshman right-hander Bryan Tuttle (0-1) allowed seven
runs on 12 hits in his first career start.
Boyd rapped out RBI singles in each of his first two bats.
Senior shortstop Barrett Kleinknecht was 2-for-4, scored
three times and drilled a 390-foot solo home run to lead off the
fifth inning. Bland scored once and had an RBI-single in the
fifth. Both Martin Gordon and Tyler Cappelmann also had two
hits for the Patriots who totaled 17 safeties.
Boyd's second run-scoring hit snapped a 1-1 tie in the bottom of
the third. FMU exploded for six tallies in the fifth inning
to go up 8-1. The Falcons took advantage of two FMU errors to
plate four unearned runs in the eighth to draw to within 8-5.
FMU reliever Patrick Mincey ended the rally when he struck out Zack
Pou with the bases loaded.
Third baseman Aarin Sharpe was the lone Falcon with multiple
hits as he went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Catcher J.T. Pope
and right fielder Ethan Marsh collected RBIs in the eight-inning
outburst.
FMU senior Trent Knight delivered a two-run, pinch-hit single in
the Patriots' fifth inning.
#8 Francis Marion Univ. 8, Pfeiffer University 5
(Feb 10, 2010 at Florence, SC)
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Pfeiffer University. 001 000
040 - 5 8 1
(2-3)
Francis Marion Univ. 101 060 00X - 8 17
3 (2-1)
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Pitchers: Pfeiffer University - Tuttle, B; Moore, J(5);
Oliver, A(5); Campbell, A(7);
Hughes, J(8). Francis Marion Univ. - Jeremiah Meiners;
Erik Sommerville(6); Tyler Lehman(7);
Shane Gebhards(8); Patrick Mincey(8); Brandon
Forshee(9).
Win-Jeremiah Meiners (2-0) Save-Brandon Forshee
(2) Loss-Tuttle, B (0-1) T-2:26 A-57
HR FMU - Barrett Kleinknecht (1).
Tyler Boyd
