Wilson, NC - Junior first baseman Preston Shuey and sophomore outfielder Tyler Boyd each drove in four runs as seventh-ranked Francis Marion University beat Barton College 16-6, Thursday afternoon (Feb. 18) in non-conference baseball action.

The Patriots, who win for the sixth straight time, blasted 17 hits.

Senior right-hander Erik Sommerville (2-0), the second of three Patriot hurlers, earned the win.  He allowed five hits and only one run in six innings, while striking out five.

Seniors Logan Bland and Alex Lee both recorded three hits, with Lee scoring four times and Bland driving in three.  Boyd plated one run with a bases-loaded walk and drilled a three-run homer.  Shuey drove in his runs with a pair of doubles and a sacrifice fly.

FMU shortstop Barrett Kleinknecht also had two hits, and like Boyd, extended his season-long hitting streak to seven games.

The Patriots scored once in the top of the first, only to have Barton answer with two in the bottom of the frame.  FMU tallied seven runs in the top of the second, but gave up three runs in the last of the second to lead 8-5.  While Sommerville silenced the Bulldogs bats, Francis Marion scored once in the fifth, twice in the sixth, four times in the eighth, and once more in the ninth.

Francis Marion will host a three-game series this weekend with seventh-ranked West Chester University (1-0).  The squads will play a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m. and a single game on Sunday at noon.