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AUGUSTA, GA - Senior
right fielder Trent Knight hammered a two-run homer in the sixth
inning to help 11th-ranked Francis Marion University to a 5-4
game-two win and a split of Saturday's Peach Belt Conference
baseball doubleheader with Augusta State University. ASU won
the opener 5-2.
Francis Marion is now
23-7 overall and 6-5 in the PBC, while ASU is 10-20 and 2-9.
The two teams will play a single game on Sunday at noon on Jaguar
Field.
FMU was held to a
combined 11 hits in the two games.
Senior southpaw Josh
Edgin (5-2) won his third straight PBC decision in game two with a
near complete-game effort. FMU senior righty Brandon Forshee
got the last out to record his ninth save.
Knight was 2-for-3 and
drove in three of FMU's five runs. The Patriots also took
advantage of six ASU walks and two Jaguar errors.
In the opener, Francis
Manion managed only five hits. Trailing 3-0, FMU pulled to
within 3-2 on an ASU outfield error and an RBI fielder's choice
grounder by Josh Smith.
Patriot senior
right-hander Erik Sommerville (4-2) allowed four runs (three
earned) in four innings of game one, while Jeremiah
Meiners tossed the last four frames.
Augusta State 5, #11 Francis Marion 2 (Mar 27,
2010 at Augusta, Ga.) (Game 1)
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Francis Marion...... 000 200 000 - 2
5 2 (22-7, 5-5 PBC)
Augusta State....... 021 110 00X - 5
9 1 (10-19, 2-8 PBC)
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Pitchers: Francis Marion - Erik Sommerville; Jeremiah
Meiners(5). Augusta State - Ramsey;
Watson(8).
Win-Ramsey(1-1) Loss-Erik Sommerville(4-2)
T-2:25 A-118
#11 Francis Marion 5, Augusta State 4 (Mar 27,
2010 at Augusta, Ga.) (Game 2)
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Francis Marion...... 100 112 000 - 5
6 0 (23-7, 6-5 PBC)
Augusta State....... 010 110 001 - 4 10
2 (10-20, 2-9 PBC)
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Pitchers: Francis Marion - Josh Edgin; Brandon Forshee(9).
Augusta State - Evans; Taylor(9).
Win-Josh Edgin(5-2) Save-Brandon Forshee(9)
Loss-Evans(1-4) T-2:40 A-0
HR FMU - Trent Knight (2).
HR ASU - Parker (1).
