Box Score
GREENWOOD, SC – For the
second time in less than a week, senior shortstop Barrett
Kleinknecht homered twice to lead 14th-ranked Francis Marion
University to a 9-2 road win at Lander University, Friday night
(April 2) in the Peach Belt Conference baseball action at Legion
Field.
Francis Marion (26-8, 8-5 PBC)
and Lander (19-12, 4-9) will conclude their series with a
doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m.
In addition to Kleinknecht, the
entire Patriot outfield went deep with seniors Josh Smith, Trent
Knight, and Alex Lee all hitting solo homers.
Kleinknecht, who homered twice
in Sunday's win at Augusta State University, also doubled in
a run in the top of the first and finished the game 3-for-5 with
two runs scored and four RBIs.
Junior third baseman Tyler
Cappelmann, Smith, and Knight all collected two hits as the
Patriots totaled 12 safeties.
Senior left-hander Josh Edgin
(6-2) won his fourth straight PBC decision with his fourth
consecutive strong outing. He allowed only seven hits, while
fanning eight in eight-plus innings. He did not allow a hit
until the fifth, when Lander scored its two runs. Senior righty
Erik Sommerville recorded the final three outs.
Leading 1-0, the Patriots added
two runs in the second when Smith hit a lead-off homer over the
right-field fence and Knight followed with a solo shot over the
left-field fence. It was Smith's second homer of the season and
Knight's fourth.
Kleinknecht belted FMU's third
homer of the game in the third, a drive to left that upped the
margin to 4-0.
After Lander climbed to within
4-2, Francis Marion responded with three runs in the top of the
sixth. Knight and Logan Bland both singled and Josh Biggers
plated Knight with an RBI ground out, followed by Bland scoring all
the way from second on a wild pitch. Lee capped the inning with the
team's fourth homer of the game, a shot down the left-field line.
It was Lee's fifth homer of the year.
Lander loaded the bases with one
out in the eighth, but Edgin got out of the jam.
The Patriots added two runs in
the ninth on Kleinknecht's second homer of the game, a two-run shot
over the fence in center, his ninth long-ball of the season.
Cory Hopper (3-2) took the loss
for Lander, allowing seven earned runs on nine hits while striking
out four and walking one in 5.2 innings.
#14 Francis Marion 9, Lander University 2 (Apr 02, 2010
at Greenwood, S.C.)
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Francis Marion...... 121 003 002 - 9 12
0 (26-8, 8-5 PBC)
Lander University... 000 020 000 - 2
7 0 (19-12, 4-9 PBC)
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Pitchers: Francis Marion - Josh Edgin; Erik
Sommerville(9). Lander University - Hopper;
Whaley(6); Davis(9).
Win-Josh Edgin (6-2) Loss-Hopper (3-2)
T-2:30 A-150
HR FMU - Alex Lee (5); Barrett Kleinknecht 2 (9); Josh
Smith (2); Trent Knight (4).
Edgin faced 1 batter in the 9th.
