FLORENCE, SC – Senior first baseman Preston Shuey added to his career record RBI total with a two-run double as 16th-ranked Francis Marion University scored five times in the bottom of the first inning en route to 12-1 defeat of Barton College, Wednesday afternoon (March 23) in non-conference baseball action.

The Patriots improve to 21-8 with their fifth consecutive win, while Barton drops to 12-17.  FMU will play host to Augusta State University for a three-game Peach Belt Conference series this weekend beginning with a single game on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Junior right-hander Jarrott Hooks, the second of six Patriot hurlers, earned the win to improve to 3-0.  He tossed 4.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts, while allowing only three singles.

Senior shortstop Tyler Cappelmann was 3-for-5 to lead Francis Marion, while freshman third baseman Michael Wilson was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and one driven in.  Nine different Patriots recorded RBIs, while FMU totaled 13 base hits.

Left fielder David Gibbons and designated hitter Jordan Smith were both 2-for-4 to pace Barton.  Chris Rawlings drove in the lone Bulldog run with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly that followed a Gibbons lead-off triple.  Jimmie Davis (0-4) was the losing pitcher.