The Francis Marion University baseball team will host Lander University on Tuesday (April 12) at 6 p.m. on Cormell Field at Sparrow Stadium.

Admission to the Griffin Athletic Complex is $10 for adults and $5 for students. FMU students are admitted free with ID.

FMU has won eight of its last 10 games and is 23-13, while Lander sits at 19-19. The Patriots lead the Bearcats in the all-time series 40-30.

Francis Marion will send junior righty Austin Moore (1-1, 3.72 ERA) to the mound against the Bearcats for his second career start. Moore tossed six shutout innings with six strikeouts against second-ranked Wingate University last Wednesday (April 6).

The Patriots are led by graduate student infielder Tanner Wakefield batting .424 (second in Conference Carolinas) with 13 doubles and 26 runners batted in. He owns a 20-game hitting streak which equals the fifth-longest in team history.  Senior designated hitter and first baseman Leniel Gonzalez is hitting .403 (sixth in Conference Carolinas) with six home runs and 38 RBIs.

Senior third baseman Todd Mattox is batting .400 with 11 doubles, five triples, and 29 RBIs. Mattox has safely reached base in 79 consecutive games dating back to the 2020 season. He is only nine games shy of the NCAA Division II record.

Graduate student designated hitter and first baseman Darius Nobles owns a .378 average and leads the team with 11 homers and 40 RBIs. Nobles is tied for second in home runs amongst Conference Carolinas players.

Francis Marion currently leads Conference Carolinas with a .347 team batting average and ranks fourth nationally. The Patriots also rank second in Division II baseball with 451 hits this season.