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BB23 Tanner Wakefield at the plate HERO size
12
Winner USC Beaufort USCB 2-4
1
Francis Marion Univ. FMU 2-3
Winner
USC Beaufort USCB
2-4
12
Final
1
Francis Marion Univ. FMU
2-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
USC Beaufort USCB 0 0 0 3 2 4 1 2 12 17 2
Francis Marion Univ. FMU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6

W: Brandon Blume (1-0) L: Palumbo, Nick (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

USCB beats Francis Marion in opener of Pepsi Invitational

FLORENCE, SC –  USC Beaufort scored a dozen runs over five frames to defeat Francis Marion University 12-1, Sunday afternoon (Feb. 12) in the opening game of the 2023 Pepsi Invitational Baseball Tournament.
 
The tournament will conclude with three games on Monday.  USCB (2-4) will play Catawba College (3-1) at 11 a.m., followed by Francis Marion (2-3) playing Catawba at 2 p.m. and USCB again at 5 p.m.  Admission to the Griffin Athletic Complex is $10 for adults and $5 for students, with FMU students being admitted free with ID.
 
FMU took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third when senior right fielder Will Hardee reached on a fielder's choice to third base.  He took second on a throwing error when USCB junior right-hander Brandon Blume tried to pick him off first base, and then scored on a two-out RBI-single through the left side by graduate student second baseman Tanner Wakefield.
 
USCB answered immediately with three runs in the top of the fourth, and went on to score 12 unanswered runs over the next five innings.
 
Blume (1-0) earned the win as he held the Patriot bats to only one unearned run on three hits over seven innings.  He struck out four and did not walk a batter.
 
FMU senior righty Nick Palumbo (0-2) took the loss as he made his first career start as a Patriot.
 
Four different Patriots registered hits: Hardee, Wakefield, and both first baseman Cole Teply and shortstop Peyton Starkey collected hits in their first collegiate at bats.
 
Catcher Nikko Andre led the Sandsharks with a pair of hits and four runs batted in.

 
 
USC Beaufort 12, Francis Marion Univ. 1 (Feb 12, 2023 at Florence, SC)
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USC Beaufort.......... 000 324 12 - 12 17  2      (2-4)
Francis Marion Univ. 001 000 00 -  1  4  6      (2-3)
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Pitchers: USC Beaufort - Brandon Blume; Tucker Dove(8) and Nikko Andre. Francis Marion Univ. - Nick Palumbo; Danny Leo(4); Adam Creswell(6); Josh Adams(7) and Isaac Schuck.
Win-Brandon Blume (1-0)  Loss-Nick Palumbo (0-2)  T-2:39  A-87
Weather: Overcast,48,Winds S/SE@6 mph
 
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