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BB24 Tanner Cannon at bat in white hero size
8
Winner Coll. of Saint Rose STR 4-5
6
Francis Marion Univ. FMU 10-8
Winner
Coll. of Saint Rose STR
4-5
8
Final
6
Francis Marion Univ. FMU
10-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Coll. of Saint Rose STR 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 11 0
Francis Marion Univ. FMU 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 10 3

W: Venditti, Vince (1-0) L: Leo, Danny (0-1) S: Toms, Nathan (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

FMU falls to Golden Knights 8-6

FLORENCE, SC – Francis Marion University rallied to within two runs and had two runners in scoring position in the ninth inning, but the Patriots fell to the College of Saint Rose 8-6, Tuesday night (March 5) in non-conference baseball action.
 
Francis Marion drops to 10-8, while Saint Rose improves to 4-5.  The two squads will meet again on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in FMU's Sparrow Stadium.
 
Junior right fielder Tanner Cannon led the Patriots at the plate with three hits and an RBI, while junior second baseman Owen Taylor had two hits and a run driven in.
 
The Golden Knights built an 8-3 advantage by the middle of the fifth inning.  Four of those runs came off FMU senior right-handed starter Danny Leo (0-1).
 
After the fifth, FMU sophomore righty Tyson Hall tossed three scoreless innings and junior southpaw Malik Frails retired the Golden Knights in order in the ninth.
 
The Patriots scored single runs in six different innings, but left 16 runners on base, including the bases loaded in the seventh and eighth innings.
 
Saint Rose starter Vince Venditti (1-0) earned the win with five innings of work, while Nathan Toms recorded the final three outs – including stranding the tying runs in scoring position – to register his first save of 2024.
 
In the ninth, the Patriots loaded the bases with no outs, but a strike out, an RBI ground out by senior left fielder Zack Summerville, and another strike out ended the contest.
 
Saint Rose outhit the Patriots 11-10.
 
 
Coll. of Saint Rose 8, Francis Marion Univ. 6 (Mar 05, 2024 at Florence, SC)
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Coll. of Saint Rose… 022 130 000  -  8 11  0      (4-5)
Francis Marion Univ. 011 110 101  -  6 10  3      (10-8)
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Pitchers: Coll. of Saint Rose – Vince Venditti; Avery Mosseau(6); Marcus Botelho(8);
Nathan Toms(9) and AJ Fasolino. Francis Marion Univ. - Danny Leo; Connor Kirkley(3);
Braxton Elms IV(5); Tyson Hall(6); Malik Frails(9) and Hunter Looper; Nick LaVigne.
Win-Vince Venditti (1-0)  Save-Nathan Toms (1)  Loss-Danny Leo (0-1)  T-3:03  A-97
Weather: Hazy,74,Wind N @ 5 mph
Marcus Botelho faced 2 batters in the 9th.
 
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