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Adidas
Adidas
Jackson Jones
S and S Pix
17
Winner Young Harris YHC 3-2, 3-1 PBC
7
Francis Marion FMU 1-4, 0-4 PBC
Winner
Young Harris YHC
3-2, 3-1 PBC
17
Final
7
Francis Marion FMU
1-4, 0-4 PBC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Young Harris YHC 0 0 3 1 6 4 2 1 17 13 1
Francis Marion FMU 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 7 12 1

W: Brown, Chad (1-0) L: Bailey Wendel (0-1)

9
Young Harris YHC 3-3, 3-2 PBC
10
Winner Francis Marion FMU 2-4, 1-4 PBC
Young Harris YHC
3-3, 3-2 PBC
9
Final
10
Francis Marion FMU
2-4, 1-4 PBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Young Harris YHC 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 9 14 0
Francis Marion FMU 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 2 10 17 3

W: Christian Umphlett (1-0) L: Harris, McLain (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Michael MacEachern
Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Communications

Young Harris, Francis Marion split doubleheader

FLORENCE, S.C. | Young Harris College and Francis Marion University split a Peach Belt Conference baseball doubleheader Saturday (Feb. 27) afternoon at Sparrow Stadium.

The Mountain Lions won the opener 17-7 in eight innings, while the Patriots scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to win the nightcap 10-9.

Young Harris improved to 3-3 overall and to 3-2 in the Peach Belt, while Francis Marion fell to 2-4 and 1-4.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

Game 1
  • Reigning NCBWA Division II National Hitter of the Week Tucker Greer went 3-for-5 with 5 RBI. Greer homered - his fifth of the year - to right field in the third inning and  had a run-scoring single in the fourth. He drove in two more with a double in a six-run fifth inning and drove in a run an inning later after being hit by a pitch. 
  • Jackson Jones went 3-for-3 and drove in four runs. Jones had a two-run homer in the third and knocked in two more with a single up the middle in the sixth.
  • Kyle Ayers had two hits, including a two-run long ball in the seventh.
  • Noah Fitzgerald drove in two runs with a fifth-inning single through the right side,
  • Chad Brown (1-0) earned the win as he struck out four in six innings.
  • Reliever Ryan Inches struck out three in 1.2 innings.
Game 2
  • Greer had three hits in the nightcap and all went for extra bases. He had two doubles, including a run-scoring double double the right field line in the fourth. He added a triple to right field in the eighth.
  • Brett Hawkins also collected three hits and drove in three runs. Hawkins had a two-run double down the right field line in the fifth and had a run-scoring single in the ninth that put the Mountain Lions up 9-8.
  • John Miller. Logan Worley and Fitzgerald also had two hits. Fitzgerald added a RBI-double down the right field line in the third, while Worley droive in a run in the fifth inning on a single.
  • Jack Hegan's two-out single in the bottom of the ninth won the game for the Patriots.
  • McLain Harris (1-2) took the loss in relief.  Harris had five strikeouts in 3.1 innings.
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