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11
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 30-13, 18-7 CC
5
Francis Marion Univ. FMU 28-14, 15-10 CC
Winner
UNC Pembroke UNCP
30-13, 18-7 CC
11
Final
5
Francis Marion Univ. FMU
28-14, 15-10 CC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNC Pembroke UNCP 0 0 2 3 1 0 4 1 0 11 13 2
Francis Marion Univ. FMU 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 3

W: Harris, Will (1-0) L: Halton Hardy (5-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Strategic Initiatives

Harris, Baseball Take Series Opener At Francis Marion

FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion rallied all the way back from an early 5-0 deficit, but the UNC Pembroke baseball team tacked up six unanswered runs behind a clutch relief effort from freshman Will Harris on the way to an 11-5 victory over the Patriots in Friday's series opener at Sparrow Stadium.
 
It was the first collegiate victory for Harris who struck out two and surrendered just two hits across four relief innings for the Braves (30-13, 18-7 CC). The result snapped a five-game win streak for Francis Marion (28-14, 15-10) who had captured 11 of its last 12 outings heading into the weekend.
 
GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE UNC Pembroke 11, Francis Marion 5
PITCHERS WP: Will Harris (1-0) LP: Halton Hardy (3-3) Save: None
RECORDS UNC Pembroke 30-13, 18-7 CC; Francis Marion 28-14, 15-10 CC
KEY INNINGS
BOT 4 The Patriots sent 11 batters to the plate in a 5-run frame that knotted up the evening. Lex Tuten, Isaac Schuck and Bill Hanna registered consecutive one-out RBI singles, and the Patriots pulled to within a lone run via a failed pickoff attempt. Will Hardee's RBI single with the next at-bat evened up the score at five runs apiece.
TOP 5 Bobby Dixon absorbed Halton Hardy's first offering to load up the bases for the Braves in the fifth, and the visitors took the lead for good on Trent Harris's sacrifice fly seconds later.
TOP 7 UNCP tacked up a quartet of insurance runs in the seventh, including a 2-run single from Gage Hammonds with the fourth at-bat of the frame. Spencer Faulkner completed the damage later in the inning on a 2-run single with two outs showing.
UNCP LEADERS FMU LEADERS
Gage Hammonds 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R
Spencer Faulkner 2-3, BB, 2 RBI
Christian Jayne 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Will Harris 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 K
 Isaac Schuck 2-3, 2B, RBI
Darius Nobles 2-5, 2B, R
Will Hardee 2-4, RBI
 
 
UP NEXT
The Braves will close out the road portion of their 2022 schedule, as well as their weekend series with the Patriots, with a 2 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday at Sparrow Stadium.
 
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