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Ethan Ott 031023
10
Francis Marion FMU 11-11, 6-4 CC
17
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 16-4, 6-1 CC
Francis Marion FMU
11-11, 6-4 CC
10
Final
17
UNC Pembroke UNCP
16-4, 6-1 CC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Francis Marion FMU 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 12 3
UNC Pembroke UNCP 1 5 0 1 4 2 4 0 X 17 17 4

W: Harris, Trent (4-0) L: Robbie Jordan (2-2)

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

No. 21 Baseball Rumbles Past Francis Marion In Series Opener

PEMBROKE – Visiting Francis Marion sent its entire order to the plate in a 5-run second inning to forge an early lead, but the 21st-ranked UNC Pembroke baseball team answered with 16-straight runs of its own to fuel a 17-10 victory over the Patriots in the series opener on Friday evening at Sammy Cox Field.
 
It was the third-straight win for the Braves (16-4, 6-1 CC) who improved to 6-1 in series openers this season with the result. Francis Marion (11-11, 6-4) has now dropped three of its last four outings, and fell to 2-5 away from Florence, S.C., with Friday's result.
 
Trent Harris (4-0) scattered seven hits and struck out six across seven innings from the hill to pick up his team-leading fourth victory of the campaign.
 
GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE UNC Pembroke 17, Francis Marion 10
PITCHERS WP: Trent Harris (4-0) LP: Robbie Jordan (2-2) Save: None
RECORDS UNC Pembroke 16-4, 6-1 CC; Francis Marion 11-11, 6-4 CC
KEY INNINGS
TOP 2 The Patriots took a 1-0 deficit into the second, but marched its entire batting order to the plate in a 5-run frame to forge an early 5-1 advantage. The visitors tacked up a quartet of hits and took advantage of a pair of errors by the Black & Gold to aid the scoring outburst.
BOT 2 UNCP countered with five runs of its own in the home half of the second, pounding out five hits and utilizing a pair of visitor errors to take the lead for good. Spencer Faulkner deposited a bases-loaded single into right field, and Christian Jayne trimmed the deficit to a pair of runs in the ensuing at-bat via a 2-run single through the right side. Ethan Ott followed with a RBI single through the left side, and Kody O'Connor put UNCP out in front with a sac fly to deep centerfield.
UNCP LEADERS CU LEADERS
Ethan Ott 4-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Carlos Amezquita 3-5, 2 RBI
Kody O'Connor 3-4, BB, 2 RBI
Will Hood 3-3, BB, RBI
 Zack Summerville 2-5, 3 RBI
Naphis Llanos 3-5, R
Tanner Wakefield 2-4, 2 R
Will Hardee 2-4, 2 R
 
UP NEXT
The Braves will close out their weekend series against the I-95 counterparts with a Saturday doubleheader at Sammy Cox Field. First pitch of the twinbill is scheduled for 2 p.m.
 
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