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Winner Francis Marion FMU 31-8
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Lander LANDER 22-17
Winner
Francis Marion FMU
31-8
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Final
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Lander LANDER
22-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Francis Marion FMU 2 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 2 13 9 3
Lander LANDER 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 11 10 2

W: Jafet Martinez Delgado (3-1) L: Sanchez, Joshua (2-3)

FMU BSB Recap
Nick Winegard

Game Recap: Baseball | | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

Lander Falls Late to No. 7 Francis Marion

GREENWOOD - Brody Winter capped a six-run eighth inning with a game-tying three-run homer, but the Lander baseball team could not complete the comeback as seventh-ranked Francis Marion plated two runs in the ninth and held on for a 13-11 win on Tuesday evening at Dolny Stadium in the regular season home finale.

The Patriots struck first, taking a 3-0 lead with a pair of bases-loaded walks in the first and an RBI double in the second.

Lander answered in the bottom of the second with a five-run inning to take the lead. A pair of Francis Marion errors helped spark the rally before Caden Crews and Zach Cowart each delivered two-RBI singles to give the Bearcats a 5-3 advantage.

Francis Marion responded with eight unanswered runs across the third, fourth, sixth, and eighth innings to build an 11-5 lead.

The Bearcats mounted their comeback in the bottom of the eighth. Crews started the rally with a sacrifice fly to make it 11-6. After Lowndes Still was hit by a pitch and Ryan Hansen walked, Cowart delivered his second two-RBI single of the game to cut the deficit to 11-8. Winter then tied the game with a three-run homer to left on a 2-2 pitch.

The Patriots answered in the ninth, using three walks to plate what proved to be the game-winning runs.

Lander threatened in the bottom half as the first two batters reached, but a caught stealing stalled the rally and Francis Marion was able to close out the game.

The Bearcats continue Peach Belt Conference play this weekend as they travel to Georgia College and State University for the penultimate conference series of the season. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. on Friday, followed by a 2 p.m. start on Saturday and a 1 p.m. finale on Sunday.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
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FMU TOP 1st Zander Buchan walked, RBI (3-1 BBBKB); Daniel Hussey advanced to second; Ethan McAnally advanced to third; Charlie Bussey III scored. 1 0
FMU TOP 1st Brandon Vargas walked, RBI (3-2 BKBFBFB); Zander Buchan advanced to second; Daniel Hussey advanced to third; Ethan McAnally scored. 2 0
FMU TOP 2nd Ethan McAnally doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-0 B); Charlie Bussey III advanced to third; Riley Orr scored. 3 0
LANDER BOT 2nd Cooper Backman reached first on a fielding error by 2b, RBI (0-0); Riley Hood advanced to second; Mason Salisbury advanced to third; Oliver Zohn scored, unearned. 3 1
LANDER BOT 2nd Caden Crews singled to right field, 2 RBI (0-2 KF); Cooper Backman advanced to third; Riley Hood scored, unearned; Mason Salisbury scored. 3 3
LANDER BOT 2nd Zach Cowart singled up the middle, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI (2-1 BKB); Caden Crews scored, unearned; Cooper Backman scored, unearned. 3 5
FMU TOP 3rd Logan Davis grounded out to 2b, RBI (0-0); Brandon Vargas advanced to second; Zander Buchan scored. 4 5
FMU TOP 4th Ethan McAnally flied out to rf down the rf line, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-0); Charlie Bussey III advanced to third; Riley Orr scored. 5 5
FMU TOP 4th Charlie Bussey III scored on a wild pitch, unearned. 6 5
FMU TOP 4th Zander Buchan grounded out to ss, RBI (1-0 B); Daniel Hussey scored, unearned. 7 5
FMU TOP 6th Brandon Vargas flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (2-1 KBB); Daniel Hussey advanced to third; Ethan McAnally scored. 8 5
FMU TOP 6th Zander Buchan stole second; Daniel Hussey stole home. 9 5
FMU TOP 8th Charlie Bussey III homered to left field, RBI (1-0 B). 10 5
FMU TOP 8th Daniel Hussey singled up the middle, RBI (2-0 BB); Ethan McAnally scored. 11 5
LANDER BOT 8th Caden Crews flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI (2-0 BB); Riley Hood scored. 11 6
LANDER BOT 8th Zach Cowart singled through the right side, 2 RBI (2-2 BKBK); Ryan Hansen advanced to second; Lowndes Still scored; Cooper Backman scored. 11 8
LANDER BOT 8th Brody Winter homered to left field, 3 RBI (2-2 SBBF); Zach Cowart scored; Ryan Hansen scored. 11 11
FMU TOP 9th Adrian Nina singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Ethan McAnally advanced to second; Riley Orr scored. 12 11
FMU TOP 9th Brandon Vargas flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI (2-1 KBB); Zander Buchan advanced to second; Adrian Nina advanced to third; Ethan McAnally scored. 13 11

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