Francis Marion (3-0 for the week)
(went 3-0 against Southern Wesleyan)
Francis Marion and Southern Wesleyan both entered their weekend series with 5-0 records. The host Patriots used superb pitching to sweep the three games and improve to 8-0 for the first time in program history.
Coach Art Inabinet's squad held Southern Wesleyan to three runs -- two earned -- for the series. Southern Wesleyan had 16 hits for the weekend,10 in the finale.
FMU pitchers struck out 25 and walked 1 in 23 innings. A 25-1 strikeout-walk ratio is good in any league. The 0.78 staff earned-run average for the weekend lowered the team mark to 1.91 for the season.
The Patriots complete their season-opening nine-game home state against Belmont Abbey on Wednesday, then open Peach Belt Conference play at Armstrong State next weekend.
Also considered
Benedict (4-1 last week) -- Went 2-0 vs. St. Augustine's and 2-1 vs. Florida Memorial
Coker (4-0) --Improved to 9-2 for the season
Erskine (3-0) -- Swept Salem International to improve to 8-2 for the season
Lander (3-0) -- Swept Flagler in its Peach Belt Conference opening series
Limestone (4-0) -- Went 4-0 vs. LIU Post to improve to 7-3
Newberry (4-0) -- Improved to 8-1-1 for the season
USC Aiken (4-0) -- Improved to 6-1 for the season
USC Beaufort 3-0) -- Swept its The Sun Conference opening series
Voorhees (2-0) -- The last time the Tigers opened the season with two wins was sometime before I started this blog in 2009
Past winners
Jan. 29-31: Newberry
Feb. 1-7: Southern Wesleyan
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