FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion swept a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader from Augusta State Sunday afternoon at Cormell Field.

The Patriots held off ASU 8-5 in game one, then topped the Jaguars 4-2 in the second game to complete the sweep of the weekend series.

The losses dropped ASU to 21-27 overall and 8-13 in the conference, while FMU improved to 29-13-1 overall and to 16-9 in the PBC.

The Patriots jumped out to an 8-1 lead in the opening game before ASU plated four runs over the final three innings. Seniors Jorge Virguez and Kevin Owens, along with junior Evan Smith, tallied two hits each. Owens and Tristan Toorie belted homers for the Jags.

ASU freshman righthander Wilson Taylor (2-4) suffered the loss, yielding 10 hits and six runs – four earned – in 5.1 innings. Junior righty Tony Baker worked the last 2.2 innings, allowing five hits and a pair of unearned runs.

In game two, FMU starter Jeremiah Meiners limited ASU to one run on two hits through eight innings. Brandon Forshee came on to strikeout Tony Baker with the tying runs on base in the ninth to end the game and record his fourth save.

ASU took a 1-0 lead in the second when Evan Smith drove in Toorie with an RBI groundout. The Patriots scored all four of their runs in the fifth frame on an RBI-single by Lee and a three-run homer by Barrett Kleinknecht. ASU scored once in the ninth on an RBI-single by Owens.

Tim Rawlings had a pair of doubles to pace the Jags. Senior lefty starter Ben Dukes went the first 5.1 innings, giving up six hits and four runs with a pair of strikeouts.

ASU travels to Carrollton on Wednesday, April 22 to take on West Georgia in a non-conference tilt at 3:00 p.m. The Jags host Senior Day on Thursday, April 23, facing Erskine at 3:00 p.m. at Jaguar Field