Patriot sweep North Georgia , hand Inabinet his 300th win
DAHLONEGA, GA. – Junior outfielder Justin Greene drove in five runs to lead 26th-ranked Francis Marion University to a sweep of a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader at North Georgia College & State University, Saturday afternoon (April 21) and in the process gave head coach Art Inabinet his 300th career coaching win.
Greene hit a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly to account for all three runs in a 3-0 Patriot victory in game one, and then hit a two-run single in extra innings to hand FMU a 6-4 win in game two.
FMU improves to 32-15 overall and 15-11 in the PBC, while North Georgia drops to 27-19 and 12-11. The wins ups Inabinet’s 10-year coaching mark to 300-194-1. He picked up 84 wins at North Greenville College , before coming to Francis Marion where he has won 216 in seven seasons.
In game one, the Patriots got on the board in the third inning without the benefit of a run as Greene plated David Bounds with a sacrifice fly to deep center. Bounds had reached on a walk, moved to second on a fielder’s choice grounder, and went to third on a sacrifice bunt. In the fifth, Greene completed the scoring with a two-run homer that went half way up the hill behind the fence in left field.
Junior All-American right-hander Dylan Owen (8-1) picked up the win with eight shutout innings. He allowed just five hits while striking out 11 Saints. Junior Zach Farry tossed a scoreless ninth inning to earn his sixth save.
FMU sophomore Jared Barkdoll, who had hits in both games of the twinbill to extend his hitting streak to 14 games, had two of FMU’s five hits in game one.
North Georgia’s Brannon Sikes (3-4) got the loss in 5.2 innings of work, allowing just three hits, but five walks led to three earned runs.
In game two, Francis Marion trailed 4-2 entering the sixth inning of the seven-inning contest. The Patriots rallied to tie the game on two-out RBI singles by senior first baseman Andy Howes and junior shortstop Greg Phelps. In the eighth frame, Greene lined his two-run single to center field, scoring Phelps and Taylor Norfleet.
Phelps ended the game 3-for-4, while senior right fielder Nick Stewart was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.
Junior lefty Michael Williams (6-2) tossed two hitless innings to earn the win, while Farry earned his seventh save with a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth inning. He is now only one save shy of the Patriot single-season record.
The Saints’ Don Brice (4-2) got the loss in 1.2 innings, as he gave up a run on two hits.
The two teams conclude their three-game series with a single game on Sunday at 1 pm.
Source: Francis Marion University Sports Information
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