Each week throughout the 2017 USC Aiken baseball season, the sports information office will produce weekly notes.

Riley Sits Them Down

In the first game of the weekend series at Armstrong State, Connor Riley turned in a brilliant performance. Riley worked six frames and gave up a mere hit. He struck out 11 batters. However, he did not get a decision in the 9-7 victory.

Bonilla's Big Bat

Tied at 7-7 in the eighth inning, Jose Bonilla came through with his bat in the ninth stanza. With two on, he blasted a single to left field, scoring Tyler Ammerman for what turned out to be the game-winning run.

The First Time

In the 9-7 victory over Armstrong State, Hunter Dollander had a first. He worked the eighth inning and picked up his first win over the season.

Spence Is Spectacular

In the first game at Armstrong State, freshman Mitch Spence registered an outstanding ninth frame. After giving up a single to the first person he faced, Spence sat down the next three Pirates for his second save of the season.

Goings, Goings Gone!

At Armstrong State, Nile Goings promptly responded from his team's 1-0 deficit. In the fourth inning, two Pacers were on board when Goings sent a shot over the wall for a 3-1 lead in what turned out to be a 7-2 victory.

Extra! Extra!

Sometimes, games are tough to win. That proved to be the case in the series finale at Armstrong State. The Pacers led 9-4 in the ninth inning, but the Pirates battled back to knot it at 9-9. However, USC Aiken plated three runs in the 10^th en route to the 12-9, 10-inning victory.

Perfection

With the sweep of Armstrong State, the USC Aiken baseball team improved to 6-0 in Peach Belt Conference play this year. The Pacers swept Young Harris in Aiken, S.C., before traveling to Savannah, Ga., to dispatch the Pirates.

Top-Five Match-up

This week, USC Aiken hosts No. 1 Nova Southeastern Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It marks the first top-five match-up of the Division II season. Live stats, video and audio will be available at PacerSports.com, as well as updates on Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter (PacerAthletics).

Game-Winners

Below shows who has game-winning hits and who has scored game-winning runs this season.

As of March 6
Game-Winning Hit:
Tyler Ammerman (4)
Jose Bonilla
Conner Durden
Nile Goings
Skylar Mercado (2)
Zach Moon
Charles Padilla
Brian Parreira

Game-Winning Run:
Tyler Ammerman (5)
Jose Bonilla (2)
Nile Goings
Brian Parreira
Mitchell Price (4)
Daulton Weeks (2)

Inside The Numbers

This week, USC Aiken plays on Wednesday, March 8, Thursday, March 9, Friday, March 10 and Saturday, March 11. Since moving to Division II, the team is 123-52 (70.3 percent) in Wednesday games, 59-30 (66.3 percent) in Thursday contests, 113-79 (58.9 percent) in Friday games and 300-199 (60.1 percent) in Saturday contests. During that same time, the squad is 11-9 on March 8, 9-7 on March 9, 14-6 on March 10 and 13-7 on March 11.

Against The Opponents
 
This week, USC Aiken hosts Saint Rose and Nova Southeastern. It marks the first time the Pacers have taken on either school.