Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 AIKEN, SC--Leroy Walker's RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning gave the Pacers the front end of Peach Belt Conference doubleheader sweep over Armstrong Atlantic State University (27-12, 5-10 PBC) on Saturday afternoon at J.H. Satcher Field.  USC Aiken (25-14, 9-9 PBC) won game two 6-3 following a 43-minute rain delay to move to .500 in the conference for the first time this season.

Bradley Key's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second inning gave USC Aiken an early 1-0 lead in game one.  Micheal Snelgrove hit his second home run of the season in the third inning, a solo shot to right field, to make it 2-0.

The Pirates got a two-run blast from their star player to pull even at 2-2 in the top of the fourth.  David Harriman, the conference's leading hitter at .438 entering this weekend's series, crushed a home run to straight away center field.  Harriman finished 1-for-5 in game one and 2-for-4 in game two extending his school record hitting streak to 39 games, ranking him third on the NCAA Division II all-time list.

In the bottom of the fourth, Ashley Farr led off by reaching on an error.  Following two straight outs, Tony Hanks hit an inside-the-park home run as centerfielder Chris Dentler slammed into the wall trying to make the catch as the Pacers reclaimed the lead 4-2.  Dentlerlaid motionless for a few minutes, but left the field under his own power and would later return in game two.

After both teams failed to scored in the first two and one-half innings of bonus baseball, Walker singled to center field scoring Mike Cunningham with two outs for the walk-off winner.

Jason Nuzny (4-4) turned in a remarkable performance going all 12.0 innings scattering 14 hits, allowing four earned runs, and striking out six in the win.  AASU out hit the Pacers 14-4 but committed five costly errors.

Brian Allen surrendered four runs, one earned, on three hits and two walks while striking out 10 in the no decision.  Andrew Moss (1-1) went 2.2 inning giving up just the one hit to Williams in notching the loss.

In the nightcap, Harriman again extended his hitting streak with a home run, a two-run shot to left field in the top of the first.  USCA responded in the bottom of the inning when Walker reached on an error and later scoring on a Demetrick Drumming ground out.

After three complete innings, rain and lightning moved into the area and play was suspended.  Following a 43-minute delay, the game resumed with Stacy Bennett scoring an unearned run on a throwing error by Sean Tiernan in the fourth.

The Pacers' bats, however, awakened in the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot by Farr and a pair of double from Justin Williams and Key to tie the game at 3-3.  In the bottom of the fifth, Key smacked a triple down the right field line scoring Drumming and Walker.  USCA added an insurance run in the sixth on Ashley Morgan's RBI single.

Paul Ferrell lasted 2.2 innings giving up two earned runs on four hits.  Mitch Hearne and Lee Cromer combined to hold the Pirates to one unearned run on one hit over the next 1.1 innings, while Anthony Marchioli (3-4) worked the final 3.0 innings holding AASU hitless and scoreless, striking out five and walking two in picking up the win.

The Pacers return to action on Tuesday, April 2 when they host Newberry College at 6:00 PM.

Game One 
AASU                 000 200 020 000 - 4 14 5 
USC Aiken        011 200 000 001 - 5 4 0
Game Two 
AASU                 200 100 0 - 3 5 2 
USC Aiken        100 221 x - 6 9 1