Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 AIKEN, SC--Bradley Key tossed a dominating, complete game in the first of a Peach Belt Conference twinbill for the USC Aiken Pacers (22-19, 7-12 PBC) as they defeated their archrivals, the Augusta State Jaguars (22-17, 10-12 PBC), 8-4 on Saturday afternoon at J.H. Satcher Field.  ASU finally snapped its seven-game losing streak to the Pacers taking game two 10-4.  

Key (2-1), a Greenbrier High School product, allowed four earned runs on five hits and two walks, striking out a career-high 12 batters in notching his second consecutive win and first collegiate complete game.  

The Jaguars made some noise in the first inning plating three runs on two hits and one walk.  Matt May punched a one-out single up the middle and then Garrett McGrath doubled to right center scoring May and John Graham.  McGrath later scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.  

USCA got back two of the runs in the bottom of the first.  Ashley Farr doubled down the left field line and later scored on a Chris Sheehan groundout.  Tony Hanks slapped a two-out single to right center to plate Demetrick Drumming, who also singled in the inning, to slice the margin to 3-2.  

Following the first inning, the two teams endured an 18-minute delay for lightning in the area.  Key, following the layoff, came out stronger than ever, retiring the next seven batters until Jeff Macaione recorded a one-out single to left field.  The only other run the Jags would get came in the fifth on a Bennett Mayfield RBI single up the middle to make it 4-2.  Key came back to strike out the side in the sixth and did not allow a hit the rest of the way.  

Sheehan had another RBI groundout in the fifth to push across Drumming and trim it back to 4-3 deficit.  

It was the seventh, however, when the Pacers made their move, scoring five runs on four hits and one error to claim an 8-4 lead.  Clint Keown singled up the middle and then proceeded to steal second.  Keown finished 3-for-5 with three stolen bases and needs just eight more to break the single-season record held by Adam Riggs (42) set in 1994.  

Farr, 2-for-3 in the game, singled to bring in Keown and knot the game up at 4-4.  After Farr was caught stealing, Drumming crushed his ninth homer of the season over the right center field fence.  He also had a three-hit game while Hanks pounded out two of the Pacers 13 hits.  With the bases loaded, Casey Calhoun smacked a double down the left field line pushing across Key and Sheehanfor a pair of insurance runs and setting the final margin at 8-4.  

Brandon Carswell (5-6) went 6.1 innings surrendering six runs, four earned, on 11 hits and three walks, striking out four in the loss. Matt Bailey faced three hitters, allowing two runs on one hit and two walks while Wes Ward worked the final 1.2 innings holding USCA to one hit and one walk.  

In game two, seven unearned runs plagued the Pacers as then fell to the Jags 10-4.  Both teams combined for 24 hits, six errors, and stranded 16 runners on base.  

The Jaguars jumped on starter Mike Pomaville (5-5) early in the second.  After pushing across one run in the first on Graham's double, ASU tacked on two more in the second keyed by an RBI single by Mayfield to make it 3-0.  Pomaville went 1.1 innings allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits in the loss.  

???????USCA got on the board in the third inning as Farr doubled to left center to score Keown and make it 3-1.  Keown went 3-for-4 in game two but did not have a stolen base.  Farr, along with Hanks and Sheehan had multi-hit games, each going 2-for-4.

The fifth inning, however, was the big blow that did in the Pacers as ASU plated four runs on two hits and one error.  With the bases loaded and one out, Brandon Sumlin lifted a fly ball to Keown in right field.  Making a tough play, Keown recorded the out and threw back in behind the runner headed back to first base.  The throw beat the runner, but just got away from the first baseman.  

The missed opportunity on the double play to end the inning turned into a sacrifice fly for Sumlin.  The next batter, Mayfield, then cranked a three-run homer to left field to make it 8-3.  

The Pacers scored two in the sixth and one in the seventh to set the final score at 10-4.  

Justin Walker (5-2) went the distance for the Jaguars scattering 11 hits, allowing four runs, two earned, on one walk and three strikeouts in the win.  

Mayfield finished 4-for-5 with four RBI and one run scored while May and Sumlin each added two hits for ASU. 

USC Aiken will host Augusta State in the series finale on Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 PM.  

GAME ONE
Augusta State    300    010    000    -    4      5    2
USC Aiken          200    010    50x    -    8    13    0

GAME TWO
Augusta State    120    140    2    -    10    13    2
USC Aiken           001    002    1    -      4    11    4