Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 COLUMBUS, Ga.--Columbus State (37-9, 20-7 PBC) twice rallied from late game deficits to sweep a Peach Belt Conference baseball doubleheader from 21st ranked USC Aiken (31-15, 14-10 PBC) on Sunday at a windy Ragsdale Field. The sixth-ranked Cougars, who plated five in the eighth inning on Saturday to win the series opener, scored two in the bottom of the ninth to win game one 4-3 and pushed home two in the sixth frame of game two's for the 3-2 win. 

After opening 11-1 in PBC play, the Pacers have dropped nine of their last 12 league contests but remain in the top four in the conference standings. Columbus State has won six-straight regular season meetings against the Pacers, however USCA went 1-1 against the nationally-ranked Cougars in last year's PBC Tournament. 

Columbus State grabbed the 1-0 lead in the first inning, and extended that to a 2-0 advantage in the fifth frame on Billy Howard's RBI single through the left side. 

USC Aiken cracked into the scoring column in the top of the sixth as Darryl Pui singled to right field and a throwing error resulted in Matt Key scoring from third. 

Pui finished 3-for-4 while Ken Raborn also had a multiple-hit game going 2-for-4. 

Still trailing 2-1 in the eighth inning, Pui's infield single plated Marc Joehnk to tie the game and Jacobsen's sacrifice fly drove in Pui with the go-ahead run. 

Following a quiet Cougar eighth and Pacer ninth, Kurt McKee started the last at-bats for Columbus State with a bang, tripling to right center field. Drew Candlin singled in McKee to knot the game at 3-3. A sacrifice bunt, an intentional walk, and a productive fly out to left field set up runners at first and third with two outs. Howard smacked a 2-2 comebacker off Jon Paul's leg, deflecting it towards second base for the game-winning infield single. 

McKee finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored while Candlin was 4-for-5 with the game-tying RBI. David Brown and Brandon Masters each added two hits for CSU.

Paul (6-5) tossed his sixth complete game of the year, two shy of tying the 11-year-old school record, allowing four runs on 12 hits and four walks in the loss. 

Blake Norrell (3-0) picked up the win after 1.1 innings of relief holding USCA to one hit, striking out two. 
In game two, it was USC Aiken grabbing the early 1-0 lead after an RBI double down the left field line by Chris Sheehan. 

Columbus State countered with an unearned run in the second as David Brown scored on an error by shortstop Marc Joehnk. 

USC Aiken reclaimed the advantage in the fifth as Zach Cooper's grounder was misplayed by Brad Linton at third base allowing Raborn to score and make it 2-1. 

With Columbus State down to their final five outs, Candlin homered over the left field wall as his two-run shot proved to be the game winner. 

Key had the only multiple-hit game for the Pacers going 2-for-3.

Able (2-3) notched the win with 2.0 innings of shutout, one-hit relief. 

Beau Hill (5-3) suffered the loss after surrendering three runs on five hits, striking out three in 5.1 innings of work. 

USC Aiken returns to action on Tuesday, April 17 when they host St. Andrews at 6:30 PM at Roberto Hernandez Stadium. 

GAME ONE
#21 USC Aiken................000 001 020 - 3 9 3
#6 Columbus State........100 010 002 - 4 12 2

Note: 2 outs, 2 runners LOB when the game ended. 
E - Jacobsen(8); Key, M.(1); Paul(1); Rutherford(1); Coker(3). DP - Pacers 1; Cougars 3. LOB - Pacers 6; Cougars 13. 2B - Candlin(18). 3B - McKee(1). HBP - Linton. SH - Joehnk(12); Key, M.(1); Linton(2). SF - Jacobsen(5).
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GAME TWO
#21 USC Aiken..............100 010 0 - 2 7 1
#6 Columbus State......010 002 x - 3 5 1

E - Joehnk(11); Linton(10). DP - Pacers 2. LOB - Pacers 9; Cougars 2. 2B - Jacobsen(18); Sheehan(16); Raborn(11); Brown(10). 3B - Tankersley(2). HR - Candlin(8). HBP - Raborn; McKee; Rutherford. SH - Sherrer(5). CS - Bowen