AIKEN, S.C. – Stephen Carmon belted a game-winning home run in the 13th inning to lead the 30th-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken baseball team to a 8-6 victory over 29th-ranked Barry on Saturday afternoon at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.

The score tied 6-6 in the bottom of the 13th, USC Aiken (4-1) got things in the bottom half of the extra frame with Stephen Bellantoni  (Oviedo, Fla. /Lake Sumter CC) reaching base on an infield single.

Carmon (Camden, S.C./Camden) then concluded an unbelievable day at the plate by blasting the two-run tater over the right field fence.

The win on Saturday afternoon assured USC Aiken of its second consecutive three-game series regardless of the outcome of the three-game series finale on Sunday. 

USC Aiken, who took two of three from Lincoln Memorial last weekend at the 'Bert, will conclude its series with Barry with a 12 p.m. game on Sunday.



Carmon ended Saturday's extra-inning win 5-for-7 from the plate. He had four RBIs and scored two runs. 

Bellantoni was 4-for-7 with two RBIs and three runs scored.

Josh Miller (Chapin, S.C./Chapin) and Spencer Wolfe (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) also had multiple hits in the game with each recording two. Miller had an RBI, while Wolfe scored a run.

USC Aiken out-hit the Buccaneers 15-12 in total in the 13-inning affair.


Barry was led in its second straight loss to the Pacers by Dean Green, who was 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored.



The two teams combined to utilize the services of 10 pitchers in the game with USC Aiken's Houston Taylor (Chersterfield, S.C./Cheraw) dealing a scoreless ninth to record the win. He is now 1-0 on the year.

Jason Cochcroft (Gilbert, S.C./Gilbert) notched his second straight quality start for the Pacers in the contest. He did not record the victory, but he left after six innings having struck out seven and allowing just three hits. He gave up just one earned run.



Barry's Tyler King suffered the loss on Saturday to fall to 0-2 on the year. He pitched the final 1.1 innings for the Buccaneers, allowing two hits and two earned runs on Carmon's game-winning dinger.