AIKEN, S.C. – Five University of South Carolina Aiken pitchers combined to allow Augusta State only three hits in a 7-1 win over the Jaguars on Wednesday evening at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.

The contest was the second game of the Fourth Annual Outback Cup. Nationally 14th-ranked USC Aiken (30-14) is now 7-1 all-time in the annual two-game non-conference series between the two rivals.

The Pacers conclude the 2012 season with a 4-1 record over the Jaguars. The Pacers are now 64-20 all-time against Augusta State (13-33).

The win over Augusta State on Monday garnered the Pacers their 30^th win of the year. The Pacers have now claimed 30 or more wins in 11 of Kenny Thomas' 13 seasons in charge of the USC Aiken baseball program.

The five Pacer pitchers fanned 12 Jaguars in addition to allowing the Jaguars just the three hits.

Pacer starting pitcher Tyler Stephan (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) dealt the first five innings to claim his first win of the year. Stephan struck out five Jaguars.

Wilson Taylor (3-3) took the loss for Augusta State in the game. Taylor pitched the first 3.1 innings, allowing six earned runs.

USC Aiken out-hit Augusta State, 12-3, in the contest. Four Pacers concluded their efforts with multiple hits.

Stephen Carmon (Camden, S.C./Camden) led the Pacers at the dish. The senior shortstop was 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

Three Pacers finished with two hits with Nick Aranas (Lexington, S.C./Lexington), Bill Gerstenslager (Solon, Ohio/Mercyhurst) and JJ Loker (Elkton, Va./Spotswood) each notching two in the Pacer win.

Aranas was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run scored. Aranas belted a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth. The home run was Aranas' team-high seventh of the season.

USC Aiken got things rolling in the game by plating three runs in the bottom of the second stanza. The Pacers would add three more in the bottom of the fourth to own a commanding 6-0 lead.

Aranas' tater in the home half of the eighth countered Augusta State's lone run of the game scored in the top of the eighth.

Due to the threat of inclement weather on Sunday, the USC Aiken-Francis Marion Peach Belt Conference baseball series at Cormell Field at Sparrow Stadium has been moved to a Friday-Saturday three-game series.

The three-game national top-15 showdown between No. 14 USC Aiken (30-14, 17-10 PBC) and No. 8 Francis Marion (31-13, 17-9 PBC) is now set to begin with a single 7 p.m. contest on Friday, April 20.

The three-game series between the Peach Belt Conference East Division rivals will then close with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 21. The first game of the doubleheader on Saturday is slated for 2 p.m.

The three-game series is the final Peach Belt Conference series of the 2012 season for the Pacers.