FLORENCE, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken baseball team notched a 6-4 win at Francis Marion Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference contest.

The Pacers are now 4-2 on the season while the Patriots fall to 5-1.

Jeff Cyr led off the game with a single to center field and moved to second on Sean McQuillan's sacrifice bunt. Two batters later, rookie Dalton Graves pushed him home on a base knock to right field.

Jackson Hannon's double down the left field line scored Cyr. McQuillan crossed home on a sacrifice fly by Graves. Two batters later, PBC Freshman of the Week Josh Sharp's base hit on the first pitch he saw scored Hannon for a 4-0 edge.

USC Aiken tacked on two runs in the fourth. Graves ripped a pitch through the left side that scored Cyr. Kaden Blankenship followed him up with a hit that plated Hannon.

The Patriots managed to plate a run in the fourth and three in the fifth, but the pitching and defense held the home squad down the stretch.

FMU had runners on first and third with one out in the ninth, but Joel Haney closed the home team's chance with a game-ending double play.

For the game, Cyr led the way with three hits while scoring three runs. Blankenship, Graves and Hannon had two hits apiece. Graves drove in three Pacers. Hannon trotted across home plate twice.

McQuillan and Sharp each had a hit. Sharp drove in one while McQuillan scored once.

USC Aiken tallied six runs on 11 hits. The Patriots accounted for four runs on 10 hits.

On the mound, Jacob Fletcher got the starting nod. He worked four innings. Fletcher gave up four runs, three of which were earned. He accounted for one strikeout. Grant Stanford registered one out while Haney went the rest of the way. Haney struck out four batters in 4.2 frames while picking up the win.   

The Pacers return to action Friday when they play at No. 1 Tampa at 6 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at PacerSports.com.