Joe Marlow pitches USC Aiken past Tusculum in Southeast Regional opener
USC Aiken pitcher Joe Marlow pitched a complete game in leading the Pacers to a 2-1 win over Tusculum on Thursday morning in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional at Burger King Field.
Marlow (10-2) gave up 11 hits and two walks to go with four strikeouts.
Tusculum (36-17) scored its run in the top of the third inning.
Zack Finchum and Kevin Victoriano hit back-to-back singles to open the inning. Nick Lacina singled to center field, but Mitchell Price threw out Finchum at home.
Jim Tolle singled to left to score Victoriano.
The Pacers scored both of their runs in the sixth. Chaz Pal doubled with one out. He scored on Zach Moon’s single. After two more singles loaded the bases, Moon scored on a wild pitch by reliever Devan Watts.
USC Aiken will play top-seeded Columbus State at 2 p.m. Friday. Tusculm will not play again until 3 p.m. Saturday.
The second game of the day, Lander against Mount Olive, was delayed due to lightning in the area at close to 5 p.m.
Lander was leading 2-1 in the sixth inning. The teams were set to resume at 8:45 p.m.
The Catawba-Belmont Abbey game was set to start 45 minutes after the conclusion of the Lander-Mount Olive game.
NCAA Southeast Regional
all games at Burger King Stadium
Seeding: 1. Columbus State. 2. Lander. 3. Belmont Abbey. 4. USC Aiken. 5. Tusculum. 6. Catawba. 7. Mount Olive.
Thursday
Game 1 — USC Aiken 2, Tusculum 1
Game 2 — Lander vs. Mount Olive, 3 p.m.
Game 3 — Catawba vs. Belmont Abbey, 7 p.m.
Friday
Game 4 — Game 2 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 10:30 a.m.
Game 5 — Columbus State vs. USC Aiken, 2 p.m.
Game 6 — Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 loser, 11 a.m.
Game 8 — Game 6 loser vs. Tusculum, 3 p.m.
Game 9 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 7 p.m.
Sunday
Game 10 — Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, noon
Game 11 — Game 10 winner vs. Game 9 loser, 3:30 p.m.
Monday
Game 12 — Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 winner, noon
Game 13 — if necessary
This story was originally published May 19, 2016 at 2:15 PM with the headline "Joe Marlow pitches USC Aiken past Tusculum in Southeast Regional opener."