ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Interstat) — JR Fordham pitched 4.2 hitless innings with seven strikeouts as the Longwood Lancers defeated the Charleston Southern Buccaneers 10-4 on Friday at Greenwood Baseball Field.

Fordham, who entered the game in relief, allowed no hits and no earned runs. Ben Pulliam went 1 for 5 with a three-run homer, Tré Keels was 2 for 4 with a solo home run, and Jon Howard added a solo shot for Longwood (31-25). Corbin Payne tossed two hitless innings with four strikeouts, and Aydan Smith worked four innings of two-hit ball for Charleston Southern (30-23).

The Lancers struck early when Keels homered to left center in the first. Charleston Southern answered with two runs in the second on a single by Martinez and a passed ball. Longwood broke the game open in the fifth on Pulliam’s three-run homer and Howard’s solo shot. The Buccaneers scored once in the fifth and once in the eighth but could not close the gap. Both teams finished with 10 hits.