GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Walt Quattlebaum went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs to power Charleston Southern to a 14-4 victory over Furman in baseball action Wednesday evening at Latham Stadium.

The win improved Charleston Southern to 15-12 on the season while the loss dropped Furman to 13-15 overall.  The Paladins are now 3-12 in their last 15 mid-week games dating back to last year.

Quattlebaum capped a five-run fifth inning with an RBI single and delivered a two-run double in a five-run Buccaneer eighth to highlight CSU's 17-hit attack.

Brantley Meier and Alex Tomasovich also had three hits apiece, and Cody Austin rounded out Charleston Southern's parade of multi-hit displays with a 2-for-5 performance while scoring three runs.

Furman had nine hits in the contest, with Hunter Burton, Harrison Farmer, and Alex Abrams registered two hits apiece.

The Paladins took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a Abrams' RBI single that plated Hunter Burton.

It remained that way until the fifth when the Buccaneers struck for five runs on six hits, keyed by Tom Burkett's two-run single to left field off Furnan starting pitcher Nate Smith (1-3).

Furman answered with three in the bottom of the inning, with Reese Wade's two-run double into the right field corner highlighting the frame that made it a 5-4 game.

The Buccaneers, however, came back with a run in the sixth on a Tomasovich RBI single, two more in the seventh, and a five-run eighth, aided by a pair of Furman errors.

Making only his second appearance of the season, Kyle Ward (1-0) picked up the win in relief of Buccaneer starter Ali Williams, who exited with two outs in the fifth inning.  Ward shut out Furman on two hits over 2 1/3 innings and struck out three.

Smith took the loss surrendered five runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.  He walked three and fanned two.

Furman is off this weekend and will return to action next Tuesday when it will entertain East Tennessee State in a 6:00 p.m. game at Latham Stadium.

Pictured:  Reese Wade