GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Sterling Turmon homered, drove in three runs, and scored three times to headline a potent Furman attack that overwhelmed The Citadel, 20-6, in Southern Conference baseball action Saturday afternoon at Latham Stadium.

The win, the fifth straight for Furman (9-16, 2-3 SoCon) and 10th in the last 11 meetings with The Citadel (9-18, 2-3 SoCon), secured the series win for the Paladins, who will go for the series sweep in Sunday's 1:00 p.m. finale.

Turmon, a redshirt sophomore from Greenville in his first year in the Paladin program, singled and scored in the second to help give the Paladins a 3-2 lead.

Trailing 4-2, the Bulldogs cut the Paladins' lead to 4-3 in the fifth and appeared poised for a big inning when Andrew Judkins laced a line drive into the left center field gap, but a sprinting Turmon, with his back to the infield, gloved it, and fired the ball back to second base to complete an inning ending double play.

In the Paladins' fifth he ignited an eight-run frame with a two-run home run — his fourth of the season — to left field.  Logan Taplett completed the outbust with three-run double down the left field line to stretch Furman's advantage to 12-3.

Furman tacked on six more runs in the sixth, highlighted by a Trent Alley bases clearing double.

David Webel went 3-for-6 with two RBI and two runs to pace Furman's 17-hit performance.  Turmon was joined in the two-hit category by four teammates — Anthony Fontana, Dax Roper, Bret Heubner, and Alley.

Furman trailed 2-0 after the first inning before showcasing the big lumber.

The ample run support made an easy winner of freshman right-hander Rob Hughes, who allowed three runs on six hits over five innings.

Bulldog starter Shane Connolly (3-3), the reigning SoCon Pitcher of the Week who entered the game with a 1.25 earned run average, was battered for 10 hits and eight runs, six of which were earned over 4 1/3 innings.

Furman's 20-run tally marked a season high and gave the Paladins 57 runs in their current four-game winning streak.

Hunter Reid, Sports Information