Softball Welcomes Georgia Tech In Midweek Non-Conference Macthup
4/9/2013 12:00:00 AM | Softball
| Mercer vs. Georgia Tech Game Capsule | |
| DATE AND TIME | Wednesday April 10, 2013 - 6 p.m. EST |
| LOCATION | Macon, Ga. (Sikes Field) |
| MERCER (Home) | 22-23 Overall, 10-8 Atlantic Sun - Roster |
| GEORGIA TECH (Visitor) | 18-21 Overall, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference - Roster |
| MEDIA | LIVE STATS, RADIO (GT Broadcast) |
| WEATHER |
Macon, Ga. Area - 85 degrees on April 10, 2013 |
| SOCIAL MEDIA | Follow on Twitter: @MercerBears or @MercerUSoftball |
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer softball teams winds down on its non-conference portion of the schedule this Wednesday as the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets come to Macon for a single contest at 6 p.m.
The Bears (22-23, 10-8 A-Sun) took down their in-state ACC rivals on February 20 of this year, 10-9 and will look to take the season sweep against a struggling 18-21 Yellow Jackets' squad.
Mercer has struggled in its own right of late, winning just one of their last eight games. The Bears however, currently sit in sixth place in the latest A-Sun standings, which if the season ended today would have the Bears headed to Nashville, Tenn. to play in the A-Sun Championship.
LAST TIME OUT
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer softball team failed to overcome a nine-run fifth inning in Sunday's series finale against Florida Gulf Coast as the Eagles walked away with the series win, 15-7.
The fifteen runs were the most given up by the Bears (22-23, 10-8 A-Sun) all season and all nine of FGCU's(26-13, 7-4 A-Sun) runs in the fifth inning came with two outs. The fifth inning proved to be the difference as the Bears could not recover in a game that saw 25 combined hits.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION – Georgia Tech –Wednesday April 10, 2013
LIVE STATS
The Yellow Jackets come into Wednesday's non-conference game against the Bears with sub-.500 record at 18-21 and are just 6-8 overall in road contests this season. Georgia Tech is 5-4 in the ACC but have the third highest team batting average in the conference at .292.
The Yellow Jackets are in the top half of numerous offensive statistical categories in the ACC, but it has been their pitching that has been the team's Achilles heel this year.
Georgia Tech carries the second-lowest team ERA in the ACC at 5.29 and opposing teams are batting .308 against Tech's pitching staff. In the first meeting of the season, the Bears outhit the Yellow Jackets 14-7 and scored three run in the top of the seventh to take the game, 10-9.
GAME NOTES
-Mercer's Krista Kennedy has continued her career season for the Bears as she currently ranks second in A-Sun with 49 RBI. Kennedy is now just six RBI away from surpassing the Bears' all-time season mark of 55.
-Fellow junior McKenzie Woody still remains as the top hits leader in the country this season with 68 and is 29th in the country with a .433 batting average.
