Bears Host Florida A&M in Two Mid-Week Games

Tuesday, February 26

Macon, Ga.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

Florida A&M

Tickets

Photo by: Noah Harbuck

2/25/2019 12:14:00 PM | Baseball

Game 1 Live Stats Game 2 Live Stats

Mercer will face Rattlers for second and third times this season

By: Gerrit Van Genderen

MACON, Ga. – Mercer will host Florida A&M for a pair of mid-week contests at 6 p.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. Wednesday at OrthoGeorgia Park.

The Bears (6-1) and Rattlers (2-7) have already played once this season when Mercer earned a 7-6 road victory last Wednesday in Tallahassee. Live stats will be provided for both games.

GAMEDAY LINEUP
Teams: Mercer (6-1) vs. Florida A&M (2-7)
Location: Macon, Ga. | OrthoGeorgia Park
Tuesday: Feb. 26 | 6 p.m. | Live Stats
Wednesday: Feb. 27 | 4 p.m. | Live Stats
Projected Rotation:

Tuesday: LHP Beau Healy vs. TBA
Wednesday: RHP Josh Farmer vs. TBA

Batting Practice

Mercer and Florida A&M play one another four total times this season.
These two games will be the 119th and 120th all-time meetings between Mercer and Florida A&M.
Craig Gibson is 48-12 against Florida A&M as a head coach. The 48 wins are his most against any single opponent.
Graduate senior transfer Garrett Wilkinson played for Florida A&M the last two seasons. Wilkinson went 3-for-4 against the Rattlers last week and is hitting .375 through seven games this season.
Beau Healy, who is expected to start on the mound on Tuesday, allowed just one run over four innings and earned the win at Florida A&M last week.
Josh Farmer is expected to make his first career start on the mound Wednesday.
RJ Yeager's six home runs are tied for the most in the nation. Yeager hit just six home runs in 60 games last season.
Mercer is hitting a collective .329 through seven games played. Five Bears are hitting .375 or better, including Zach Miller, who leads the team with a .393 average.

Series History

Series: Mercer leads, 87-30-1
First Meeting: 1986 (Mercer, 9-0)
Last Meeting: February 20, 2019 (Mercer, 7-6)
Streak: Mercer, 2

Scouting Florida A&M
The Rattlers are 2-7 entering this week's pair of nonconference games in Macon after splitting a four-game series at home against Alcorn State last weekend. Willis McDaniel, who has started all nine games for Florida A&M, leads the team with a .353 batting average. The Rattlers are hitting a collective .258 while their pitching staff owns a 5.04 ERA.

Last Time vs. Florida A&M
Mercer avoided a late rally by Florida A&M and defeated the Rattlers, 7-6, for its first road win of the season at Moore-Kittles Field on Wednesday.

The Bears (3-1) led by as many as four runs in the fifth inning before Florida A&M (0-5) threatened with five runs over a three-inning stretch of the fifth to seventh frames. Healy, who had a predetermined pitch count entering the game, earned the win after allowing just one run over the first four innings. Leyton Pinckney went 2-for-4 with his first collegiate home run and Kevin Coulter notched his third save of the season.

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