Friday, March 1
Tallahassee, Fla.
6 p.m.
Mercer University
at
Florida State
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Mercer will play three-game series against nationally-ranked Seminoles
MACON, Ga. – Mercer will travel to Tallahassee, Fla. to face nationally-ranked No. 11 (USA Today) Florida State in a three-game series at Dick Howser Stadium this weekend.
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First pitch of Friday's series opener is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET). All three games will be broadcasted on ACC Network Extra and have live stats available.
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GAMEDAY LINEUP
Teams: Mercer (8-1) at Florida State (7-0)
Location: Tallahassee, Fla. | Dick Howser Stadium
Friday: March 1 | 6 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Saturday: March 2 | 2 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Sunday: March 3 | 1 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Tickets: Seminoles.com
Projected Rotations:
The No. 11 Seminoles have opened the season with a 7-0 record, sweeping a pair of weekend series against Maine and Youngstown State. Both of Florida State's mid-week games against Jacksonville and USF have been postponed or cancelled.
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Florida State is led by legendary head coach Mike Martin, who is in his 40th and final season at the Seminoles' helm. Martin is the all-time winningest coach in college baseball history and has led Florida State to the NCAA Tournament and at least 40 wins in all 39 seasons as a head coach.
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The Seminoles are hitting .316 collectively and have nine players who have hit at least one home run through seven games played. Florida State had three pitchers – including Friday starter Drew Parrish – toss a combined no-hitter in the season opener against Maine on Feb. 15. The Seminoles' pitching staff owns a 2.59 earned run average and is holding opposing batters to a .155 average.
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Follow the Bears
For complete coverage of Mercer Baseball, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerBaseball (Twitter), /MercerBaseball (Facebook) and @Mercer.Baseball (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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First pitch of Friday's series opener is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET). All three games will be broadcasted on ACC Network Extra and have live stats available.
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GAMEDAY LINEUP
Teams: Mercer (8-1) at Florida State (7-0)
Location: Tallahassee, Fla. | Dick Howser Stadium
Friday: March 1 | 6 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Saturday: March 2 | 2 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Sunday: March 3 | 1 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Tickets: Seminoles.com
Projected Rotations:
- Friday: RHP Sawyer Gipson-Long vs. LHP Drew Parrish
- Saturday: LHP Tanner Hall vs. RHP CJ Van Eyk
- Sunday: RHP Zach Graveno vs. LHP Shane Drohan
- Mercer and Florida State are two of just four NCAA Division I programs to win at least 35 games in each of the past nine seasons, joining LSU and Vanderbilt.
- Craig Gibson is 0-2 as a head coach against Florida State. The Bears lost 8-4 in Tallahassee on March 7, 2006 and 5-4 in 10 innings on May 29, 2015 in a NCAA Regional game.
- Mercer was victorious in its last game against a nationally-ranked opponent, taking down No. 1 Florida, 6-4, in Gainesville last season. The Bears are 4-1 in their last five games against nationally-ranked teams.
- RJ Yeager is tied for the national lead in home runs (6). He is second nationally in total bases (36) and 19th in runs batted in (14).
- Mercer's pitching staff is averaging 10.3 strikeouts per nine innings through nine games.
- The Bears went 8-1 in the month of February and have won six straight.
- This will be Mercer's second trip to Tallahassee this season, having faced Florida A&M on the road on Feb. 20.
- Series:Â Florida State leads, 60-8
- First Meeting: April 22, 1948 in Macon, Ga. (FSU won, 14-12)
- Last Meeting: May 29, 2015 in Tallahassee (FSU won, 5-4 in 10 innings)
- Streak: Florida State, 22
The No. 11 Seminoles have opened the season with a 7-0 record, sweeping a pair of weekend series against Maine and Youngstown State. Both of Florida State's mid-week games against Jacksonville and USF have been postponed or cancelled.
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Florida State is led by legendary head coach Mike Martin, who is in his 40th and final season at the Seminoles' helm. Martin is the all-time winningest coach in college baseball history and has led Florida State to the NCAA Tournament and at least 40 wins in all 39 seasons as a head coach.
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The Seminoles are hitting .316 collectively and have nine players who have hit at least one home run through seven games played. Florida State had three pitchers – including Friday starter Drew Parrish – toss a combined no-hitter in the season opener against Maine on Feb. 15. The Seminoles' pitching staff owns a 2.59 earned run average and is holding opposing batters to a .155 average.
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Follow the Bears
For complete coverage of Mercer Baseball, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerBaseball (Twitter), /MercerBaseball (Facebook) and @Mercer.Baseball (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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