Friday, March 29
Spartanburg, S.C.
6 p.m.
Mercer University
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Bears Hit Road for Three-Game Series at Wofford
3/28/2019 4:42:00 PM | Baseball
Mercer set for its second weekend road series of the year
MACON, Ga. – Mercer will play away from home for the first time since March 6 when it takes on Wofford in a three-game Southern Conference series at Russell C. King Field in Spartanburg, S.C. this weekend.
The series will open with a 6 p.m. (ET) clash on Friday. All three games will be streamed live, including two ESPN3 broadcasts on Friday and Saturday.
WEEKEND LINEUP
Teams: Mercer (12-14, 1-2 SoCon) at Wofford (17-10, 0-0 SoCon)
Location: Spartanburg, S.C. | Russell C. King Field
Friday: March 29 | 6 p.m. | Live Stats | ESPN3
Saturday: March 30 | 3 p.m. | Live Stats | ESPN3
Sunday: March 31 | 1 p.m. | Live Stats | SoCon Digital Network
Projected Rotations:
Wofford has played 21 of its first 27 games at home and will continue that trend this weekend. The Terriers (17-10) have not played a SoCon series yet. They lead the nation in stolen bases (88) and are batting .287 as a unit. Lawson Hill (.433) leads the Terriers in batting average and hits (45).
Wofford has lost three of its last five games, including dropping last weekend's series at Florida A&M. The Terriers are led by Todd Interdonato, who is in his 12th season as the program's head coach.
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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.
The series will open with a 6 p.m. (ET) clash on Friday. All three games will be streamed live, including two ESPN3 broadcasts on Friday and Saturday.
WEEKEND LINEUP
Teams: Mercer (12-14, 1-2 SoCon) at Wofford (17-10, 0-0 SoCon)
Location: Spartanburg, S.C. | Russell C. King Field
Friday: March 29 | 6 p.m. | Live Stats | ESPN3
Saturday: March 30 | 3 p.m. | Live Stats | ESPN3
Sunday: March 31 | 1 p.m. | Live Stats | SoCon Digital Network
Projected Rotations:
- Friday: LHP Beau Healy vs. LHP Austin Higginbotham
- Saturday: RHP Kevin Coulter vs. LHP Hayes Heinecke
- Sunday: LHP Tanner Hall vs. TBD
- Mercer won two of three games against Wofford in Macon last season.
- Kel Johnson is among the nation's leaders in multiple categories, ranking second in home runs (13), eighth in runs batted in (35) and 15th in slugging percentage (.737).
- Johnson owns a 25-game reached base streak entering the weekend.
- The Bears are 1-4 on the road this season.
- Kevin Coulter is projected to start on Saturday and owns a 2.17 ERA and 3-0 record.
- Mercer is one of four NCAA Division I programs to win at least 35 games in each of the past nine seasons, joining LSU, Florida State and Vanderbilt.
- Series: Mercer leads, 19-11
- First Meeting: 1905 (Mercer won, 5-3)
- Last Meeting: 3/25/18 in Macon (Wofford won 14-10)
- Streak: Wofford, 1
Wofford has played 21 of its first 27 games at home and will continue that trend this weekend. The Terriers (17-10) have not played a SoCon series yet. They lead the nation in stolen bases (88) and are batting .287 as a unit. Lawson Hill (.433) leads the Terriers in batting average and hits (45).
Wofford has lost three of its last five games, including dropping last weekend's series at Florida A&M. The Terriers are led by Todd Interdonato, who is in his 12th season as the program's head coach.
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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