Friday, March 29
Spartanburg, S.C.
6 p.m.
Mercer University
at
Wofford
Photo by: Daniel Gibbons
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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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:Â 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).
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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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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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