Tuesday, April 16
Macon, Ga.
6 p.m.
Mercer University
17-20
7
vs
0
Kennesaw State
17-21
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Kennesaw State
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
3
Mercer
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
3
X
7
6
2
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Smith, Scott (2-2)
L: Coburn, Josh (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Tolve, Tyler 1
Base Running:
CS: Chabut, David 1
Batting:
HR: Price, Collin 1
RBI: Dockus, Kyle 1 ; Yeager, RJ 1 ; Price, Collin 3
SH: Yeager, RJ 1 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 1 ; Knight, Bill 1 ; Austin, Trevor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dockus, Kyle 1 ; Johnson, Kel 1 ; Price, Collin 1 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 1 ; Ammons, Jordan 1 ; Wilkinson, Garrett 1 ; Austin, Trevor 1
SB: Dockus, Kyle 1 ; Yeager, RJ 1
CS: Austin, Trevor 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Daniel Gibbons
Bears Blank Kennesaw State in Mid-Week Win
4/16/2019 9:39:00 PM | Baseball
Five Mercer pitchers toss 16 strikeouts in 7-0 victory
MACON, Ga. – Mercer blanked Kennesaw State, 7-0, in a mid-week victory behind a 16-strikeout effort from five pitchers on Tuesday night at OrthoGeorgia Park.
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The Bears (17-20) won their second straight game in convincing fashion behind the collective pitching performance from Andrew Kane, Nick Spear, Scott Smith, Will Bowdoin and Josh Farmer, who held the Owls (17-21) scoreless on seven hits.
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With a scoreless tie on hand heading into the bottom of the fifth inning, Mercer plated four runs on a safety squeeze bunt by RJ Yeager and a three-run home run by Collin Price. Yeager's RBI bunt plated Jordan Ammons – who earned his first start of the year as the designated hitter – after he reached on a throwing error. Kel Johnson was intentionally walked after Yeager, bringing up Price, who deposited his long ball to left field.
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The Bears added three runs in the eighth thanks to a pair of Kennesaw State errors and a RBI infield single by Kyle Dockus. Smith improved to 2-2 with the win as he struck out two batters over the fifth and sixth frames. He was bookended by Spear and Bowdoin's appearances; both right-handers struck out six batters apiece.
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Records Update
» Mercer: 17-20
» Kennesaw State: 17-21
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Pitchers of Record
» Win: Scott Smith (2-2)
» Loss: Josh Coburn (1-3)
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Notables
» Kel Johnson extended his reached base streak to 36 games. He walked twice in an 0-for-3 effort.
» Mercer's 16 strikeouts thrown are its second most this season (18 vs. Evansville on Feb. 15).
» Price's home run was his second of the season and first since March 5.
» Price went 2-for-4 for his fifth multi-hit game.
» Both Nick Spear and Will Bowdoin recorded all six of their outs via the strikeout.
» Andrew Kane made his third career start on the mound.
» Kyle Dockus and RJ Yeager stole one base apiece. Dockus leads Mercer with 14 this season.
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Up Next
Mercer travels north for a Southern Conference series at VMI on April 18-20 in Lexington, Va. The two teams will play Thursday, Friday and Saturday to avoid Easter Sunday.
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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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The Bears (17-20) won their second straight game in convincing fashion behind the collective pitching performance from Andrew Kane, Nick Spear, Scott Smith, Will Bowdoin and Josh Farmer, who held the Owls (17-21) scoreless on seven hits.
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With a scoreless tie on hand heading into the bottom of the fifth inning, Mercer plated four runs on a safety squeeze bunt by RJ Yeager and a three-run home run by Collin Price. Yeager's RBI bunt plated Jordan Ammons – who earned his first start of the year as the designated hitter – after he reached on a throwing error. Kel Johnson was intentionally walked after Yeager, bringing up Price, who deposited his long ball to left field.
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The Bears added three runs in the eighth thanks to a pair of Kennesaw State errors and a RBI infield single by Kyle Dockus. Smith improved to 2-2 with the win as he struck out two batters over the fifth and sixth frames. He was bookended by Spear and Bowdoin's appearances; both right-handers struck out six batters apiece.
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Records Update
» Mercer: 17-20
» Kennesaw State: 17-21
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Pitchers of Record
» Win: Scott Smith (2-2)
» Loss: Josh Coburn (1-3)
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Notables
» Kel Johnson extended his reached base streak to 36 games. He walked twice in an 0-for-3 effort.
» Mercer's 16 strikeouts thrown are its second most this season (18 vs. Evansville on Feb. 15).
» Price's home run was his second of the season and first since March 5.
» Price went 2-for-4 for his fifth multi-hit game.
» Both Nick Spear and Will Bowdoin recorded all six of their outs via the strikeout.
» Andrew Kane made his third career start on the mound.
» Kyle Dockus and RJ Yeager stole one base apiece. Dockus leads Mercer with 14 this season.
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Up Next
Mercer travels north for a Southern Conference series at VMI on April 18-20 in Lexington, Va. The two teams will play Thursday, Friday and Saturday to avoid Easter Sunday.
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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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