Mercer University
27-23
Belmont
24-25
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: FOWLKES, Justin (3-1)
L: Kane, Andrew (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Dockus, Kyle 1
HR: Johnson, Kel 1
RBI: Johnson, Kel 2 ; Price, Collin 1 ; Knight, Bill 1
SH: Dockus, Kyle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dockus, Kyle 1 ; Johnson, Kel 1 ; Price, Collin 1 ; Austin, Trevor 1
CS: DiSpigna, Angelo 1
Batting:
2B: HADDEN, Chas 1 ; HOLLAND, Hunter 1
HR: HOLLAND, Hunter 1 ; CAMPBELL, Jackson 1 ; TAYLOR, Grayson 1
RBI: HADDEN, Chas 2 ; HOLLAND, Hunter 1 ; BEHRENDS, John 1 ; CAMPBELL, Jackson 2 ; ADKINS, Chandler 2 ; TAYLOR, Grayson 2
SH: JARVIS, Logan 1
SF: BEHRENDS, John 1 ; CAMPBELL, Jackson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: EHRHART, Zach 1 ; HOLLAND, Hunter 2 ; SEVERANCE, Hagan 1 ; BEHRENDS, John 1 ; JARVIS, Logan 1 ; CAMPBELL, Jackson 2 ; TAYLOR, Grayson 2
CS: HADDEN, Chas 2 ; CAPOBIANCO, Jack 1
HBP: SEVERANCE, Hagan 1 ; CAMPBELL, Jackson 1
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5/11/2019 4:48:00 PM | Baseball
Mercer allows seven unanswered runs in 10-4 loss
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The host Bruins (24-24) knotted the series with the six-run victory. Mercer fell to 27-23 overall and will aim to claim the nonconference series on Sunday afternoon. Kel Johnson hit his 21st home run of the season in the loss.
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Mercer entered the bottom of the seventh inning with a 4-3 lead before the Bruins tagged Bear relievers Andrew Kane and Holton McGaha for five runs on three hits. Belmont entered the eighth inning with an 8-4 lead and later extended its advantage with a two-run home run.
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The Bears struck first in the second inning with an RBI groundout by Bill Knight that scored Collin Price, who was one of three Mercer players to notch a hit in the frame. After Belmont tied the game, 1-1, in the bottom of the second, the Bears responded with Johnson's home run, which gave Mercer a 3-1 lead.
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Belmont tied the game at 3-3 with a pair of solo home runs in the third and fourth innings off Mercer starter Kevin Coulter, who tossed five innings and struck out four batters while issuing just one walk. Price put Mercer ahead, 4-3, with a RBI infield single in the top of the fifth, scoring Trevor Austin.
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Andrew Kane, Holton McGaha, Will Bowdoin and Kyle Bialousz relieved Coulter on the mound.
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Records Update
» Mercer: 27-23
» Belmont: 24-24
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Pitchers of Record
» Win: Justin Fowlkes (4-1)
» Loss: Andrew Kane (0-1)
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Notables
» Kel Johnson's home run was his 21st of the season and second of the series. Johnson tied Jack Pool (1983) and John Moreland (2010) for the fourth-most home runs in a single season by a Mercer player.
» Collin Price extended his reached base streak to 25 games with a 2-for-4 effort.
» Five Bears saw action on the mound.
» Two Bears – Collin Price and Alex Crotty – tallied two hits apiece.
» Mercer's pitchers struck out eight batters in the contest.
» Kyle Dockus went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
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Up Next
Mercer and Belmont's series finale will start at 2 p.m. (ET) on Sunday in Nashville.
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