Saturday, May 25
Greenville, S.C.
3:30 p.m.
Mercer University
32-27
11
vs
7
ETSU
34-21
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Mercer
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ETSU
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lobus, Taylor (1-0)
L: Colby Stuart (3-4)
S: Kelley, Jackson (1)
Batting:
2B: Knight, Bill 1 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 1 ; Crotty, Alex 1 ; Austin, Trevor 1
3B: Austin, Trevor 1
HR: Price, Collin 2 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 1 ; Crotty, Alex 1
RBI: Knight, Bill 1 ; Yeager, RJ 1 ; Price, Collin 2 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 1 ; Crotty, Alex 3 ; Austin, Trevor 3
SH: Wilkinson, Garrett 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Price, Collin 2 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 3 ; Crotty, Alex 4 ; Austin, Trevor 2
Batting:
2B: Colby Emmertz 1 ; Ethan Shelton 1
HR: Jackson Greer 1
RBI: Jackson Greer 1 ; Ethan Shelton 4 ; Cade Gilbert 2
SH: Colby Emmertz 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jackson Greer 2 ; David Beam 2 ; Jake Lyle 2 ; Colby Emmertz 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
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H
4
RBI
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3
RBI
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AB
4
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3
H
2
RBI
1
AB
2
R
4
H
2
RBI
3
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Todd Drexler
Bears Best Bucs in #SoConBSB Elimination Game
5/25/2019 8:19:00 PM | Baseball
Mercer defeats ETSU 11-7, earns rematch with top-seeded Samford
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Mercer outlasted sixth-seeded ETSU, 11-7, in an elimination contest on Saturday and moved within one win of reaching the title game at the 2019 Southern Conference Baseball Championship, presented by Holston Gases.
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The fourth-seeded Bears (32-27) won their third game of the tournament and will face No. 1 Samford on Saturday night with a trip to the title game on the line. Mercer and Samford's game is a rematch of Thursday's 11-0 win by the Bulldogs.
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Trevor Austin (4-for-4) and Alex Crotty (2-for-2) provided an offensive punch with six of Mercer's 14 hits in the game. Crotty opened the game with a RBI double in the second inning and added his third home run of the tournament in the third. Austin's career day included two RBI singles and a one-run triple down the right-field line in the eighth.
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Kevin Coulter returned to the mound on two days of rest and tossed 3.1 innings. He left the game in the fourth with a 5-4 lead, turning it over to Taylor Lobus. Lobus had the best performance of his junior season, allowing just one run on four hits over 3.1 innings of relief while helping keep Mercer in front.
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The Bears' runs came in bunches throughout the game; they scored two in the second, three in the third, two in the sixth and two in the eighth en route to putting ETSU (34-21) away. After both teams plated a pair in the second, Mercer jumped ahead, 5-2, in the third on home runs by Collin Price and Crotty. Consecutive RBI doubles by Austin and Bill Knight padded Mercer's lead to 7-4 in the sixth.
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Nick Spear, Will Bowdoin, Andrew Kane and Jackson Kelley combined to throw the final 2.1 innings on the mound. The four pitchers were backed by four runs over the final two innings. Austin (triple) and Yeager (single) drove in runs in the eighth while Price and Angelo DiSpigna left the yard with back-to-back home runs to start the ninth. ETSU made things interesting with two runs in the bottom of the ninth before Kelley took over to notch his first career save by recording the last two outs of the game.
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Records Update
» #4 Mercer: 32-27
» #6 ETSU: 34-21
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Pitchers of Record
» Win: Taylor Lobus (1-0)
» Save: Jackson Kelley (1)
» Loss: Colby Stuart (3-4)
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Notables
» Mercer improved to 14-7 all-time at the SoCon Championship.
» Saturday was Mercer's first meeting with ETSU at the SoCon Championship. The Bears won all four head-to-head games between the two teams this season.
» Alex Crotty's home run was his third of the tournament. He had one in 131 regular season at bats.
» Crotty scored a career-high four runs as he walked twice along with his 2-for-2 effort.
» Trevor Austin set career-highs in hits (4) and RBI (3).
» Taylor Lobus' 3.1 innings were a season-best.
» Collin Price had his first two-home run performance. He has eight for the season.
» Jackson Kelley earned his first career save.
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Up Next
Mercer will face top-seeded Samford in an elimination game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Fluor Field.
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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 fourth-seeded Bears (32-27) won their third game of the tournament and will face No. 1 Samford on Saturday night with a trip to the title game on the line. Mercer and Samford's game is a rematch of Thursday's 11-0 win by the Bulldogs.
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Trevor Austin (4-for-4) and Alex Crotty (2-for-2) provided an offensive punch with six of Mercer's 14 hits in the game. Crotty opened the game with a RBI double in the second inning and added his third home run of the tournament in the third. Austin's career day included two RBI singles and a one-run triple down the right-field line in the eighth.
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Kevin Coulter returned to the mound on two days of rest and tossed 3.1 innings. He left the game in the fourth with a 5-4 lead, turning it over to Taylor Lobus. Lobus had the best performance of his junior season, allowing just one run on four hits over 3.1 innings of relief while helping keep Mercer in front.
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The Bears' runs came in bunches throughout the game; they scored two in the second, three in the third, two in the sixth and two in the eighth en route to putting ETSU (34-21) away. After both teams plated a pair in the second, Mercer jumped ahead, 5-2, in the third on home runs by Collin Price and Crotty. Consecutive RBI doubles by Austin and Bill Knight padded Mercer's lead to 7-4 in the sixth.
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Nick Spear, Will Bowdoin, Andrew Kane and Jackson Kelley combined to throw the final 2.1 innings on the mound. The four pitchers were backed by four runs over the final two innings. Austin (triple) and Yeager (single) drove in runs in the eighth while Price and Angelo DiSpigna left the yard with back-to-back home runs to start the ninth. ETSU made things interesting with two runs in the bottom of the ninth before Kelley took over to notch his first career save by recording the last two outs of the game.
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Records Update
» #4 Mercer: 32-27
» #6 ETSU: 34-21
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Pitchers of Record
» Win: Taylor Lobus (1-0)
» Save: Jackson Kelley (1)
» Loss: Colby Stuart (3-4)
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Notables
» Mercer improved to 14-7 all-time at the SoCon Championship.
» Saturday was Mercer's first meeting with ETSU at the SoCon Championship. The Bears won all four head-to-head games between the two teams this season.
» Alex Crotty's home run was his third of the tournament. He had one in 131 regular season at bats.
» Crotty scored a career-high four runs as he walked twice along with his 2-for-2 effort.
» Trevor Austin set career-highs in hits (4) and RBI (3).
» Taylor Lobus' 3.1 innings were a season-best.
» Collin Price had his first two-home run performance. He has eight for the season.
» Jackson Kelley earned his first career save.
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Up Next
Mercer will face top-seeded Samford in an elimination game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Fluor Field.
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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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