Besting the Bucs

Tuesday, March 22

Macon, Ga.

6 P.M.

Mercer University

17-4

Charleston Southern University

10-13

Charleston Southern

Mercer

Photo by: James Thomas

3/22/2022 9:47:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Mercer downs Charleston Southern on Tuesday night

MACON, Ga. – Treyson Hughes drove in three runs, including the go-ahead tally in the fifth inning, to lead Mercer to a 10-2 victory over Charleston Southern Tuesday night at OrthoGeorgia Park.

Hughes had put the Bears (17-4) on top, 2-1, in the third inning with a sacrifice fly that scored Jozsef Rohrbacher.

However, Peyton Mills connected on a solo home run in the top of the fourth to allow the Buccaneers (10-13) to pull even.

In the fifth inning, David Burke and Colby Thomas both singled with one out. Hughes then ripped the first pitch of his at-bat into center field, plating Burke from second to give Mercer a 3-2 advantage.

The Bears proceeded to score three runs in the sixth, one in the seventh and three more in the eighth to pull away from Charleston Southern.

The Buccaneers used 10 pitchers in the non-conference tilt.

B6 | @DavidBurke04 lays down a safety squeeze, allowing @antoniobrown_2 to score from third. Mercer 6, CSU 2 pic.twitter.com/VsNWtNUjtN — Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) March 23, 2022

Sam Massey (1-1) was handed the loss after giving up the decisive run in the fifth.

Mercer logged double-digit hits for the 12^th time this season, as the Bears registered 11 in the win.

Hughes was one of four Mercer batters to finish with two hits. Trevor Austin, Antonio Brown and Burke also had two hits apiece. Bill Knight had Mercer's only extra-base hit of the evening, an eighth-inning two-run homer.

B5 | @HughesTreyson puts the Bears back in front with an RBI single! Mercer 3, CSU 2 pic.twitter.com/B4wKOtj8cp — Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) March 22, 2022

The pitching staff held CSU in check for most of the contest.

Ryan Lobus (2-1) picked up the victory after allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits in 5.0 innings of work. He also fanned three.

Wesley Franklin and Jaxon O'Neal slammed the door, as each hurled a pair of shutout stanzas. Both bullpen arms also struck out three batters.

Mercer will return to the diamond Wednesday in another mid-week affair against Jacksonville State. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Lobus, Ryan (2-1)

L: MASSEY, S. (1-1)

Charleston Southern

Batting:

2B: HARRIS, H. 1

HR: MILLS, P. 1

RBI: MILLS, P. 1

Base Running:

RUNS: SCZEPKOWSKI 1 ; MILLS, P. 1

SB: SCZEPKOWSKI 1

CS: CARTER, C. 1

HBP: HARRIS, H. 1 ; SCZEPKOWSKI 1

Mercer

Batting:

HR: Knight, Bill 1

RBI: Thomas, Colby 1 ; Hughes, Treyson 3 ; Knight, Bill 2 ; Austin, Trevor 1 ; Burke, David 1

SH: Burke, David 1

SF: Thomas, Colby 1 ; Hughes, Treyson 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Thomas, Colby 1 ; Hughes, Treyson 1 ; Knight, Bill 2 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 1 ; Austin, Trevor 1 ; Brown, Antonio 2 ; Rohrbacher, Jozsef 1 ; Burke, David 1