Bears Take Game One from Seton Hall
4/1/2022 7:13:00 PM | Baseball
Mercer shuts out Pirates on Friday
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Josh Harlow and Jackson Kelley combined on a three-hit shutout to lead Mercer to a 1-0 victory over Seton Hall in the series opener Friday evening at Owen T. Carroll Field.
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The pitching duo combined to strike out 11 batters in the win.
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Harlow (4-1) posted a quality start after limiting the Pirates (5-19) to only two hits in 6.1 innings. He fanned seven and walked two before giving the ball to Kelley.
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Kelley picked up his second save of the campaign after allowing only one hit and striking out four in the final 2.2 frames.
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The Bears (22-5) picked up the game's only run in the fourth inning on Angelo DiSpigna's sacrifice fly.
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Treyson Hughes led off the decisive stanza with a walk. Bill Knight followed with a single that allowed Hughes to advance all the way to third base. After Collin Price walked to load the bases, DiSpigna drove in Hughes on the sac fly.
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Mercer had just two hits in the opener, Knight's fourth-inning single and a DiSpigna single in the second.
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The shutout was the Bears' fifth of the season.
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The two teams will continue the series Saturday at 1 p.m.
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The pitching duo combined to strike out 11 batters in the win.
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Harlow (4-1) posted a quality start after limiting the Pirates (5-19) to only two hits in 6.1 innings. He fanned seven and walked two before giving the ball to Kelley.
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Kelley picked up his second save of the campaign after allowing only one hit and striking out four in the final 2.2 frames.
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The Bears (22-5) picked up the game's only run in the fourth inning on Angelo DiSpigna's sacrifice fly.
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Treyson Hughes led off the decisive stanza with a walk. Bill Knight followed with a single that allowed Hughes to advance all the way to third base. After Collin Price walked to load the bases, DiSpigna drove in Hughes on the sac fly.
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Mercer had just two hits in the opener, Knight's fourth-inning single and a DiSpigna single in the second.
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The shutout was the Bears' fifth of the season.
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The two teams will continue the series Saturday at 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Harlow, Josh (4-1)
L: WALDIS, Hunter (0-5)
S: Kelley, Jackson (2)

Batting:
RBI: DiSpigna, Angelo 1
SH: Austin, Trevor 1 ; Brown, Antonio 1
SF: DiSpigna, Angelo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hughes, Treyson 1

Batting:
SH: POKROVSKY, Staus 1
Base Running:
SB: SHEEHAN, Collin 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
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