Mercer University
33-8
Jacksonville State University
18-21
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 0 |
| Jacksonville State | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 3 |
Sweeping Jacksonville State
4/27/2022 10:47:00 PM | Baseball
Bears use eight-run fourth in 17-10 road win
The Bears (33-8) scored 14 of their 17 runs in a four-inning span beginning with Treyson Hughes' RBI double in the third inning.
Mercer then sent 11 batters to the plate in the big fourth inning. Collin Price hit a grand slam and Blake Schmitt belted a two-run homer to help push the Bears out to a 9-2 advantage.
T4 | The PRICE is RIGHT and the bases are no longer full of Bears thanks to the @Collin_Pricee GRAND SLAM!
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) April 28, 2022
Mercer 6, JSU 2 pic.twitter.com/zbp7snLrRu
Mercer scored four runs in the fifth to increase its lead to 13-2.
The Gamecocks (18-21) posted their own big inning in the bottom of the frame, plating eight runs to pull within three.
However, the Bears picked up an unearned run in the top of the sixth and the plated three more insurance tallies in the final stanza to pull away.
T9 | @DavidBurke04 with the double to the gap knocks in both @HughesTreyson & @Collin_Pricee
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) April 28, 2022
Mercer 16, JSU 10 pic.twitter.com/WmNmFGRLVZ
Mercer posted 13 total hits in the win. Five Bears had two hits each, led by Price's 2 for 5 performance that included a grand slam and five RBIs. David Burke was 2 for 5 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs, while Schmitt was 2 for 4 with a homer and drove in a pair. Hughes and Will Mapes also joined the trio with two hits apiece.
The Bears will return to Southern Conference action this weekend with a trip to ETSU. The three-game set opens Friday at 1 p.m. in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wilson, Fred (4-0)
L: Blake Bennett (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Hughes, Treyson 1 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 1 ; Burke, David 2
HR: Price, Collin 1 ; Schmitt, Blake 1
RBI: Hughes, Treyson 1 ; Price, Collin 5 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 2 ; Burke, David 4 ; Schmitt, Blake 2 ; Rohrbacher, Jozsef 1
SH: DiSpigna, Angelo 1 ; Brown, Antonio 1 ; Rohrbacher, Jozsef 1
SF: Burke, David 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Knight, Bill 2 ; Hughes, Treyson 3 ; Price, Collin 3 ; DiSpigna, Angelo 1 ; Burke, David 2 ; Schmitt, Blake 2 ; Rohrbacher, Jozsef 2 ; Mapes, William 2
SB: Schmitt, Blake 1
CS: Brown, Antonio 1
HBP: Brown, Antonio 1
Batting:
2B: Isaac Alexander 1 ; AJ Causey 2
HR: Isaac Alexander 1
RBI: Cole Frederick 1 ; Alex Strachan 1 ; Isaac Alexander 3 ; Luke Coker 2 ; AJ Causey 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Mason Maners 1 ; Cole Frederick 1 ; Lane Domino 1 ; Alex Strachan 1 ; Carson Crowe 1 ; Isaac Alexander 2 ; Luke Coker 1 ; Brooks Bryan 1 ; AJ Causey 1
