Reid Brown Walk-Off Single Wins the Opening Weekend Series for the Bears

Sunday, February 19

Macon, Ga.

1 p.m.

Mercer University

2-1

William & Mary

1-2

William & Mary

Mercer University

Reid Brown Walk-Off Single Wins the Opening Weekend Series for the Bears

2/19/2023 5:51:00 PM | Baseball

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10-inning thriller boosts Bears to 2-1

By: Amanda Cover

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer baseball program (2-1) won the Opening Weekend series against William & Mary (1-2) with a 5-4 walk-off win in the 10^th inning on Sunday afternoon at OrthoGeorgia Park. In his first at-bat as a Mercer Bear, Reid Brown hit a walk-off single for the win.

The Bears opened with a 3-0 lead thanks to a couple singles and a sacrifice fly. William & Mary got on the board with a single in the top of the third, but Mercer responded with another run in the bottom of the third. The Tribe cut the lead to two in the fourth before tying the score, 4-4, off an error in the fifth.

The next four innings were scoreless, sending the game to a 10^th inning. Jozsef Rohrbacher walked and then advanced to second on a sacrifice fly by Landon Underhill. During Bradley Frye's at-bat, Rohrbacher advanced to third on a wild pitch, and Frye walked after a full count. With runners on the corners, Ben Olson was hit, advancing Frye to second and loading the bases. R. Brown stepped up to the plate and hit a line drive through the middle to score Rohrbacher for the win.

Josh Farmer started on the mound and pitched four innings in which he recorded three strikeouts, eight hits, and two earned runs. Wesley Franklin entered in relief in the fifth inning with the bases loaded. He struck out three that inning, but the Tribe tied the score at four a piece with two runs off a throwing error.

Holton McGaha pitched the next three innings, facing the minimum nine batters. Jaxon O'Neal (1-0) entered for the 10^th inning and caught Cole Ragone swinging for the final out.

Eric Toth replicated his Saturday performance with another two hits in four at-bats on Sunday along with his first RBI for Mercer. Trevor Austin recorded three hits and one RBI in five at-bats.

Mercer has won 12 of the last 13 Opening Weekend series.

SCORING SUMMARY
B1 | Mercer 1, William & Mary 0              Toth singled to center field, scoring Austin.
B2 | Mercer 2, William & Mary 0              Olson flied out to center field, scoring Geier.
B2 | Mercer 3, William & Mary 0              Austin singled to left field, scoring Hughes.
T3 | Mercer 3, William & Mary 1               Williamson singled to left field, scoring Adams.
B3 | Mercer 4, William & Mary 1              Toth scored on a fielder's choice.
T4 | Mercer 4, William & Mary 2               Zertuche singled to center field, scoring Carmichael.
T5 | Mercer 4, William & Mary 4               Delossanto and Lottchea scored on a throwing error.
B10 | Mercer 5, William & Mary 4            R. Brown singled to shortstop, scoring Rohrbacher.

UP NEXT: Mercer travels to Tallahassee, Florida for a midweek pair against Florida A&M on Tuesday, February 21 and Wednesday, February 22. Both games are at 4 p.m.

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