Mercer Sweeps Baylor

Sunday, March 12

Waco, TX

2 p.m.

Mercer University

12-5

Baylor University

5-11

Mercer

Baylor

Josh Farmer on the follow through of a pitch

3/12/2023 6:17:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Josh Farmer threw 7.0 scoreless innings

By: Amanda Cover

WACO, Texas. – The Mercer baseball program (12-5) swept Baylor (5-11) with a 6-3 win on Sunday behind seven scoreless innings by Josh Farmer. This is the first three-game series win over an active Big 12 school in Mercer program history.

Mercer opened the scoring in the second inning with a double by Carter Geier for his third RBI of the weekend, scoring Trevor Austin from first base. MU went scoreless for the next two innings before adding two more runs in the fifth with two outs already on the board. Reid Brown notched an RBI double, plating Treyson Hughes who sprinted home from first base. Austin brought home R. Brown with a single through the left side.

Hughes hit two RBI singles to increase the lead, and a sacrifice fly from Austin scored Bradley Frye to cap off the scoring for Mercer. Dating back to the 2022 season, Hughes has reached base in 23-straight games.

Farmer (1-1) earned his first win of the season after throwing a career-high seven shutout innings. The redshirt senior allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five batters. Holton McGaha was credited with his first save of the season after recording the final out in the ninth.

The Mercer defense made multiple stellar plays, including a diving catch by Hughes in center field. Colby Branch, Baylor's leadoff hitter, was caught stealing for the first time this season by Farmer.

Austin went 3-for-3 on Sunday, and Hughes also recorded three hits, finishing 3-for-5. R. Brown and Geier each recorded two hits.

NOTES

This is the first three-game series win over an active Big 12 school in Mercer program history. Mercer won a weekend series against West Virginia, a current Big 12 school, in 1976 before the Big 12 Conference was formed.
Mercer scored first in all three games against Baylor.
13 of the 24 runs scored by Mercer this weekend were plated with two outs on the board (5 Friday, 5 Saturday, 3 Sunday).
7.0 innings pitched is a career high for Josh Farmer.
Treyson Hughes has reached base in 23-straight games, dating back to the 2022 season.
Trevor Austin recorded his 200^th career hit after going 3-for-3 on Sunday and currently has 202 total. Entering the game, Austin ranked 20^th in Division I among active players for career hits.
Mercer has won seven of the last eight games.

SCORING SUMMARY
T2 | Mercer 1, Baylor 0                Geier doubled down the left field line, scoring Austin.
T5 | Mercer 2, Baylor 0                 R. Brown doubled to center field, scoring Hughes.
T5 | Mercer 3, Baylor 0                 Austin singled through the left side, scoring R. Brown.
T6 | Mercer 4, Baylor 0                 Hughes singled to right center, scoring Runyan.
T8 | Mercer 5, Baylor 0                 Hughes singled to first base, scoring Rohrbacher.
T8 | Mercer 6, Baylor 0                 Austin flied out to right field, scoring Frye.
B8 | Mercer 6, Baylor 1                 Johnson doubled down the right field line, scoring H. Caley.
B9 | Mercer 6, Baylor 3                 Pendergrass homered to left field, scoring Andrade.

UP NEXT: Mercer returns home for an in-state matchup against Georgia State on Tuesday, March 14 at 6 p.m.

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