Sunday, March 5
Macon, Ga.
1 p.m.
Mercer University
9-4
15
vs
5
Bellarmine University
5-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellarmine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Mercer | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | X | 15 | 14 | 0 |
Bears Finish Sweep of Bellarmine
3/5/2023 5:48:00 PM | Baseball
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer baseball program (9-4) won, 15-5, on Sunday afternoon against Bellarmine (5-6) to complete a four-game sweep of the Knights.
Bellarmine took a one-run lead in the first inning, but the Bears soon took control and never surrendered the lead. Trevor Austin singled to left field in the first to score Eric Toth and Treyson Hughes for his first two RBI of the day.
In the bottom of the third, Ty Dalley hit his third home run of the weekend and fourth of the year to bring in three more runs for the Bears. Ben Olson made it back-to-back home runs for Mercer as he went yard on the first pitch of his at-bat.
Austin hit the first triple of the season for the Bears in the sixth, scoring Max Kops who finished with one hit and two walks in his second appearance for Mercer. The junior from the Netherlands hit an RBI double in the eighth for Mercer's final run of the day.
Jess Ackerman (2-0) threw three scoreless innings for the Bears and struck out two. Garrett Sloan (1.1 innings), Alex McKay (1.0 inning), and Micah Takac (1.0 inning) also posted scoreless outings for Mercer.
The Bears recorded 14 total hits and only struck out five times on Sunday. Toth finished 3-for-4 while also reaching base on two walks. Seven players plated runs led by Austin and Dalley with three RBI each.
SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | Mercer 0, Bellarmine 1 Sorg singled to third base, scoring Back.
B1 | Mercer 2, Bellarmine 1 Austin singled to left field, scoring Toth and Hughes.
B1 | Mercer 3, Bellarmine 1 R. Brown scored on a fielding error.
B3 | Mercer 6, Bellarmine 1 Dalley homered to right field, scoring Austin and Frye.
B3 | Mercer 7, Bellarmine 1 Olson homered to left center.
T6 | Mercer 7, Bellarmine 2 Back doubled to right center, scoring Milto.
T6 | Mercer 7, Bellarmine 3 Sorg grounded out to second base, scoring Morse.
T6 | Mercer 7, Bellarmine 4 Back scored on a fielder's choice.
B6 | Mercer 8, Bellarmine 4 Austin tripled to right center, scoring Kops.
B6 | Mercer 9, Bellarmine 4 Austin scored on a throwing error.
B7 | Mercer 10, Bellarmine 4 Toth walked, scoring Todaro.
B7 | Mercer 12, Bellarmine 4 Hughes singled to right field, scoring Rohrbacher and Olson.
B7 | Mercer 13, Bellarmine 4 Kops grounded out to first base, scoring Toth.
B7 | Mercer 14, Bellarmine 4 A. Brown flied out to center field, scoring Hughes.
B8 | Mercer 15, Bellarmine 4 Kops doubled to left center, scoring Toth.
T9 | Mercer 15, Bellarmine 5 Pfaadt scored on a fielder's choice.
UP NEXT: Mercer travels west to face Texas on Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. (ET). The Bears will remain in the Lone Star State for a weekend series against Baylor, beginning on Friday, March 10.
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Bellarmine took a one-run lead in the first inning, but the Bears soon took control and never surrendered the lead. Trevor Austin singled to left field in the first to score Eric Toth and Treyson Hughes for his first two RBI of the day.
In the bottom of the third, Ty Dalley hit his third home run of the weekend and fourth of the year to bring in three more runs for the Bears. Ben Olson made it back-to-back home runs for Mercer as he went yard on the first pitch of his at-bat.
Austin hit the first triple of the season for the Bears in the sixth, scoring Max Kops who finished with one hit and two walks in his second appearance for Mercer. The junior from the Netherlands hit an RBI double in the eighth for Mercer's final run of the day.
Jess Ackerman (2-0) threw three scoreless innings for the Bears and struck out two. Garrett Sloan (1.1 innings), Alex McKay (1.0 inning), and Micah Takac (1.0 inning) also posted scoreless outings for Mercer.
The Bears recorded 14 total hits and only struck out five times on Sunday. Toth finished 3-for-4 while also reaching base on two walks. Seven players plated runs led by Austin and Dalley with three RBI each.
SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | Mercer 0, Bellarmine 1 Sorg singled to third base, scoring Back.
B1 | Mercer 2, Bellarmine 1 Austin singled to left field, scoring Toth and Hughes.
B1 | Mercer 3, Bellarmine 1 R. Brown scored on a fielding error.
B3 | Mercer 6, Bellarmine 1 Dalley homered to right field, scoring Austin and Frye.
B3 | Mercer 7, Bellarmine 1 Olson homered to left center.
T6 | Mercer 7, Bellarmine 2 Back doubled to right center, scoring Milto.
T6 | Mercer 7, Bellarmine 3 Sorg grounded out to second base, scoring Morse.
T6 | Mercer 7, Bellarmine 4 Back scored on a fielder's choice.
B6 | Mercer 8, Bellarmine 4 Austin tripled to right center, scoring Kops.
B6 | Mercer 9, Bellarmine 4 Austin scored on a throwing error.
B7 | Mercer 10, Bellarmine 4 Toth walked, scoring Todaro.
B7 | Mercer 12, Bellarmine 4 Hughes singled to right field, scoring Rohrbacher and Olson.
B7 | Mercer 13, Bellarmine 4 Kops grounded out to first base, scoring Toth.
B7 | Mercer 14, Bellarmine 4 A. Brown flied out to center field, scoring Hughes.
B8 | Mercer 15, Bellarmine 4 Kops doubled to left center, scoring Toth.
T9 | Mercer 15, Bellarmine 5 Pfaadt scored on a fielder's choice.
UP NEXT: Mercer travels west to face Texas on Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. (ET). The Bears will remain in the Lone Star State for a weekend series against Baylor, beginning on Friday, March 10.
FOLLOW THE BEARS:
For complete coverage of Mercer Baseball, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerBaseball (Twitter), /MercerBaseball (Facebook) and @Mercer.Baseball (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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Pitching:
W: Ackerman, Jess (2-0)
L: Braunecker (0-2)
Batting:
2B: B. Morse 1 ; P. Back 1
RBI: J. Milto 1 ; P. Back 1 ; C. Sorg 2 ; T. Dilz 1
Base Running:
RUNS: J. Milto 1 ; B. Morse 1 ; P. Back 2 ; Br. Pfaadt 1
CS: T. Dilz 1
HBP: W. Walls 1 ; A. Smith 1
Batting:
2B: Kops, Max 1 ; Dalley, Ty 1
3B: Austin, Trevor 1
HR: Dalley, Ty 1 ; Olson, Ben 1
RBI: Toth, Eric 1 ; Hughes, Treyson 2 ; Kops, Max 2 ; Austin, Trevor 3 ; Brown, Antonio 1 ; Dalley, Ty 3 ; Olson, Ben 1
SF: Brown, Antonio 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rohrbacher, Jozsef 1 ; Toth, Eric 3 ; Hughes, Treyson 2 ; Brown, Reid 1 ; Kops, Max 1 ; Austin, Trevor 2 ; Frye, Bradley 1 ; Dalley, Ty 1 ; Todaro, Conner 1 ; Olson, Ben 2
HBP: Olson, Ben 1
Game Leaders
rf/1b
AB
4
R
3
H
3
RBI
1
AB
6
R
2
H
3
RBI
2
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
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