Mercer Falls to Georgia State

Wednesday, April 19

Atlanta, Ga.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

24-14

Georgia State University

19-19

Mercer

Georgia State

4/19/2023 8:54:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Amanda Cover

ATLANTA – The Mercer baseball program (24-14) dropped a midweek game to Georgia State (19-19), 13-3, on Wednesday night at the GSU Baseball Complex.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Panthers opened the scoring in the bottom of the first after a string of singles brought Will Mize around the base path. Fred Wilson struck out the final GSU batter of the inning to strand two Panthers.

In the top of the second, Georgia State pitcher Camren Landry was almost out of the inning until first baseman Cameron Jones could not scoop up a ground ball from Ty Dalley, allowing the freshman to reach first base. Carter Geier then singled up the middle to put two runners on base. Carter Sanford stepped up to the plate next and hit a three-run blast to right field to take the lead for the Bears. This was the catcher's second home run of the season.

WITHOUT A DOUBT💣 @carter_sanford's 2nd HR of the year!

T2 | Mercer 3, GSU 1#GoodToGreat || #WinnersWin pic.twitter.com/d8fJmI4Sw2
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) April 19, 2023

Georgia State hit a home run of its own in the bottom of the frame, bringing the score to 3-2 still in favor of Mercer. Wilson caught two more swinging in the inning to bring his count to three strikeouts.

After a quiet offensive inning, Mercer earned its 35^th double play of the season to keep the Panthers scoreless for the second consecutive inning. Treyson Hughes caught JoJo Jackson in a bad situation as he left the third base bag on a fly out but Hughes made a catch on the run in center field and threw to Geier at third before Jackson could return.

Got 'em😅

B3 | Mercer 3, GSU 2#GoodToGreat || #WinnersWin pic.twitter.com/uyqD8cllly
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) April 19, 2023

GSU scored one on a wild pitch, and Max Ryerson homered to score two more as the Panthers took the lead in the bottom of the fourth, 5-3.

Landry walked two Bears in the top of the fifth, forcing Georgia State to make a pitching change to bring in Davis Chastain, but Mercer did not plate any in the inning. With runners on the corners, the Panthers scored one on a sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the fifth to extend the lead to 6-3.

A seven-run sixth by the Panthers enacted the run rule as the Bears stranded three without scoring in the top of the seventh.

NOTES

Carter Sanford hit his second home run of the season.
Fred Wilson pitched a season-high three innings.
The Bears were caught stealing three times, a season high.

SCORING SUMMARY
B1 | Mercer 0, GSU 1                     Jones singled to right field, scoring Mize.
T2 | Mercer 3, GSU 1                     Sanford homered to right field, scoring Dalley (unearned) and Geier (unearned).
B2 | Mercer 3, GSU 2                     Pearson homered to left field.
B4 | Mercer 3, GSU 3                     Ruiz scored on a wild pitch.
B4 | Mercer 3, GSU 5                     Ryerson homered to left field, scoring Hynek.
B5 | Mercer 3, GSU 6                     Pearson grounded out to third base (sac bunt), scoring Donohoe.
B6 | Mercer 3, GSU 7                     Jones singled through the right side, scoring Ryerson.
B6 | Mercer 3, GSU 8                     Ruiz singled to third base, scoring Mize.
B6 | Mercer 3, GSU 9                     Jackson scored on a balk.
B6 | Mercer 3, GSU 13                  Hynek homered to left field, scoring Jones, Ruiz, and Pearson.

UP NEXT: Mercer is on the road against VMI this weekend, starting on Friday, April 21 at 6 p.m.

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