Mercer Beats Georgia Tech Despite Weather

Tuesday, May 16

Macon, Ga.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

32-20

Georgia Tech

30-22

Georgia Tech

Mercer

5/16/2023 9:55:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Game concluded 7-6 after 5 ½ innings

By: Amanda Cover

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer baseball program (32-20) played to a 7-6 win over Georgia Tech (30-22) in a shortened game due to weather in the area. This was the Bears' final midweek game heading into the last weekend of the regular season against Samford.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Georgia Tech got off to a quick start, seeing five players reach base and scoring two runs off of zero hits. Treyson Hughes singled in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 14 games and his on-base streak to 17 games.

Mercer took the lead in the bottom of the second thanks to back-to-back home runs and a bases-loaded walk. Eric Toth hit his 15^th home run of the season to right center field.

BOOOOM‼️ @eric_toth19 goes yard for his 15th of the year!

B2 | Mercer 1, Georgia Tech 2#GoodToGreat || #WinnersWin pic.twitter.com/j8FAyPcmgd
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) May 16, 2023

The Bears were still celebrating Toth's blast when Carter Sanford launched one over the center field wall on the first pitch of his at-bat. Mercer batted through the order and added a third run with a walk of Antonio Brown with Trevor Austin on third, Ty Dalley on second, and Hughes on first.

BACK 2⃣ BACK! @carter_sanford follows up with a homer of his own!

B2 | Mercer 2, Georgia Tech 2#GoodToGreat || #WinnersWin pic.twitter.com/HdwX5ela4v
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) May 16, 2023

With runners on the corners, Georgia Tech tied it up with a ground out by John Giesler to score Stephen Reid. The Yellow Jackets changed pitchers in the bottom of the third and retired the side.

Micah Takac, who entered in the top of the third, earned two strikeouts in the top of the fourth to post a scoreless frame. He followed this up with another scoreless inning, setting up a Mercer lead in the bottom of the fifth.

The excitement in the fifth featured three consecutive home runs by the Bears. Hughes walked to open the inning and was brought home on Jozsef Rohrbacher's 17^th home run of the season, bouncing off the batter's eye in center field.

.@jozsefrohr joins the HR club with a two-run shot off the batter's eye!

B5 | Mercer 5, Georgia Tech 3#GoodToGreat || #WinnersWin pic.twitter.com/SGBwSZxiKn
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) May 16, 2023

Toth stepped up to the plate and hit his second home run of the game to extend the score to 6-3.

Back-to-back home runs AGAIN? Say less.😮‍💨@eric_toth19 with his second of the day!

B5 | Mercer 6, Georgia Tech 3#GoodToGreat || #WinnersWin pic.twitter.com/5NdvRZFpdS
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) May 16, 2023

To complete the trio of homers, Sanford hit his second of the game to cap off the excellent inning for the Bears.

THREE???🤯 BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS!@carter_sanford also with his second of the day!

B5 | Mercer 7, Georgia Tech 3#GoodToGreat || #WinnersWin pic.twitter.com/ISWYObGO0T
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) May 17, 2023

In the top of the sixth, Georgia Tech placed two on base, forcing a pitching change. A throwing error and a single scored three for the Yellow Jackets, bringing the score within one.

Lightning within the area forced the game to enter a weather delay, and the game was not resumed. It finished as a 7-6 win for Mercer.

𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 ✌🏽 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 ✌🏽 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊#GoodToGreat || #WinnersWin pic.twitter.com/i6f4NUVBh0
— Mercer Baseball (@MercerBaseball) May 17, 2023

NOTES

Eric Toth has hit 16 home runs this season. This was his third multi-home run game of the season.
Carter Sanford has hit nine home runs this season. This was hit first multi-home run game of the season.
Jozsef Rohrbacher leads the team with 17 home runs this season.
Treyson Hughes is on a 14-game hitting streak and has reached base in 17-straight games.
Rohrbacher has reached base in 14-straight games.
Three innings pitched and three strikeouts were career highs for Micah Takac.

SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | Mercer 0, Georgia Tech 1                   Giesler flied out to right field, scoring Campbell.
T1 | Mercer 0, Georgia Tech 2                   Rubenstein hit by pitch, scoring DeLeo.
B2 | Mercer 1, Georgia Tech 2                   Toth homered to right center.
B2 | Mercer 2, Georgia Tech 2                   Sanford homered to center field.
B2 | Mercer 3, Georgia Tech 2                   A. Brown walked, scoring Austin.
T3 | Mercer 3, Georgia Tech 3                   Giesler grounded out, scoring Reid.
B5 | Mercer 5, Georgia Tech 3                   Rohrbacher homered to center field, scoring Hughes.
B5 | Mercer 6, Georgia Tech 3                   Toth homered to right field.
B5 | Mercer 7, Georgia Tech 3                   Sanford homered to right center.
T6 | Mercer 7, Georgia Tech 4                   Romano scored on a throwing error.
T6 | Mercer 7, Georgia Tech 6                   Reid singled to right center, scoring Campbell and DeLeo.

UP NEXT: Mercer will play its final regular season series against Samford, beginning on Thursday, May 18 at 6 p.m. at OrthoGeorgia Park.

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