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Mercer Posts Saturday Split At Heart Of Georgia Classic
2/10/2024 8:42:00 PM | Softball
MACON – The Mercer softball team pulled out all of the punches in delivering a 12-5 victory over Drexel that moved the Bears to 3-0 for the first time in six years, but Atlantic-10 favorite Dayton pushed across lone runs in the sixth and seventh innings to register a 2-0 win over the Orange & Black in Saturday's nightcap at Sikes Field.
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The setback put a damper on an otherwise stellar weekend for the Bears (3-1) who hit .369 across their four-game slate on Friday and Saturday, while also posting 7.0 runs per game as well. Drexel fell to 0-4 on opening-weekend play while Dayton (3-1), who brought back five position starters and three pitchers from last season's 35-win club, picked up their third win of the season with Saturday evening's result.
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Redshirt junior transfer Hallie Langford delivered a team-best five hits (5-for-7) across both games on Saturday, including a 3-for-3 night against Dayton. Newcomer Grace Roark (1-0) threw five innings of scoreless relief to grab the win over Drexel, while fellow freshman Gabby Ellis (0-1) picked up the tough-luck loss against the Flyers despite limiting Dayton to just six hits and one run across 5-1/3 innings of work.
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The setback put a damper on an otherwise stellar weekend for the Bears (3-1) who hit .369 across their four-game slate on Friday and Saturday, while also posting 7.0 runs per game as well. Drexel fell to 0-4 on opening-weekend play while Dayton (3-1), who brought back five position starters and three pitchers from last season's 35-win club, picked up their third win of the season with Saturday evening's result.
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Redshirt junior transfer Hallie Langford delivered a team-best five hits (5-for-7) across both games on Saturday, including a 3-for-3 night against Dayton. Newcomer Grace Roark (1-0) threw five innings of scoreless relief to grab the win over Drexel, while fellow freshman Gabby Ellis (0-1) picked up the tough-luck loss against the Flyers despite limiting Dayton to just six hits and one run across 5-1/3 innings of work.
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| DOUBLEHEADER SUMMARY | |
| GAME 1 FINAL | Mercer 12, Drexel 5 |
| PITCHERS | WP:Â Grace Roark (1-0)Â LP: Lindsay Nelson (0-2) |
| GAME 2 FINAL | Dayton 2, Mercer 0 |
| PITCHERS | WP: Izzy Kemp (2-0) LP: Gabby Ellis (0-1) |
| RECORDS | Mercer (3-1, 0-0 SoCon); Dayton (3-1, 0-0 A-10); Drexel (0-4, 0-0 CAA) |
| KEY INNINGS VS. DREXEL | |
| TOP 3 | Drexel used a quartet of hits and two ill-timed errors to erase an early 3-0 deficit, and eventually take the lead. The Dragons scratched the scoreboard on a RBI single from Izzy Alamillo, and then stormed ahead, 5-3, on Kalea Calugay's grand slam two batters later. |
| BOT 3 | Tori Hedgecock and Kassidy Moore drew consecutive 1-out walks to signal a Mercer rally, and Avery Barton finished it off with a full-count home run off of the light pole in left field to give the hosts the lead for good. |
| KEY INNINGS VS. DAYTON | |
| TOP 6 | Dayton used a leadoff double and an ensuing single to get something going in the sixth, and then broke the scoreless deadlock on a RBI single to centerfield from Nicole Papavasiliou. |
| BOT 6 | Mercer juiced the bases with their first three at-bats in the bottom of the sixth, but Izzy Kemp slammed the door on the potential game-tying rally with three-straight swinging strikeouts. |
| MU LEADERS VS. DREXEL | DU LEADERS VS. MERCER |
| Tori Hedgecock 1-1, 3 BB, HR, 3 RBI Avery Barton 1-3, BB, HR, 3 RBI Alyssa Woods 2-3, BB, RBI, R Grace Roark 5.0 IP, 3 H, 4 K |
Kalea Calugay 2-4, HR, 4 RBI Devyn Demchak 3-3, 2B, R Grace Abbonizio 2-3, R Izzy Alamillo 1-4, RBI, R |
| MU LEADERS VS. DAYTON | UD LEADERS VS. MERCER |
| Hallie Langford 3-3, SB Taylor Rogers 1-3 Gabby Ellis 5.1 IP, ER |
Maddie Kapsimalis 2-4, RBI, R Emily Daniel 2-3, R Nicole Papavasiliou 1-2, BB, RBI |
| UP NEXT | |
| The Bears will open the road portion of their 2024 schedule on Wednesday when they make the short trip to Atlanta to battle in-state nemesis Georgia State (2-2). First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Bob Heck Softball Complex. | |
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Roark, Grace (1-0)
L: Nelson, Lindsay (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Demchak, Devyn 1
HR: Calugay, Kalea 1
RBI: Alamillo, Izzy 1 ; Calugay, Kalea 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Alamillo, Izzy 1 ; Humble, Ameryn 1 ; Calugay, Kalea 1 ; Demchak, Devyn 1 ; Abbonizio, Grace 1
Batting:
HR: Hedgecock, Tori 1 ; Barton, Avery 1
RBI: Woods, Alyssa 1 ; Hedgecock, Tori 3 ; Barton, Avery 3 ; Dorval, Emma 1 ; Wilkerson, Lillian 2 ; Sanchez, Mariyah 2
SF: Wilkerson, Lillian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Woods, Alyssa 1 ; Langford, Hallie 1 ; Hedgecock, Tori 3 ; Wiggs, Parris 1 ; Moore, Kassidy 2 ; Barton, Avery 2 ; Wicker, Madi 1 ; Sanchez, Mariyah 1
SB: Wiggs, Parris 1
CS: Langford, Hallie 1 ; Plummer, Janessa 1
Game Leaders
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