No. 25 Georgia Tech Uses Two Big Innings To Down Bears

Tuesday, April 1

Atlanta, Ga.

8 p.m.

Mercer University

19-11

Georgia Tech

23-6

Mercer

Georgia Tech

No. 25 Georgia Tech Uses Two Big Innings To Down Bears

4/1/2025 11:42:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Donovan Schultz, donovan.schultz@live.mercer.edu

ATLANTA  –  No. 25 Georgia Tech used an eight-run first inning to jump out to a big lead and did not look back, downing Mercer by a score of 21-5 on Tuesday night.

Titan Kamaka (1-for-4) and Eli Stephens (1-for-2) homered to lead the Bears at the plate. Wyatt Mummert (0-1) got the loss, while Sam Swygert (1-1) took the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Georgia Tech pounced on the Bears in the first inning, using three hits, three walks and an error to jump out to an 8-0 lead. The Yellow Jackets continued to add to their lead in the following frames, scoring a run in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings to build a 12-0 lead.

Mercer was able to get on the scoreboard in the sixth, with Titan Kamaka getting the scoring started with a solo home run to left field, his fourth of the season. Later in the inning, the Bears used two HBPs and a walk to load the bases. Ely Brown stepped up next and beat out an infield single to force a bad throw, allowing two runs to score.

However, Georgia Tech answered with another huge inning, scoring nine runs on six hits to run the score to 21-3. In the top of the seventh, Eli Stephens collected his first collegiate hit in a big way, launching a long ball out to right center for a two-run homer. Following the home run, the Yellow Jackets were able to collect three outs to clinch the 21-5 run-rule win.

UP NEXT

The Bears continue their five-game road swing this weekend with a trip to VMI for a key conference series. The series begins on Friday at 6 p.m., with all three games being broadcast on ESPN+.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Sam Swygert (1-1)

L: Mummert, Wyatt (0-1)

Mercer

Batting:

HR: Kamaka, Titan 1 ; Stephens, Eli 1

RBI: Kamaka, Titan 1 ; Brown, Ely 1 ; Stephens, Eli 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Kamaka, Titan 1 ; Johnson, Drew 1 ; Frye, Bradley 1 ; Graziano, Michael 1 ; Stephens, Eli 1

HBP: Johnson, Drew 1 ; Baughcum, Brant 1

Georgia Tech

Batting:

2B: Kyle Lodise 1 ; Will Baker 1 ; Caleb Daniel 2 ; Parker Brosius 1

3B: Kyle Lodise 1

HR: Drew Burress 1 ; Vahn Lackey 1

RBI: Kyle Lodise 3 ; Will Baker 4 ; Drew Burress 3 ; Caleb Daniel 1 ; Carson Kerce 2 ; Vahn Lackey 2 ; Nahanael Coupet 1 ; Connor Shouse 2 ; Parker Brosius 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Kyle Lodise 2 ; Will Baker 1 ; Drew Burress 2 ; Caleb Daniel 4 ; Alex Hernandez 1 ; Carson Kerce 2 ; Vahn Lackey 1 ; Drew Rogers 1 ; Nahanael Coupet 1 ; Connor Shouse 2 ; Parker Brosius 4