Bats Explode In Blowout Victory Over Georgia State

Tuesday, March 10

Atlanta, Ga.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

15-2

Georgia State

10-8

Mercer

Georgia St.

Bats Explode In Blowout Victory Over Georgia State

3/10/2026 10:04:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Rylee Bamberger, Rylee.m.bamberger@live.mercer.edu

DECATUR, Ga. – The Bears tied their season high of 17 hits in a dominant 16-6 win over in-state rival Georgia State (10-8) on Tuesday night at the GSU Baseball Complex.

Decisive Plays:

The Bears came off the bus swinging on Tuesday night. Chris Katz powered an RBI double to score Logan Shepherd in the top of the first. Mercer would play station-to-station and plate three more runs later in the frame. Georgia State scored its first run of the game with a sacrifice fly in the third. The Panthers scored four runs and took the lead in the fourth inning. Dylan LaPointe tied the game in the fifth with an RBI single before Eli Stephens pushed the Bears back in front with a sacrifice fly of his own. Michael Graziano extended Mercer's lead with his second RBI base knock of the night before Katz mashed his second double of the night to tally on two more runs. Brant Baughcum blasted his first home run of the season, a three-run shot to left field, to cap off the scoring in the fifth. Graziano left the yard for the second time this season to start the sixth and Braydon Kersey bounced his sixth home run of the season off the top of the scoreboard to make it 16-5. The Panthers picked up a run in the bottom of the seventh before Kersey retired the next two batters to end the game.

Notable Players:

Braydon Kersey: 2-for-2, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
Brant Baughcum: 3-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R
Chris Katz: 3-for-5, 2 2Bs, 3 RBI, 3 R
Michael Graziano: 4-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R

Noteworthy:

Mercer has outscored its opponents 67-17 over the last four games. The Bears tied their season high of 17 hits on Tuesday night against Georgia State.
Braydon Kersey mashed his sixth home run of the season and now leads the Bears for the most homers on the team.
Chris Katz went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two doubles on Tuesday night at the GSU Baseball Complex. Katz now has nine multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games since transferring to Mercer.

Next Game:

The Bears continue their road trip with a three-game series at Tennesee Tech (7-9) this weekend. First pitch for Friday, March 13 is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Pitching matchups are TBD. Live stats will be available here.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Garnett, Andrew (2-0)

L: William Petteys (0-1)

Mercer

Batting:

2B: Katz, Chris 2 ; Kamaka, Titan 2

HR: Baughcum, Brant 1 ; Graziano, Michael 1 ; Kersey, Braydon 1

RBI: Katz, Chris 3 ; Baughcum, Brant 3 ; McEachron, Devyn 1 ; LaPointe, Dylan 1 ; Stephens, Eli 2 ; Graziano, Michael 3 ; Kersey, Braydon 3

SF: Stephens, Eli 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Shepherd, Logan 2 ; Katz, Chris 3 ; Baughcum, Brant 3 ; Kamaka, Titan 1 ; McEachron, Devyn 1 ; Buffone, Ethan 1 ; LaPointe, Dylan 1 ; Graziano, Michael 2 ; Kersey, Braydon 2