Bears Score In Seven Straight In Extra-Inning Thriller

Friday, March 13

Cookeville, Tenn.

7 p.m.

Mercer University

16-2

Tennessee Tech

7-11

Mercer

Tennessee Tech

Bears Score In Seven Straight In Extra-Inning Thriller

3/14/2026 12:47:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

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

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Mercer Bears improved to 16-2 after posting a season-high 20 hits and scoring in seven straight innings to walk away with a win in a game of the year candidate at Bush Stadium on Friday night.

Decisive Plays:

Tennessee Tech struck first with an RBI double in the opening inning. Braydon Kersey tied the game in the following frame with his seventh home run of the season. The Golden Eagles scored four runs in the bottom of the third headlined by an RBI triple from Owen Lee. The Bears grabbed two back in the top of the fifth. Logan Shepherd and Chris Katz plated two more runs for the Bears with RBI singles in the sixth inning. Kersey pushed Mercer back into the lead in the seventh inning when he came home off a wild pitch. Shepherd extended the Bears' advantage with his second RBI base knock of the night the following frame. Tennessee Tech tied the game once again in the eighth before Devyn McEachron mashed his first home run in a Mercer uniform, a three-run shot to left field, to give the Bears a 10-7 lead. The Golden Eagles scored three runs in the home half of the ninth to send the contest to extra innings. Titan Kamaka muscled an RBI double off the right field fence to give Mercer a one-run lead before Jorsixt Jimenez tied it with a solo home run in the bottom of the tenth. Dylan LaPointe mashed his second home run of the season and Katz followed it up with his sixth home run on the year to give the Bears a three-run advantage. Reid Fagerstrom retired the side and picked up two strikeouts in the bottom of the eleventh to secure Mercer's win.

Notable Players:

Logan Shepherd: 4-for-6, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
Chris Katz: 4-for-6, 3 RBI, HR, 2 R, BB
Lawson Cole: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
Reid Fagerstrom: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, W, 37 NP

Noteworthy:

Mercer's 20 hits is the most in a single game by the Bears since their 22-2 win over VMI last season. Mercer's 51 at-bats is the most in a single game since its 33-6 win over Holy Cross in 2018.
Friday night's 14-11 win lasted four hours and 27 minutes, the longest game of the season. Previously, Mercer's longest game on the year was a four-hour beatdown against Columbia.

Next Game:

The Bears continue their weekend series with Tennessee Tech on Saturday, March 14. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Pitching matchups are TBD. Live stats will be available here.