Thursday, April 2
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Bears Drop Series Opener in Greensboro
4/2/2026 10:19:00 PM | Baseball
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Mercer Bears (22-8, 2-2 SoCon) fell to the UNC Greensboro Spartans (13-17, 2-5 SoCon), 5-4, on Thursday night at UNCG Baseball Stadium.
Decisive Plays:
The Spartans plated a run in each of the first two innings to jump to an early 2-0 lead. The Bears loaded the bases in the third inning and Dylan LaPointe crossed home due to a wild pitch to cut Mercer's deficit in half. Three straight walks loaded the bases for the Bears again in the sixth inning and Michael Graziano delivered a two-out, two-run single to right field that gave Mercer its first lead of the night. Chris Katz drew a walk with the bases loaded yet again in the sixth to give the Bears a 4-2 advantage. Jake Mueller brought the Spartans within one with his third home run of the season in the home half of the seventh. Luke Holland delivered the eventual game-winning runs with a two-run single through the middle of the infield in the eighth.
Key Contributors:
Michael Graziano:Â 2-for-4, 2 RBI
Drew Johnson:Â 0-for-1, R, 3 BB
Garrett Lambert:Â 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO
Next Game:
The Bears continue their series against UNCG on Friday, April 3. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. RHP Miguel Hugas (6-1, 4.70 ERA) will take the mound for Mercer and LHP Noah Chapman (2-3, 6.81 ERA) will start for the Spartans. Live stats are available here. You can watch live with ESPN+.
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Decisive Plays:
The Spartans plated a run in each of the first two innings to jump to an early 2-0 lead. The Bears loaded the bases in the third inning and Dylan LaPointe crossed home due to a wild pitch to cut Mercer's deficit in half. Three straight walks loaded the bases for the Bears again in the sixth inning and Michael Graziano delivered a two-out, two-run single to right field that gave Mercer its first lead of the night. Chris Katz drew a walk with the bases loaded yet again in the sixth to give the Bears a 4-2 advantage. Jake Mueller brought the Spartans within one with his third home run of the season in the home half of the seventh. Luke Holland delivered the eventual game-winning runs with a two-run single through the middle of the infield in the eighth.
Key Contributors:
Michael Graziano:Â 2-for-4, 2 RBI
Drew Johnson:Â 0-for-1, R, 3 BB
Garrett Lambert:Â 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO
Next Game:
The Bears continue their series against UNCG on Friday, April 3. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. RHP Miguel Hugas (6-1, 4.70 ERA) will take the mound for Mercer and LHP Noah Chapman (2-3, 6.81 ERA) will start for the Spartans. Live stats are available here. You can watch live with ESPN+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Horton, John (1-1)
L: Fagerstrom, Reid (3-1)
S: Dear, Mayson (2)
Batting:
2B: Katz, Chris 1
RBI: Graziano, Michael 2 ; Katz, Chris 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LaPointe, Dylan 2 ; Johnson, Drew 1 ; Stephens, Eli 1
CS: Johnson, Drew 1
Batting:
2B: Budzik, Jacob 1
HR: Mueller, Jake 1
RBI: Holland, Luke 2 ; Budzik, Jacob 1 ; Mueller, Jake 1
SH: Ruocco, Anthony 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jenkins, Luke 1 ; Brittain, Ethan 2 ; Gardner, Brody 1 ; Mueller, Jake 1
SB: Holland, Luke 1
HBP: Budzik, Jacob 2 ; Truitt, Brantley 1 ; Ruocco, Anthony 1
Game Leaders
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