Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MACON, Ga. – The Wofford College baseball team split a doubleheader at Mercer on Saturday at OrthoGeorgia Park. The Bears won the first game 13-7, scoring four runs each in the third and fourth innings. Wofford came out swinging in the second game, leading 6-0 after two innings on the way to a 12-2 victory.
 
Wofford is 14-9 overall and 3-3 in the Southern Conference. Mercer is 12-10 overall and 2-1 in the league. The Bears won the weekend series 2-1 and the teams will meet again in Spartanburg on May 21 and 22 for another three-game series.
 
GAME ONE NOTABLES

• Shane Lussier led the Terriers with three hits, while Nolen Hester had a pair of RBIs. The Bears were led by Bill Knight with three hits and six RBIs as Mercer took advantage of four errors in the contest.
• Wofford started Josh Vitus, who went 2.0 innings with five runs allowed on five hits. Dom Marcoccio, Devon Sharts, Sam Stratton, O'Kelly McWilliams and Zach Byron went the remaining six innings. The staff issued ten walks.
• Mercer starter Tommy Green went 3.2 innings with three runs allowed. Taylor Lobus (3-2) threw 2.1 innings with one run allowed. David Moore, Garrett Sloan, Robert Bennett and Wesley Franklin combined to allow three runs in the final three innings.

 
GAME ONE HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Bears got on the board with a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning with two outs. They added a single in the bottom of the second before the Terriers turned a double play.
• Ryan Galanie led off the top of the third with a walk. The Bears turned a double play and then Shane Lussier added a single.
• In the bottom of the third, a walk was followed by a home run to give Mercer a 3-0 lead. Back-to-back singles were followed by a fielder's choice to plate a run and then a sacrifice fly made it 5-0 at the end of the inning.
• Nolen Hester led off the fourth inning with a solo home run, the first of his career. With two outs, Trey Yunger walked and stole second. A single by Jack Renwick scored Yunger for a 5-2 score. Ryan Galanie added a single and on a double steal Renwick took home to cut the lead to 5-3.
• The Bears had a double that drove in two runs and then a throwing error with one out allowed a run to score. After a walk, a double added another run for a 9-3 advantage.
• Wofford was retired in order in the top of the fifth and then the Bears were able to add two more runs as they took advantage of two errors to lead 11-3.
• Colin Davis led off the sixth inning with a solo home run, his fourth of the season. Mercer left two on base at the end of the sixth.
• Wofford started the seventh inning with back-to-back walks. A double by Shane Lussier drove in a run and a single by Lawson Hill added a run. A single by Nolen Hester made it an 11-7 game before the Bears turned a triple play. The Bears left the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh.
• The Bears had two outs in the bottom of the eighth when a double and single were followed by a single that drove in both runners for a 13-6 score. In the top of the ninth, Wofford left two runners on base.

 
GAME TWO NOTABLES

• The Terriers tied a season high with 13 hits in the game, while holding the Bears to six hits.
• Colin Davis had three hits, John Dempsey, Trey Yunger and Jack Rnewick had two hits each. David Burke had two hits for the Bears.
• Wofford pitcher Elliot Carney (3-2) went five innings with one run allowed on two hits and eight strikeouts. Clay Schwaner closed the game by allowing one run on four hits in two innings.
• Mercer starter Jackson Kelly (2-3) gave up six runs on four hits in two innings. Josh Farmer, Fred Wilson, Shep Hancock and Will Bowdoin combined to allow six runs on nine hits in the final five innings.

 
GAME TWO HOW IT HAPPENED

• With one out in the top of the first, Nolen Hester singled and Colin Davis reached on an error which allowed Hester to score. After a Trey Yunger walk with two outs, a throwing error on a double steal scored Davis for a 2-0 lead.
• In the second inning, Wofford loaded the bases with a walk, single and fielder's choice. Sacrifice flies by Lawson Hill and Nolen Hester added two runs. With the bases still loaded, a single by Trey Yunger plated two runs for a 6-0 advantage.
• Mercer left one on base in the bottom of the second and Wofford stranded one in the top of the third.
• Wofford led off the fourth with singles from Nolen Hester and Colin Davis. A sacrifice fly by John Dempsey scored Hester for a 7-0 lead.
• The Bears got on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning when after a double with two outs a batter reached on a strikeout/wild pitch to make it 7-1.
• Colin Davis hit a home run to the deepest part of the field – his second of the day – to give Wofford an 8-1 lead in the top of the sixth inning. John Dempsey and Trey Yunger added singles and after advancing on a sacrifice bunt a single by Andrew Calhoun drove in both runners for a 10-1 advantage.
• With one out in the top of the seventh, Colin Davis reached on an error and then John Dempsey cleared the fence in right field for a 12-1 game. It was Dempsey's second home run of the season.
• Mercer plated a run in the bottom of the seventh on a throwing error with two outs for a 12-2 score. With the ten run advantage through seven complete innings, the game ended.

QUOTABLE
Senior outfielder Colin Davis - "When we have good at bats first time through the lineup it sets the tone for the rest of the game. It allows our pitchers to settle in and our defense makes plays behind them."

UP NEXT
Wofford will face Davidson on Tuesday night in Kannapolis, N.C. before returning home for a three-game series against Western Carolina.