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Mercer (23-16, 10-5 SoCon) -vs- Samford (23-17, 13-5 SoCon)

Mercer logo 5
vs
4 Samford logo
23-16, 10-5 SoCon
23-17, 13-5 SoCon
Team Score By Innings
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Winner MER Mercer 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 9 1
SAM Samford 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0
W:
Luke Sutko (3-3)
L:
Skinner, Hamp (3-1)

Box Score

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Logo Team Team Color Indicator Inning Play Description MER SAM
Mercer MER 2nd 2nd - A. DiSpigna homered to right center, RBI. 1 0
Samford SAM 2nd 2nd - Crockett homered to left center, RBI. 1 1
Samford SAM 2nd 2nd - King singled to right field, RBI; Dreier scored. 1 2
Mercer MER 4th 4th - A. DiSpigna homered to right field, RBI. 2 2
Samford SAM 4th 4th - Dreier singled through the left side, RBI; Crockett advanced to second; McManus scored. 2 3
Samford SAM 4th 4th - Garris singled up the middle, RBI; Dreier advanced to third, out at home cf to c; Crockett scored, unearned. 2 4
Mercer MER 5th 5th - A. DiSpigna singled to right field, RBI; G. Delano advanced to third; B. Michie scored. 3 4
Mercer MER 5th 5th - A. DiSpigna advanced to second on a wild pitch; G. Delano scored on a wild pitch. 4 4
Mercer MER 6th 6th - RJ Yeager doubled down the lf line, RBI; T. Austin advanced to third; D. Burke scored. 5 4
Totals 5 4

Team Individual Statistics

Mercer 5
Position Player AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
cf cf Bill Knight 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
ss ss RJ Yeager 4 0 2 1 0 0 0
rf rf Brandon Michie 3 1 1 0 2 0 2
2b 2b Garett Delano 5 1 0 0 0 1 4
1b 1b Angelo DiSpigna 4 2 3 3 1 0 0
c c Collin Price 5 0 0 0 0 1 1
lf lf Colby Thomas 5 0 1 0 0 2 0
dh dh Le Bassett 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
ph     ph David Burke 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
ph     ph Jackson Cherry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3b 3b Trevor Austin 3 0 0 0 1 0 4
p p Taylor Lobus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Luke Sutko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4 6 5 11
Batting
2B:
RJ Yeager (1); David Burke (1)
HR:
Angelo DiSpigna (2)
SH:
RJ Yeager (1)
Baserunning
HBP:
Le Bassett (1)
Fielding
E:
Angelo DiSpigna (1)
Samford 4
Position Player AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
cf cf Pinto, Max 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
ph     ph Ledbetter, Colton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2b 2b Carlson, Brooks 5 0 1 0 0 1 1
1b 1b DiChiara, Sonny 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
pr/lf     pr/lf Allison, Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dh dh McManus, Tyler 2 1 0 0 2 1 1
rf rf Crockett, Ryan 4 2 1 1 0 2 0
c c Dreier, Kaden 4 1 2 1 0 1 3
lf/1b lf/1b King, Towns 3 0 1 1 0 2 0
3b 3b David, Will 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
ss ss Garris, Taylor 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
p p Hester, Zach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Skinner, Hamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Cupo, Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Bortak, Blake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Hurst, Gene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Isbell, Chase 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4 3 10 6
Batting
2B:
DiChiara, Sonny (1)
HR:
Crockett, Ryan (1)
SH:
King, Towns (1); Garris, Taylor (1)

Team Individual Pitching Statistics

Mercer - Pitching Stats
Player IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HBP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
Taylor Lobus 4.1 6 4 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 18 21 2 7 --
Luke Sutko (W, 3-3) 4.2 2 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 15 17 4 3 --
Totals 8 4 3 3 10 1 0 0 0 33 38 6 10
Samford - Pitching Stats
Player IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HBP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
Hester, Zach 4.0 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 14 18 6 4 --
Skinner, Hamp (L, 3-1) 1.1 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 9 1 2 --
Cupo, Carson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 0 --
Bortak, Blake 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 --
Hurst, Gene 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 8 2 2 --
Isbell, Chase 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 --
Totals 9 5 5 6 5 1 0 1 0 35 43 14 8

Play By Play

Mercer - Top of 1st
Play Description MER SAM
B. Knight grounded out to 3b. 0 0
RJ Yeager popped up to ss. 0 0
B. Michie walked. 0 0
G. Delano struck out swinging. 0 0
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Samford - Bottom of 1st
Play Description MER SAM
Pinto grounded out to ss. 0 0
Carlson grounded out to ss. 0 0
DiChiara grounded out to 3b. 0 0
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mercer - Top of 2nd
Play Description MER SAM
A. DiSpigna homered to right center, RBI. 1 0
C. Price grounded out to 3b. 1 0
C. Thomas flied out to lf. 1 0
L. Bassett struck out swinging. 1 0
Runs
1
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Samford - Bottom of 2nd
Play Description MER SAM
McManus struck out swinging. 1 0
Crockett homered to left center, RBI. 1 1
Dreier singled up the middle. 1 1
Dreier advanced to second on a wild pitch. 1 1
King singled to right field, RBI; Dreier scored. 1 2
David grounded out to p; King advanced to second. 1 2
Garris flied out to rf. 1 2
Runs
2
Hits
3
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Mercer - Top of 3rd
Play Description MER SAM
T. Austin grounded out to ss. 1 2
B. Knight walked. 1 2
RJ Yeager flied out to cf. 1 2
B. Michie walked; B. Knight advanced to second. 1 2
G. Delano grounded out to 3b. 1 2
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
2
Samford - Bottom of 3rd
Play Description MER SAM
Pinto grounded out to ss. 1 2
Carlson grounded out to 3b. 1 2
DiChiara struck out looking. 1 2
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mercer - Top of 4th
Play Description MER SAM
A. DiSpigna homered to right field, RBI. 2 2
C. Price flied out to rf. 2 2
C. Thomas fouled out to lf. 2 2
L. Bassett hit by pitch. 2 2
T. Austin flied out to lf. 2 2
Runs
1
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Samford - Bottom of 4th
Play Description MER SAM
McManus walked. 2 2
Crockett reached on a fielding error by 1b; McManus advanced to second. 2 2
Dreier singled through the left side, RBI; Crockett advanced to second; McManus scored. 2 3
King grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Dreier advanced to second; Crockett advanced to third. 2 3
David popped up to 2b. 2 3
Garris singled up the middle, RBI; Dreier advanced to third, out at home cf to c; Crockett scored, unearned. 2 4
Runs
2
Hits
2
Errors
1
Left On Base
1
Mercer - Top of 5th
Play Description MER SAM
Skinner to p for Hester. 2 4
B. Knight grounded out to ss. 2 4
RJ Yeager singled up the middle. 2 4
B. Michie singled to right field; RJ Yeager advanced to third. 2 4
G. Delano reached on a fielder's choice, bunt; B. Michie advanced to second; RJ Yeager out at home p to c. 2 4
A. DiSpigna singled to right field, RBI; G. Delano advanced to third; B. Michie scored. 3 4
A. DiSpigna advanced to second on a wild pitch; G. Delano scored on a wild pitch. 4 4
C. Price flied out to rf. 4 4
Runs
2
Hits
3
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Samford - Bottom of 5th
Play Description MER SAM
Pinto struck out looking. 4 4
Carlson singled through the left side. 4 4
DiChiara walked; Carlson advanced to second. 4 4
L. Sutko to p for T. Lobus. 4 4
McManus walked; DiChiara advanced to second; Carlson advanced to third. 4 4
Crockett struck out swinging. 4 4
Dreier struck out swinging. 4 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
3
Mercer - Top of 6th
Play Description MER SAM
C. Thomas struck out swinging. 4 4
D. Burke pinch hit for L. Bassett. 4 4
D. Burke doubled down the rf line. 4 4
T. Austin walked. 4 4
Cupo to p for Skinner. 4 4
B. Knight flied out to cf. 4 4
RJ Yeager doubled down the lf line, RBI; T. Austin advanced to third; D. Burke scored. 5 4
B. Michie popped up to ss. 5 4
Runs
1
Hits
2
Errors
0
Left On Base
2
Samford - Bottom of 6th
Play Description MER SAM
King struck out swinging. 5 4
David flied out to rf. 5 4
Garris flied out to rf. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mercer - Top of 7th
Play Description MER SAM
G. Delano flied out to cf. 5 4
Bortak to p for Cupo. 5 4
A. DiSpigna walked. 5 4
Hurst to p for Bortak. 5 4
C. Price struck out looking. 5 4
C. Thomas singled through the right side; A. DiSpigna advanced to second. 5 4
J. Cherry pinch hit for D. Burke. 5 4
J. Cherry walked; C. Thomas advanced to second; A. DiSpigna advanced to third. 5 4
T. Austin grounded out to ss. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
3
Samford - Bottom of 7th
Play Description MER SAM
Pinto flied out to cf. 5 4
Carlson struck out looking. 5 4
DiChiara doubled to center field. 5 4
Allison pinch ran for DiChiara. 5 4
McManus grounded out to ss. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Mercer - Top of 8th
Play Description MER SAM
Allison to lf. 5 4
King to 1b. 5 4
B. Knight singled up the middle. 5 4
RJ Yeager grounded out to 1b unassisted, SAC, bunt; B. Knight advanced to second. 5 4
B. Michie flied out to rf. 5 4
G. Delano fouled out to c. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Samford - Bottom of 8th
Play Description MER SAM
Crockett struck out swinging. 5 4
Dreier flied out to rf. 5 4
King struck out swinging. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mercer - Top of 9th
Play Description MER SAM
Isbell to p for Hurst. 5 4
A. DiSpigna flied out to cf. 5 4
C. Price flied out to rf. 5 4
C. Thomas struck out looking. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Samford - Bottom of 9th
Play Description MER SAM
David singled through the right side. 5 4
Garris grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; David advanced to second. 5 4
Ledbetter pinch hit for Pinto. 5 4
Ledbetter struck out swinging. 5 4
Carlson grounded out to ss. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Mercer - Top of 1st
Play Description MER SAM
B. Knight grounded out to 3b. 0 0
RJ Yeager popped up to ss. 0 0
B. Michie walked. 0 0
G. Delano struck out swinging. 0 0
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Samford - Bottom of 1st
Play Description MER SAM
Pinto grounded out to ss. 0 0
Carlson grounded out to ss. 0 0
DiChiara grounded out to 3b. 0 0
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mercer - Top of 2nd
Play Description MER SAM
A. DiSpigna homered to right center, RBI. 1 0
C. Price grounded out to 3b. 1 0
C. Thomas flied out to lf. 1 0
L. Bassett struck out swinging. 1 0
Runs
1
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Samford - Bottom of 2nd
Play Description MER SAM
McManus struck out swinging. 1 0
Crockett homered to left center, RBI. 1 1
Dreier singled up the middle. 1 1
Dreier advanced to second on a wild pitch. 1 1
King singled to right field, RBI; Dreier scored. 1 2
David grounded out to p; King advanced to second. 1 2
Garris flied out to rf. 1 2
Runs
2
Hits
3
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Mercer - Top of 3rd
Play Description MER SAM
T. Austin grounded out to ss. 1 2
B. Knight walked. 1 2
RJ Yeager flied out to cf. 1 2
B. Michie walked; B. Knight advanced to second. 1 2
G. Delano grounded out to 3b. 1 2
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
2
Samford - Bottom of 3rd
Play Description MER SAM
Pinto grounded out to ss. 1 2
Carlson grounded out to 3b. 1 2
DiChiara struck out looking. 1 2
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mercer - Top of 4th
Play Description MER SAM
A. DiSpigna homered to right field, RBI. 2 2
C. Price flied out to rf. 2 2
C. Thomas fouled out to lf. 2 2
L. Bassett hit by pitch. 2 2
T. Austin flied out to lf. 2 2
Runs
1
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Samford - Bottom of 4th
Play Description MER SAM
McManus walked. 2 2
Crockett reached on a fielding error by 1b; McManus advanced to second. 2 2
Dreier singled through the left side, RBI; Crockett advanced to second; McManus scored. 2 3
King grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Dreier advanced to second; Crockett advanced to third. 2 3
David popped up to 2b. 2 3
Garris singled up the middle, RBI; Dreier advanced to third, out at home cf to c; Crockett scored, unearned. 2 4
Runs
2
Hits
2
Errors
1
Left On Base
1
Mercer - Top of 5th
Play Description MER SAM
Skinner to p for Hester. 2 4
B. Knight grounded out to ss. 2 4
RJ Yeager singled up the middle. 2 4
B. Michie singled to right field; RJ Yeager advanced to third. 2 4
G. Delano reached on a fielder's choice, bunt; B. Michie advanced to second; RJ Yeager out at home p to c. 2 4
A. DiSpigna singled to right field, RBI; G. Delano advanced to third; B. Michie scored. 3 4
A. DiSpigna advanced to second on a wild pitch; G. Delano scored on a wild pitch. 4 4
C. Price flied out to rf. 4 4
Runs
2
Hits
3
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Samford - Bottom of 5th
Play Description MER SAM
Pinto struck out looking. 4 4
Carlson singled through the left side. 4 4
DiChiara walked; Carlson advanced to second. 4 4
L. Sutko to p for T. Lobus. 4 4
McManus walked; DiChiara advanced to second; Carlson advanced to third. 4 4
Crockett struck out swinging. 4 4
Dreier struck out swinging. 4 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
3
Mercer - Top of 6th
Play Description MER SAM
C. Thomas struck out swinging. 4 4
D. Burke pinch hit for L. Bassett. 4 4
D. Burke doubled down the rf line. 4 4
T. Austin walked. 4 4
Cupo to p for Skinner. 4 4
B. Knight flied out to cf. 4 4
RJ Yeager doubled down the lf line, RBI; T. Austin advanced to third; D. Burke scored. 5 4
B. Michie popped up to ss. 5 4
Runs
1
Hits
2
Errors
0
Left On Base
2
Samford - Bottom of 6th
Play Description MER SAM
King struck out swinging. 5 4
David flied out to rf. 5 4
Garris flied out to rf. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mercer - Top of 7th
Play Description MER SAM
G. Delano flied out to cf. 5 4
Bortak to p for Cupo. 5 4
A. DiSpigna walked. 5 4
Hurst to p for Bortak. 5 4
C. Price struck out looking. 5 4
C. Thomas singled through the right side; A. DiSpigna advanced to second. 5 4
J. Cherry pinch hit for D. Burke. 5 4
J. Cherry walked; C. Thomas advanced to second; A. DiSpigna advanced to third. 5 4
T. Austin grounded out to ss. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
3
Samford - Bottom of 7th
Play Description MER SAM
Pinto flied out to cf. 5 4
Carlson struck out looking. 5 4
DiChiara doubled to center field. 5 4
Allison pinch ran for DiChiara. 5 4
McManus grounded out to ss. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Mercer - Top of 8th
Play Description MER SAM
Allison to lf. 5 4
King to 1b. 5 4
B. Knight singled up the middle. 5 4
RJ Yeager grounded out to 1b unassisted, SAC, bunt; B. Knight advanced to second. 5 4
B. Michie flied out to rf. 5 4
G. Delano fouled out to c. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1
Samford - Bottom of 8th
Play Description MER SAM
Crockett struck out swinging. 5 4
Dreier flied out to rf. 5 4
King struck out swinging. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Mercer - Top of 9th
Play Description MER SAM
Isbell to p for Hurst. 5 4
A. DiSpigna flied out to cf. 5 4
C. Price flied out to rf. 5 4
C. Thomas struck out looking. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
0
Errors
0
Left On Base
0
Samford - Bottom of 9th
Play Description MER SAM
David singled through the right side. 5 4
Garris grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; David advanced to second. 5 4
Ledbetter pinch hit for Pinto. 5 4
Ledbetter struck out swinging. 5 4
Carlson grounded out to ss. 5 4
Runs
0
Hits
1
Errors
0
Left On Base
1

Composite Stats

Mercer 5 - Composite Stats
POS Player AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SH SF SO KL GDP PO A
cf cf Bill Knight 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ss ss RJ Yeager 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
rf rf Brandon Michie 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2b 2b Garett Delano 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1b 1b Angelo DiSpigna 4 2 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
c c Collin Price 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0
lf lf Colby Thomas 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
dh dh Le Bassett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
ph     ph David Burke 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ph     ph Jackson Cherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3b 3b Trevor Austin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
p p Taylor Lobus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
p     p Luke Sutko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 5 9 4 2 0 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 27 11
Samford 4Composite Stats
POS Player AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SH SF SO KL GDP PO A
cf cf Pinto, Max 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
ph     ph Ledbetter, Colton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2b 2b Carlson, Brooks 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1b 1b DiChiara, Sonny 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
pr/lf     pr/lf Allison, Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dh dh McManus, Tyler 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
rf rf Crockett, Ryan 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0
c c Dreier, Kaden 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
lf/1b lf/1b King, Towns 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0
3b 3b David, Will 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ss ss Garris, Taylor 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
p p Hester, Zach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Skinner, Hamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
p     p Cupo, Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Bortak, Blake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Hurst, Gene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p     p Isbell, Chase 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 10 3 0 27 7