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Mercer
May 18, 2017 15:44:38 GMT -5
Post by The Cats on May 18, 2017 15:44:38 GMT -5
The two programs last faced one another in the 2016 SoCon Championship, when Western Carolina defeated Mercer twice to clinch the title and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. (no live video streaming of the series) Teams: Mercer (38-13, 17-4 SoCon) vs. Western Carolina (26-26, 13-8 SoCon)Location: Macon, Ga. | OrthoGeorgia Park Thursday: May 18 | 6 p.m. | Live Stats Friday: May 19 | 6 p.m. | Live Stats Saturday: May 20 | 2 p.m. | Live Stats
Projected Starters- Thursday: RHP Ryan Askew (4-1, 4.50) vs. WCU - LHP Bryan Sammons (7-3, 3.19)
- Friday: LHP Austin Cox (3-1, 5.64) vs. WCU - LHP Brendan Nail (5-7, 7.11)
- Saturday: RHP Kevin Coulter (5-2, 4.81) vs. WCU - LHP Tristan Baker (4-3, 6.75)
Series History
Mercer owns a small advantage in the short-lived all-time series with Western Carolina, 6-5. The Bears have won both regular-season series each of the last two years, but dropped a pair in last year's SoCon Championship. Last Meeting
Mercer dropped a doubleheader to Western Carolina, 4-2 and 3-2, on the final day of the 2016 Southern Conference Championship at Fluor Field. Mercer finished as the tournament runner-up with a 38-23 overall record. The Bears' bats were stifled both games against efforts from Western Carolina's Bryan Sammons (seven innings, game one) and B.J. Nobles (8.2 innings, game two).
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Mercer
May 18, 2017 20:33:48 GMT -5
Post by The Cats on May 18, 2017 20:33:48 GMT -5
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Mercer
May 19, 2017 19:59:17 GMT -5
Post by The Cats on May 19, 2017 19:59:17 GMT -5
The Cats nail down 2d place in the conference with tonight's 3-2 win over Mercer, and UNCG's loss 1-7 loss to Samford. So the #1 and #2 seeds are now locked down. WCU picks of the win in the series, and hopes for the sweep on Saturday.
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Mercer
May 20, 2017 19:08:03 GMT -5
Post by The Cats on May 20, 2017 19:08:03 GMT -5
Game 3 Cancelled
Western Carolina baseball's regular season finale at Mercer was halted in the top of the fourth inning, on Saturday afternoon before ultimately being canceled due to inclement weather and unfavorable forecasts the remainder of the evening.
The Catamounts pulled ahead in the top of the third on a RBI single by Cameron Blaquiere and a second run-scoring double by Pope to pull ahead 5-3. Leading by the same margin in the top of the fourth, the Catamounts had a runner at first as Matt Smith reached on a HBP when the teams were chased from the field.
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