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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Alex Holderbach
3
Eastern Kentucky EKU 7-13
10
Winner Mercer MER 15-5
Eastern Kentucky EKU
7-13
3
Final
10
Mercer MER
15-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Kentucky EKU 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 10 2
Mercer MER 0 1 0 2 1 6 0 0 X 10 13 0

W: Chase Burks (3-1) L: Teague, Logan (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Loses To Mercer

Box Score

MACON, Ga. – The baseball team lost 10-3 at Mercer in game two of a three-game weekend series on Saturday.

The Colonels (7-13) tied the score, 1-1, on a sacrifice fly from Tyler Romanik in the top of the fourth.  However, the Bears (15-5) scored twice in the bottom of the inning and never trailed again.  Trey Truitt hit a solo home run to begin the frame.
 
Eastern stayed within striking distance in the fifth and top of the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Daniel Harris IV and a solo home run from Alex Holderbach.  It was Holderbach's second dinger of the season.  However, Mercer platted six in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull away.  All six runs were unearned.
 
Holderbach finished 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.  Will Johnson had a 3-for-4 day.
 
Truitt was 3-for-4 with three runs and five RBIs.
 
The two teams combined for 23 hits.
 
The series concludes on Sunday with game three at 1 p.m.
 
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