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2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES Website: MercerBears.com l Twitter: @MercerBaseball l Facebook: /MercerBaseball l Instagram: @Mercer.Baseball SCHEDULE ON DECK OVERALL: 13-10 | SOCON: 2-1 | H: 10-6 | A: 3-4 | N: 0-0 MERCER (13-10, 2-1 SOCON) AT #18 FLORIDA STATE (12-8, 8-7 ACC) FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY • MARCH 31 • 6 P.M. •TALLAHASSEE, FLA. • DICK HOWSER STADIUM 20 JACKSON STATE (DH) W, 9-0 | W, 10-0 TV • N/A 21 JACKSON STATE W, 14-0 24 at Georgia Tech ACC Network L, 7-3 26 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L, 17-7 27 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L, 11-5 PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS 28 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L, 5-2 MERCER FLORIDA STATE MARCH WED R-Sr. RHP TAYLOR LOBUS (3-2, 5.28 ERA) VS. R-So. RHP JACK ANDERSON (0-0, 2.16 ERA) 2 at Florida State ACCNX PPD. 5 at South Carolina SECN+ L, 5-1 6 at South Carolina SECN+ L, 4-0 7 at South Carolina SEC Network L, 1-0 MERCER FLORIDA STATE 10 FLORIDA A&M W, 10-3 IN & OUT 12 MARSHALL W, 3-1 .281 BA .250 13 MARSHALL L, 11-10 » Mercer is one of just four NCAA Division I programs to win at 14 MARSHALL L, 19-9 least 35 games in each of the past 10 full seasons, joining 170 R 136 16 at Florida A&M W, 13-4 Florida State, LSU and Vanderbilt. 218 H 175 17 at Florida A&M W, 10-6 » Following the 2020 season, the Bears’ Colby Thomas was named 19 BRADLEY W, 11-9 to the 2020 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American Team. 47 2B 29 20 BRADLEY (DH) W, 12-11 | W, 15-5 This marked the sixth straight year Mercer had a player named 23 at Georgia State W, 5-3 2 3B 0 26 WOFFORD* ESPN+ W, 6-4 to the team. 27 WOFFORD (DH)* ESPN+ W, 13-7 | L, 12-2 » Since 2010, the Bears are the winningest Division I baseball 31 HR 30 30 at Florida SECN+ PPD program in the state of Georgia. The Bears have won 405 games. 156 RBI 126 31 at Florida State 6 p.m. » The Bears and Seminoles meet for the second straight season in 105 BB 107 APRIL Tallahassee. This is a makeup from early this season when the 2 at The Citadel* 6 p.m. game was postponed because of weather. 203 SO 225 3 at The Citadel (DH)* 2 p.m. » Last season, Florida State defeated Mercer 9-8 in extra innings 6 GEORGIA STATE 6 p.m. at Dick Howser Stadium. 20 SB 13 9 UNCG* 6 p.m. » Mercer is one of two schools, along with Minnesota, to only 22 E 22 10 UNCG (DH)* 2 p.m. have three coaches since the 1948 season. 14 at Georgia Southern 6 p.m. .974 FLD% .971 16 at VMI 4 p.m. 17 at VMI (DH)* 1 p.m. SERIES HISTORY 5.73 ERA 3.28 21 GEORGIA STATE 6 p.m. Series History 8-47 201.0 IP 184.0 23 at Samford* 5 p.m. Streak L25 24 at Samford (DH)* 2 p.m. 214 H 140 28 at Kennesaw State 6 p.m. First Meetings (1975) L, 4-0 30 ETSU* 6 p.m. Last Meeting (2020) L, 9-8 145 R 87 MAY Last Mercer Win (1992) 4-3 128 ER 67 1 ETSU (DH)* 2 p.m. Last Florida State Win (2020) 13-1 91 BB 84 5 KENNESAW STATE 6 p.m. Gibson vs. Florida State 0-6 7 at Western Carolina* 5 p.m. 210 SO 249 8 at Western Carolina (DH)* 2 p.m. 11 at Georgia State 6 p.m. .275 BAA .206 14 THE CITADEL* 6 p.m. 15 THE CITADEL (DH)* 2 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS 18 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 6 p.m. 20 at Wofford* 5 p.m. BY POSITION 21 at Wofford (DH)* 2 p.m. Pos. No. Name AVG. AB R H HR RBI OB% MERCER DEFENSE SOCON TOURNAMENT C 20 Collin Price .304 69 17 21 2 12 .402 25-30 TBD ^ TBD 1B 10 Angelo DiSpigna .250 80 16 20 3 18 .390 4 * Southern Conference game 2B 7 Garett Delano .322 59 16 19 4 18 .446 8 19 ^ in Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) 3B 34 Trevor Austin .333 69 16 23 0 6 .435 SS 3 RJ Yeager .292 89 17 26 4 19 .350 3 7 LF 8 Colby Thomas .220 81 16 18 2 15 .347 34 10 CF 4 Bill Knight .344 90 21 31 5 26 .429 RF 19 Brandon Michie .349 86 24 30 6 23 .430 20 DH 14 Jackson Cherry .313 16 7 5 2 6 .450 MERCER BASEBALL | 2021 PAGE 2 QUICK FACTS MERCER VS. FLORIDA STATE Doubles!!! » Mercer (13-10) faces Florida State in a non-conference midweek » The Bears lead the Southern Conference with 47 doubles this Location ...................................................Macon, Ga. contest on Wednesday. season. The 47 doubles ranks 20th best in the NCAA. Enrollment ......................................................9,000 » These two programs met last season at Dick Howser Stadium. The » Western Kentucky leads the nation in doubles with 61. Founded ............................................................1833 Bears were defeated by Florida State, 9-8. » Mercer is averaging 2.04 doubles per game, which ranks 45th Conference..................................................Southern » Last season, the Bears were 11-0 going into the Florida State best in the nation and is the best mark in the SoCon. Affiliation ..........................................NCAA Division I contest. Mercer was defeated 9-8 in 11 innings. Colby Thomas hit » Twelve different Bears have hit at least one double this season. two home runs for Mercer. » Angelo DiSpigna leads the team with eight doubles, and is the Colors ..............................Orange (PMS 716C) & Black » Mercer looks to snap a 25 game losing streak to Florida State on third most in the Southern Conference. Over his time as a Bear, Nickname ......................................................... Bears Wednesday. The last five meetings have been played in DiSpigna has hit 25 doubles. Eleven came during his freshman President ...............................William D. Underwood Tallahassee. season in 2019. He is three away from tying his career-high. Director of Athletics ...................................Jim Cole » Head Coach Craig Gibson is 0-6 in his career against Florida State. Athletic Dept. Office ....................... (478) 301-2994 POWER BEARS AT FSU Ticket Office ..................................... (478) 301-5470 Last 5 Meetings (0-5) » Last season, the Bears showed off their power at Dick Howser Baseball Office ................................ (478) 301-2738 3/3/2020 Tallahassee L 9-8 3/3/2019 Tallahassee L 5-1 Stadium. PROGRAM HISTORY 3/2/2019 Tallahassee L 12-1 » Mercer hit four bombs in the contest with Colby Thomas hitting two, 3/1/2019 Tallahassee L 9-5 Brandon Michie and Bill Knight with one each. First Year of Baseball.......................................1948 5/29/2015 Tallahassee L 5-4 » In the contest, Michie went 3-for-6 with three RBI, while Colby Thomas was 2-for-5 with three RBI. All-Time Record .......................1,595-1,372-5 (.537) » The Bears first two runs of the game were solo home runs by Reg. Season Conference Titles .............................7 Knight and Thomas. 1982, ‘94, ‘97, 2013, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17 A PEACH OF A PROGRAM Conference Tournament Titles ............................6 » Since 2010, the Mercer Bears have won the most games out of PLAYING IN-STATE PROGRAMS 1979, ‘81, ‘83, 2010, ‘15, ‘19 Division I Baseball teams in Georgia. NCAA Tournament Appearances ..........................4 » The Bears have won 11 more games than the second team on » This season, the Bears will play nine games against in-state 2010, ‘13, ‘15, ‘19 the list, which is Georgia Tech. opponents. » Below are the six programs in Georgia and their wins since 2010. » Mercer will play every NCAA D1 in-state opponent but Georgia this FACILITY INFORMATION » With one more win, Mercer will be the first program Georgia season. program to win 400 games since the start of the 2010 season. » The Bears defeated their first in-state opponenet. On Tuesday, Stadium .....OrthoGeorgia Park at Claude Smith Field Mercer defeated Georgia State 5-3. Year Opened .....................................................1962 Most Wins in Georgia » Besides Mercer at Georgia State, Georgia will host Kennesaw State First Game ...........................April 3, 1962 vs. Erskine Mercer 407 in a Peach State Showdown. Georgia Tech 396 » Mercer will play Georgia State four times, Kennesaw State and Capacity ........................... 1,500 (renovated in 2017) Georgia Southern twice and Georgia Tech once this season. Surface .................................................Natural Grass Georgia Southern 362 Georgia 344 » Four of the eight in-state matchups will happen at OrthoGeorgia ...........LF: 330; CF: 400; RF: 320; LC: 370; RC: 350 Dimensions Kennesaw State 317 Park. Georgia State 286 » All but one instate program has a win this season. Below are the COACHING STAFF records of when instate schools play. Head Coach ....................................Craig Gibson SOCON PLAYER OF THE WEEK Most Wins Against Georgia Schools In 2021 (March 29) Alma Mater ...................................................Mercer (1986) » On Monday afternoon, the Southern Conference announced its Mercer 1-1 Career Record ........................................566-394 (18 years) Player and Pitcher of the Week and Bill Knight was named Georgia Tech 1-1 Record at Mercer ........................................................Same Player of the Week. Georgia Southern 0-1 » Knight hit .438 (7-for-16) on the week and now has stretched his Georgia 3-1 Assoc. HC/Recruiting Coord. ........ Brent Shade hitting streak to three games. Kennesaw State 5-1 Alma Mater ................................................Defiance (2001) » In the first game of the doubleheader against Wofford, Knight had Georgia State 1-6 himself a ball game. He collected 6 RBI in game one going 3-for-5.