Texas edges Mercer

AUSTIN, Texas. – The Mercer baseball program (9-5) dropped a road game to Texas (6-7), 11-3, on Wednesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

The Longhorns took an early lead, but the Bears held Texas scoreless for three-straight innings beginning in the fifth. Trevor Austin and Antonio Brown combined for a double play to close the fifth and ignite some energy in the Mercer dugout.

In the sixth, a double off the left field wall by Jozsef Rohrbacher placed him in scoring position. He advanced to third on a single by Bradley Frye before crossing home plate on a sacrifice fly by Eric Toth.

The Bears caught Peyton Powell stealing in the sixth to record another scoreless inning on defense.

Ben Olson launched a double off the left field wall in the seventh, allowing pinch runner Landon Underhill to setup for a score. Underhill advanced to third on a ground out by Reid Brown, and a single by Carter Geier brought home the second run of the day for the Bears.

Texas found itself in a dangerous pitching situation in the ninth as the bases were loaded after two batters were hit and another walked. Underhill ran in his second run of the day on a passed ball.

SCORING SUMMARY

B1 | Mercer 0, Texas 1

Guillemette singled through the left side, scoring Campbell.

B2 | Mercer 0, Texas 3

Galvan homered to left field, scoring Thomas.

B2 | Mercer 0, Texas 4

Brown doubled to left field, scoring Kennedy.

B2 | Mercer 0, Texas 5

Guillemette singled through the right side, scoring Brown.

B3 | Mercer 0, Texas 7

Galvan singled up the middle, scoring Daly. O’Dowd scored on a throwing error.

B3 | Mercer 0, Texas 8

Kennedy doubled down the right field line, scoring Galvan.

B3 | Mercer 0, Texas 9

Campbell doubled down the right field line, scoring Kennedy.

B4 | Mercer 0, Texas 10

Galvan singled to right field, scoring O’Dowd

T6 | Mercer 1, Texas 10

Toth fouled out to right field, scoring Rohrbacher.

T7 | Mercer 2, Texas 10

Geier singled to left field, scoring Underhill.

B8 | Mercer 2, Texas 11

Powell singled to right field, scoring Campbell.

T9 | Mercer 3, Texas 11

Underhill scored on a passed ball.

UP NEXT: Mercer continues its Texas tour with a weekend series at Baylor beginning on Friday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. (ET).

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