MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia baseball team returns to the road for a weekend series at Mercer, starting today, at OrthoGeorgia Park in Macon, Ga.
Today’s series opener is set to begin at 6 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday’s contests scheduled to start at 2 p.m., and 1 p.m., respectively. Fans can follow along with the Mountaineers all weekend long with help from live stats for all three games, courtesy of mercerbears.com.
West Virginia and Mercer, who both received votes in this week’s National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division I Poll, meet for the first time since 1992 today.
Junior left-handed pitcher Jackson Wolf (2-1, 1.40 ERA) takes the mound for WVU in the series opener, while Mercer counters with senior left-hander Tanner Hall (3-0, 2.29 ERA). On Saturday, sophomore right-handed pitcher Ryan Bergert (2-0, 2.75 ERA) goes against Mercer sophomore righty Jackson Kelley (2-0, 1.06 ERA). The series concludes Sunday with WVU freshman left-hander Jake Carr (2-1, 1.89 ERA) battling redshirt senior right-handed pitcher Taylor Lobus (1-0, 4.80 ERA) from Mercer.
The Mountaineer trio has combined to allow just 13 earned runs in 58.0 innings pitched to begin the season.
WVU (8-4) is coming off an 8-0 win over Kent State, at Monongalia County Ballpark, as four Mountaineer pitchers combined to no-hit the Golden Flashes.
Mercer (11-1) is led by 17th-year coach Craig Gibson, who holds a mark of 554-383 with the Bears. Mercer opened the 2020 season with 11 consecutive victories, featuring a four-game sweep over Maryland-Eastern Shore, two wins over Florida A&M and three-game sweeps over Radford and UT-Martin. Most recently, the Bears fell at No. 11 Florida State, 9-8.
