Mershon’s Four RBI Day Leads to Cougar Series Win

Sunday, February 26

Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

1 PM

College of Charleston

3-3

UMBC

1-3

UMBC

Charleston

Mershon’s Four RBI Day Leads to Cougar Series Win

2/26/2023 4:24:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Senior second baseman Joseph Mershon collected four RBI in a 2-for-4 effort at the plate leading Charleston (3-3) to a season-high run and hit total and 11-3 win over UMBC (1-3) to clinch the weekend series.

Will Baumhofer added three-more hits to finish the weekend 7-for-10 at the plate while JT Marr added three hits and two RBI.

Leading Off
Final Score: Charleston 11, UMBC 3
Location: Patriots Point
Records: Charleston (3-3), UMBC (1-3)

How It Happened

Both starting pitchers worked around early base runners to keep the game scoreless through two innings, but Joseph Mershon's two-run triple in the third got the Cougars rolling. Mershon would come around to score on a JT Marr two-out single for a three spot in the third.
UMBC answered with a run in the fourth on an Ian Diaz single to make it 3-1.
Charleston erupted for four more runs in the bottom half breaking the game open thanks to another two-RBI single from Mershon. Patrick Sanchez and JT Marr each added an RBI in the inning for a Cougar 7-1 lead through four.
The Cougars posted four more runs over the final four at-bats including a double steal in the fifth, a Luke Wood single in the sixth and Marr RBI double in the eighth.
UMBC scored their final two runs in the eighth on two Charleston errors.

Key Cougars

Joseph Mershon finished 2-for-4 with a season-high 4 RBI in the win and scoring twice.
Will Baumhofer ended his torrid weekend 7-for-10 thanks to another three-hit performance Sunday scoring two more times.
The quartet of Andrew Duval, Aidan Hunter, Alex Lyon and Emmett Bice held the Retrievers to just one earned run Sunday striking out nine hitters.
Patrick Sanchez added two hits and an RBI in the win along with a defensive web gem on a sliding play to his right to take away a hit from Justin Taylor.
JT Marr added two RBI in a 3-for-5 effort and Luke Wood went 1-for-4 with an RBI knock.

Notes

Sunday's win clinched the series for Charleston, their second over an opponent from the America East in as many seasons (UMass-Lowell March 12-13, 2022).
The 11 runs on 15 hits were both season-highs for Charleston as Baumhofer tied his career-high with his second three-hit game in as many days.
Charleston pitching struck out nine batters for the third-consecutive game for 27 over the course of the weekend series win.
Charleston moved to 13-2 in the next series after dropping the previous set since 2018 and have won the last seven such series.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Hunter, Aidan (1-1)

L: Nick Remy (0-2)

UMBC

Batting:

2B: Ian Diaz 1 ; Michael Cilio 1

RBI: Ian Diaz 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Christian Easley 1 ; Michael Cilio 2

Charleston

Batting:

2B: Marr, JT 1

3B: Mershon, Joseph 1

RBI: Mershon, Joseph 4 ; Harlan, Trotter 1 ; Marr, JT 2 ; Wood, Luke 1 ; Sanchez, Patrick 1

SH: McCallister, Tanner 1

SF: Harlan, Trotter 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Sorrentino, Tyler 1 ; Mershon, Joseph 2 ; Harlan, Trotter 1 ; Marr, JT 1 ; Baumhofer, Will 2 ; Miller, Khyree 1 ; McCallister, Tanner 1 ; Sanchez, Patrick 2