13 MERCER 4-4 •0-0 SoCon

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 0 0 2 8 0 3 0 0 0 13 11 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 2 Daytona Beach, Fla. • Jackie Robinson Ballpark Attendance:52 Final Stats | Season Stats

4 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 0-7 • 0-0 MEAC

	Pitching Stats
		L	K. Griffey (0-1)
		W	DJ Johnson (1-1)
	Batting Stats
	2B
		Olszewski (1)
		Lewis, Madden, Edgeworth, Moorhouse, Hernandez
	3B
		Welch (2)
	HR
		Robinson (1)
		Lewis
	RBI
		Robinson 2, Carballo, Cummings
		Lewis 4, Bonin 2, Hernandez 2, Madden 2, Edgeworth

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jordan Robinson picked up his first home run of the year in a losing effort Sunday, as the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats fell to the Mercer Bears, 13-4 at Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. With the win, Mercer completed the weekend sweep of B-CU.

With starting pitchers Kevin Griffey (B-CU) and DJ Johnson (Mercer) cruising through two innings, the bats came alive for the visiting Mercer Bears (4-4) in the third.

After left fielder Nate Moorhouse singled to kick off the inning, a sacrifice bunt was picked up by the B-CU defense, but could not get the force on Moorhouse at second, allowing two runners on safely. Trey Truitt singled in the next play, and Kyle Lewis then reached on a fielder's choice – enough to drive in Moorhouse for the 1-0 lead. Second baseman Devin Bonin then recorded a sacrifice fly to left that plated Conrad Cornell for the 2-0 Mercer advantage.

With the bases loaded and just one out, Griffey settled in to get the final two outs and keep the Bears from producing anything else.

B-CU (0-7) was unable to get anything going off Johnson in the third, allowing the Bears to have a huge top-half of the fourth. Mercer broke the game open with eight runs on five hits, prompting B-CU head coach Jason Beverlin to go to the bullpen four times in the frame.

Michael Austin eventually entered the close out the Mercer at-bat.

The Cats finally go to Johnson in the bottom-half of the inning, using Jordan Robinson's two-run shot to left – his first home run of the campaign, to pull back to within a 10-2 margin.

Mercer added three insurance runs in the sixth, highlighted by centerfielder Kyle Lewis' two-run homer to left field.

B-CU mustered up two more runs in the eighth, as Jose Carballo and Mijon Cummings plated a pair of runs. Cummings scored Nathan Bond courtesy a single to center, while Carballo drove in Brandon Wilkes with a ground-out to second.

Johnson earned the win, evening his record at 1-1 on the campaign. He worked five frames, spreading out six hits and allowing two runs – off the Robinson home run, and striking out six with no walks issued. Meanwhile, the loss went to Griffey who fell to 0-1 on the year, as he went three innings with three runs off two hits and walked two against four strikeouts.

Bond led the Cats offensively with a pair of hits, as well as catcher Zach Olszewski coming off the bench to register a pair of hits – one being a double to left center.

Though sitting at 0-7, Bethune-Cookman has faced similar adversity to produce a near winning season in 2004. That year, the Wildcats started out 0-7, only to come back and win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles, advancing to the NCAA Tallahassee [Fla.] Regional.

Bethune-Cookman gets back to the diamond Tuesday evening when playing host to Stetson at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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