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2023 Baseball Roster
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Jersey Number 28
Matt Mercer
- Position:
- UTL/P
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Richton, Miss.
- High School:
- Petal High School
- Prev School:
- Pearl River JC
Bio
Senior (2024)
Made six appearances out of the bullpen, pitching 7.1 innings... Held a 7.36 ERA and struck out three hitters... Pitched two scoreless innings in season debut against SIU-Edwardsville on February 16... Tossed 1.2 scoreless innings with a season-high two strikeouts against Jacksonville State on April 17... Made 12 appearances as a position player, logging three at-bats and scoring two runs
Junior (2023)
Competed in seven games with two starts against ULM as a batter, while making 22 appearances and one start at the mound … Secured two hits in 10 at-bats … Against ULM, he went 1-for-4 and grabbed one run and RBI … Earned two walks in the second matchup against ULM … Collected first win against UAB with two strikeouts … Topped off with four strikeouts in a game at Jacksonville State and Alabama … Pitched 33.1 innings for a 5.4 ERA and an opposing batting average of .256
Pearl River Community College (2021-2022)
Played two seasons at Pearl River Community College… Winning the MACCC championship in 2021 and was a division two world series champion in 2022… Hit 12 home runs with 20 doubles, including 42 RBIs in his second season with 21 stolen bases over two years
High School
An honor student at Petal high school… Played catcher, shortstop, and pitched… Senior year he hit .346 with a home run and two doubles… Was 2-0 on the mound with a 2.62 ERA
Personal
Full name is Matt Henderson Mercer… Born Sep. 19, 2001 … Son of Katie and Sawn Mercer… Has one sister, Anna… Majoring in interdisciplinary studies
Made six appearances out of the bullpen, pitching 7.1 innings... Held a 7.36 ERA and struck out three hitters... Pitched two scoreless innings in season debut against SIU-Edwardsville on February 16... Tossed 1.2 scoreless innings with a season-high two strikeouts against Jacksonville State on April 17... Made 12 appearances as a position player, logging three at-bats and scoring two runs
Junior (2023)
Competed in seven games with two starts against ULM as a batter, while making 22 appearances and one start at the mound … Secured two hits in 10 at-bats … Against ULM, he went 1-for-4 and grabbed one run and RBI … Earned two walks in the second matchup against ULM … Collected first win against UAB with two strikeouts … Topped off with four strikeouts in a game at Jacksonville State and Alabama … Pitched 33.1 innings for a 5.4 ERA and an opposing batting average of .256
Pearl River Community College (2021-2022)
Played two seasons at Pearl River Community College… Winning the MACCC championship in 2021 and was a division two world series champion in 2022… Hit 12 home runs with 20 doubles, including 42 RBIs in his second season with 21 stolen bases over two years
High School
An honor student at Petal high school… Played catcher, shortstop, and pitched… Senior year he hit .346 with a home run and two doubles… Was 2-0 on the mound with a 2.62 ERA
Personal
Full name is Matt Henderson Mercer… Born Sep. 19, 2001 … Son of Katie and Sawn Mercer… Has one sister, Anna… Majoring in interdisciplinary studies
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