FAMU pounds out 19 hits in upset winTALLAHASSEE, Florida -- It was supposed to be an easy midweek tune-up for the Mercer University baseball team.
Instead, the FAMU Rattlers made it a slugfest and came away with their biggest win of the season, knocking off the Bears 11-5 Tuesday night at Moore-Kittles field.
Mercer entered Tuesday’s game with the nation’s No. 23 RPI — one spot behind ACC power Georgia Tech. It had been more than five years since the Rattlers beat a team with a top-25 RPI.
And four innings into the game, the Rattlers looked the part of underdogs just waiting to suffer yet another late setback. But after scoring seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings, FAMU went on to beat the Bears for the first time since 2008.
Beating Mercer (32-12) was just the fourth win all season for the Rattlers (4-37, 3-15 MEAC), but it should be a confidence-builder moving forward, said interim head coach Kevin Clethen.
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